NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Freshman Blake Nyenati and senior Jacob Rodin set school records to headline the performances of the North Dakota State men's track & field team at a pair of meets on Saturday.
 
At the Music City Challenge hosted by Vanderbilt, Nyenati took down the NDSU record in the 60m hurdles, running a personal-best time of 7.93 seconds. He placed third in the meet, and is now the fastest in school history under fully automatic timing protocols.
 
Rodin lowered his NDSU indoor 800m record for the second week in a row, running 1:48.21 for fourth place in Nashville.
 
Freshman Jarod White cleared 17-00.75 (5.20m) to win the pole vault at the SDSU Indoor Classic in Brookings. He is now tied for fourth-best in NDSU indoor history, and among the top 60 in the NCAA this year.
 
Sophomore Symon Keiser ran a personal-best 8:17.19 in the 3000m at Vanderbilt, ranking fourth-best all-time at NDSU.
 
Josh Knutson, Jacob Levin, Cullen Curl and Rodin ran 3:12.56 in the 4x400m relay for third place at Vanderbilt. They are now the sixth-fastest squad in NDSU indoor history.
 
Knutson took seventh in the 400m dash in 48.29, and Levin was 10th with an indoor PR of 48.39. Curl clocked 48.91.
 
Clayton Hannula, Cam Landis and Levi Rockey finished fourth, fifth and sixth in the shot put at Vanderbilt. All three threw exactly 57-3 (17.45m).
 
Senior Keiser Freetly clocked an indoor career-best 1:52.28 in the 800m at SDSU. Josh Samyn ran an 800m season-best of 1:53.88 in Nashville.
 
One day after posting a significant PR in the 3000m, junior distance runner Hunter Klimek came back with another personal-best, clocking 4:12.40 in the mile.