BROOKINGS, S.D. – The North Dakota distance teams and select throwers competed at the Jim Emmerich Invitational on Saturday. Two school records were set at the meet, while a total of six improvements were posted to the UND top-10 lists.

Jesse Middendorf finished as the runner-up in the 800 meters and broke the school record in the process, clocking a time of 1:50.59. He edged out the previous record of 1:51.65, set by Jesse Fenstermacher at Iowa State in 2013. Middendorf's time currently sits No. 30 nationally.

Luke Labatte broke the program record in the mile, finishing sixth with a personal-best time of 4:07.09. The previous record holder in the mile was Chad Heltemes with a time of 4:08.61 at Iowa State in 1997.

Aleksa Milanovic and Jake Hall joined Labatte in the mile and posted new marks to the UND top-10 list. Milanovic ran the fifth-fastest time in school history with a time of 4:12.01, while Hall recorded the No. 6 time on the list with a time of 4:13.11.

Nelson Ruto and Justin Jelaca also made their marks on the UND top-10 list in the 3,000 meters. Ruto ran the No. 3 time in school history with a PR of 8:24.91. Jelaca ran a personal-best of over 33 seconds and is now No. 4 in the event in UND history with a time of 8:25.51.

The UND throwers had four Hawks place in the weight throw. Natalie Mohring paced the Hawks, finishing fourth with a toss of 59-10 1/2 (18.25m). Allison Lardy and Kenna Curry were right behind her, taking fifth (59-1 1/4, 18.01m) and sixth (58-6 1/2, 17.84m), respectively. Eve Goldstein was eighth with a PR mark of 57-10 1/4 (17.63m).

Earlier in the meet, Goldstein and Lardy also competed in the shot put. Goldstein placed fourth in that event with a throw of 45-1 3/4 (13.76m). Lardy was fifth with a toss of 44-9 (13.64m).

The 4x400-meter relay team of Labatte, Ian Busche, Eric Weiss and Jelaca took sixth with a time of 3:27.95.

North Dakota will host the UND Open inside the Pollard Athletic Center on Friday and Saturday. The first events of the pentathlon and heptathlon will kick off the meet at 3 p.m. on Friday. The men's and women's discus will also take place on Friday night at 6 p.m.

Post-Meet Notes
- Luke Labatte now owns the school records in the mile (4:07.09) and 5,000m (14:25.12), with both records coming this season. His 5,000-meter record was set at Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener in December.
- Jesse Middendorf broke the program record in the 800 meters with a time of 1:50.59. That time currently ranks No. 30 nationally.
- A total of six improvements were made to the UND top-10 list.