SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The North Dakota State men's track & field team competed at four meets on Friday.
 
At the Mike Fanelli Track Classic hosted by San Francisco State in California, Bison redshirt freshman Jacob Knodle clocked a personal-best 14:13.92 in the 5000m, making him No. 3 on the NDSU all-time list.
 
Zach Johnson moved up to sixth all-time at NDSU in the 5000m, running a personal-best 14:22.86.
 
At the Texas Relays in Austin, Texas, senior Trevor Otterdahl won his section of the shot put with a throw of 61-01.50 (18.63m). Benji Phillips threw 234-8 (71.54m) in the javelin for 12th place. Sophomore Kaden Pastian posted a mark of 170-5 (51.95m) in the discus.
 
At the Stanford Invitational, Josh Samyn ran a season-best 3:50.94 in the 1500m, and Symon Keiser clocked 3:51.77 for the second-fastest 1500m time of his career.
 
Josh Knutson took eighth in the 400m hurdles at Stanford, finishing in 53.44. Jacob Levin (48.60), Cullen Curl (48.74), and Isaac Huntington (48.85) led the Bison men in the 400m dash.
 
Dante White ran 10.72 in the 100m dash to take 13th place. He also posted a mark of 22-09.75 (6.95m) in the long jump.