Ukkelberg's Performance History & Personal Bests
2020-21 SEASON
Indoor: Summit League champion in the heptathlon, scoring 5,366 points to win the conference title … Also placed 5th in the long jump and 8th in the triple jump at the Summit League Championships … Personal-best heptathlon score of 5,366 points ranks him 6th in NDSU history … Scored 3,796 to win the pentathlon at the Dakota Dual on Dec. 4, ranking 4th all-time at NDSU … Indoor long jump best of 23-10.75 (7.28m) in the pentathlon at the Dakota Dual, ranking 10th in NDSU indoor history … Academic All-League selection.
Outdoor (Junior): Summit League decathlon champion, scoring a personal-best 7,175 points to win the conference title … Also placed 7th in the triple jump and 8th in the javelin at the Summit League Championships … Ended his career ranked 8th in NDSU history for the decathlon … Set three personal-bests in field events at the Rock Chalk Classic on Apr. 30 and May 1 – 14-4 (4.37m) in the pole vault, 154-4 (47.04m) in the discus, and 180-8 (55.08m) in the javelin … Academic All-League selection and USTFCCCA All-Academic.
2019-20 SEASON
Indoor (Junior): Placed 5th in the heptathlon and 7th in the long jump at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Scored 3,575 points in the pentathlon at the Dakota Classic on Dec. 6 to rank 9th all-time at NDSU … Season-best heptathlon score of 5,105 points at the Bison Open on Feb. 7-8 … Shot put personal-best of 49-11.75 (15.23m) in the Bison Open heptathlon … Voted to the Summit League Academic All-League Team.
Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2018-19 SEASON
Indoor (Redshirt): Sat out the season as a redshirt.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Summit League champion in the decathlon, scoring a personal-best 7,155 points at the conference meet … Also placed 6th in the triple jump, 7th in the long jump, and 7th in the javelin at the Summit League Championships … Ended the season ranked 40th in the NCAA in the decathlon … Javelin personal-best of 178-6 (54.40m) in the Summit League decathlon … Triple jump personal-best of 44-10.75 (13.68m) at the conference meet … Long jump season-best of 23-08.00 (7.21m) at the Texas Relays decathlon ... Ended the season at No. 8 all-time at NDSU in the decathlon ... USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.
2017-18 SEASON
Indoor (Sophomore): Summit League runner-up in the heptathlon, scoring a personal-best 5,352 points at the conference meet … Also placed 7th in the long jump at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Established new personal-bests in the high jump, 60m hurdles, pole vault and shot put at the conference meet … 6-08.00 (2.03m) in the high jump … 8.68 in the 60m hurdles … 13-09.25 (4.20m) in the pole vault … 48-06.75 (14.80m) in the shot put … Ended the season ranked 6th all-time at NDSU in the heptathlon … Summit League Academic All-League honoree ... USTFCCCA All-Academic Honoree.
Outdoor (Redshirt): Did not compete.
2016-17 SEASON
Indoor (Freshman): All-Summit League performer in two events as a true freshman, placing 2nd in the long jump and 3rd in the heptathlon at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Season-best leap of 23-02.75 (7.08m) in the long jump at the conference meet … Season-best heptathlon score of 4,749 points at the conference meet … Top NDSU multi-event athlete in the throwing events, with a season-best mark of 45-05.25 (13.85m) in the shot put.
Outdoor (Freshman): Placed 4th in the decathlon and 7th in the long jump at the Summit League Outdoor Championships … Season-best decathlon score of 6,520 points at the conference meet … Season-best long jump mark of 23-04.50 (7.12m) at the conference meet … USATF Junior Championships qualifier in the decathlon, finishing fourth in Sacramento on June 22-23 … Top NDSU decathlete in the throwing events, with season-best marks of 45-00.50 (13.73m) in the shot put and 142-10 (43.53m) in the discus.
HIGH SCHOOL: Won the Minnesota Class A state title in the triple jump for Ottertail Central as a sophomore in 2014, posting a leap of 44-11 on his final attempt … Also placed fifth in the long jump with a mark of 21-9 and ran on Ottertail Central’s eighth-place 4x200m relay team … Holds school records in the long jump and triple jump … Also captured Section 6A and Park Region Conference titles in the triple jump, long jump, 4x100m relay and 4x200m relay … After an injury, he picked up the throwing events for his senior season and qualified for the state meet in both the shot put and discus, finishing fifth in the discus … 1,000-point scorer and all-state honoree in basketball for Battle Lake High School, leading his team to multiple conference and section championships and a fourth-place finish at the Class A state tourney … In football, he was named the Midwest District Player of the Year as a senior in 2015, quarterbacking Ottertail Central to a section title and state semifinals appearance.
PERSONAL: Son of Ross and Theresa Ukkelberg … Has three older brothers, Jacob, Alex and Tyler … His father, Ross, played football for the University of Minnesota from 1984-89 … Majoring in psychology with a pre-medicine emphasis.
