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Bison Distance Runners Lead Way on Friday

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The North Dakota State men's track & field team was paced on Friday by several distance performances that rank among the best in school history. The Bison competed in a pair of meets – the Music City Challenge in Nashville, Tenn., and the SDSU Indoor Classic in Brookings, S.D.
 
Bison junior Zach Johnson (Moorhead, Minn.) ran a personal-best 14:28.02 in the 5000m at SDSU, ranking fifth-best in NDSU history. Competing unattached, NDSU's Jacob Knodle (West Fargo Sheyenne HS) clocked 14:28.42 – a performance that would rank him No. 6 all-time at NDSU.
 
Hunter Klimek now ranks eighth all-time at NDSU for the 3000m after running a personal-best 8:19.68 in Brookings.
 
In Nashville, Isaac Huntington ran 1:20.67 in the 600m, ranking ninth-fastest in NDSU history. Symon Keiser clocked 4:08.62 in the mile – the second-fastest time of his career.
 
Kaden Pastian placed fourth in the weight throw a mark of 63-07.75 (19.40m). Tristan Bush threw 57-02.00 (17.42m) for the second-best meet of his career.
 
Josh Knutson ran 22.03 and Jacob Levin ran 22.06 in the 200m at Vanderbilt. Elijah Hylen took sixth in the high jump, clearing 6-7 (2.01m).
 
Competition will continue at both meets on Saturday.
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Tristan Bush

Tristan Bush

Throws
Senior
Sr.
Elijah Hylen

Elijah Hylen

Jumps
Junior
Jr.
Zach Johnson

Zach Johnson

Distance
Junior
Jr.
Symon Keiser

Symon Keiser

Distance
Sophomore
So.
Josh Knutson

Josh Knutson

Sprints/Hurdles
Senior
Sr.
Jacob Levin

Jacob Levin

Sprints
Junior
Jr.
Kaden Pastian

Kaden Pastian

Throws
Redshirt Freshman
So.
Hunter Klimek

Hunter Klimek

Distance
Junior
Jr.
Isaac Huntington

Isaac Huntington

Sprints
Junior
Jr.

Players Mentioned

Tristan Bush

Tristan Bush

Senior
Sr.
Throws
Elijah Hylen

Elijah Hylen

Junior
Jr.
Jumps
Zach Johnson

Zach Johnson

Junior
Jr.
Distance
Symon Keiser

Symon Keiser

Sophomore
So.
Distance
Josh Knutson

Josh Knutson

Senior
Sr.
Sprints/Hurdles
Jacob Levin

Jacob Levin

Junior
Jr.
Sprints
Kaden Pastian

Kaden Pastian

Redshirt Freshman
So.
Throws
Hunter Klimek

Hunter Klimek

Junior
Jr.
Distance
Isaac Huntington

Isaac Huntington

Junior
Jr.
Sprints