AZUSA, Calif./LONG BEACH, Calif. – North Dakota concluded competition in a pair of California meets on Saturday, with one of the meets ending around 2 a.m. Sunday morning in the central time zone. Shortly after 1 a.m. in North Dakota, Luke Labatte broke the school record in the 1,500 meters. The Fighting Hawks set nine new top-10 marks in program history at the meets on Saturday/Sunday, highlighted by Jerzie Finstad putting three improvements on the UND top-10 list.

In the first hours of Sunday in North Dakota, Labatte took the track in section one of the 1,500 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational and broke the school record with a PR time of 3:49.19. The previous record was set by teammate Aleksa Milanovic with a time of 3:51.17 in San Francisco earlier this season. Milanovic ran in a later heat (around 1:30 a.m.) and had a chance to reclaim his record, but fell short, finishing with a personal-best time of 3:49.82. With that time, Milanovic holds the second-fastest 1,500 meter time in UND history.

North Dakota opened the day with the 4x100-meter relay at the Bryan Clay Invitational and posted the third-fastest time in school history with a time of 48.02. The relay squad consisted of Finstad, Aleece Durbin, Carley Johnson and Hinewai Knowles.

Less than an hour later, Finstad took the track in the 400-meters and posted the No. 4 time in program history with a personal-best time of 55.71. Later in the meet, Finstad took part in the 200 meters and clocked a PR of 24.71, moving her up to No. 5 on the UND all-time performance list. She finished the day 3-for-3, making an improvement to the UND top-10 list each time she stepped on the track at the Bryan Clay Invitational on Saturday.

As Saturday moved into Sunday in the central time zone, Conny Wohlfahrt recorded a personal-best time of 4:31.74 in section one of the 1,500 meters, which improved her No. 9 time on the UND top-10 list.

In the final hours of Saturday, Justin Jelaca and Alec Nelson ran in section two of the 1,500 meters. Jelaca finished with the fourth-fastest time in program history with a personal-best time of 3:53.63, while Nelson clocked a PR of 3:55.94, which now ranks No. 7 in school history.

Earlier in the meet, Austin Wolf and Ashley Conneran each placed in their respective sections of the high jump. Wolf tied for third in his section with a clearance of 6-9 1/2 (2.07m), while Conneran finished seventh in her section with a height of 5-1 3/4 (1.57m).

At the Beach Invitational, Kenna Curry moved up to No. 7 on the UND top-10 list in the discus with a personal-best throw of 158-10 (48.43m).

North Dakota will visit Fargo on Friday and Saturday for the Bison Open.

Post-Meet Notes
* The Fighting Hawks saw action at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate, Bryan Clay Invitational and Beach Invitational this week.
* Eric Weiss picked up the lone event title for UND of the week, winning the 3,000-meter steeplechase title with a PR of 9:21.83 at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate on Thursday. That time not only moved him up to No. 4 in school history, but also hit the USATF junior standard, qualifying him for the USATF U20 Outdoor Championships in July.
* Elise Ulseth was the runner-up in section one of the heptathlon at the Bryan Clay Invitational on Friday. She scored 5,676 points in the event, which currently ranks No. 6 nationally. Her point total was 10 points shy of breaking her own school record in the heptathlon.
* Luke Labatte shattered the program record in the 5,000 meters in Azusa on Friday and broke the school record in the 1,500 meters at that same meet in the wee hours of Sunday morning.
* Jerzie Finstad made an improvement to the UND top-10 list each time she steeped on the track at the Bryan Clay Invitational on Saturday, going 3-for-3.