FARGO, N.D. – Luke Labatte (3,000-meter steeplechase), Austin Wolf (high jump) and Kenna Curry (shot put) all won gold medals at the Summit League Outdoor Championships on Friday. In total, North Dakota added six medals to its medal count and posted six improvements to the UND top-10 list.

Going into the final day of competition, the UND women are third with 70 points, while the Fighting Hawk men sit fourth with 30 points.

Despite a lightning delay, two Fighting Hawks won gold medals on Friday night. Labatte was one of the final UND student-athletes to compete and did not disappoint, winning the gold medal in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 8:49.89. That time also broke the conference meet record of 8:56.95, set by Jeffrey Mettler of South Dakota at the 2014 Summit League Outdoor Championships. With the win, Labatte successfully defended his title, as he also won the crown at the 2022 Summit League Outdoor Championships.

Wolf was the other UND athlete to win gold after the weather delay, winning the high jump title and tying his personal-best clearance of 7-0 1/4 (2.14m). Wolf was the runner-up at the conference meet in the high jump last season.

For the second time of the conference championships Curry has medaled, this time claiming the crown in the shot put and destroying the previous school record in the process with a PR throw of 51-9 1/4 (15.78m). She broke the record of Katelyn Weber, who set it at 50-4 (15.34m) at the 2018 NDSU Tune-Up. Curry's throw currently ranks No. 38 in the NCAA West Region. Less than 24-hours ago, Curry also medaled in the hammer throw, earning the bronze with a personal-best toss of 192-2 (58.57m) on Thursday.

Conny Wohlfahrt was one of the final Fighting Hawks to compete on Friday night and finished as the runner-up in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a personal-best time of 10:48.23, good for the second-fastest steeplechase time in school history.

Earlier in the meet, Elise Ulseth earned the silver medal in the long jump, finishing as the runner-up with a leap of 20-2 1/4 (6.15m). Towards the end of the meet, Ulseth returned to take part in the high jump and added the final two points to UND's total for the day with a seventh place finish with a clearance of 5-5 1/4 (1.66m).

Malene Kollberg was the runner-up in the heptathlon with a personal-best point total of 5,103 in the heptathlon. With that point total, Kollberg became just the fourth Fighting Hawk in school history to eclipse the 5,000-point mark in the event. Her 5,103 points also ranks No. 3 in school history.

Kollberg was impressive throughout the heptathlon, piling up five top-three finishes in the seven events and recording four new personal bests. She entered the day in third place with 3,056 points and went to work right away, adding 723 points to her total in the long jump with a leap of 18-3 3/4 (5.58m), which allowed her to have the No. 2 finish of the day in that event. She was also second in the javelin, recording a PR throw of 121-10 (37.13m) for 612 points, before adding the final 712 points to her total with a time of 2:28.44 in the 800 meters. One day prior in the heptathlon, Kollberg put down the No. 3 time in school history in the 100-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 14.16.

Elle Thorson took fourth in the heptathlon with a PR total of 4,836 points. That total improved her No. 5 mark in school history in the event. In the seven events, Thorson finished with three new personal bests. She entered Friday in fourth place with 2,978 points and recorded a day-high 651 points in the long jump with a distance of 17-6 (5.33m) for the third-best mark of the day. Thorson was also third in the javelin with a throw of 116-9 (35.59m), before concluding the heptathlon with a time of 2:35.66 in the 800 meters.

In the decathlon, Aric David finished fourth with a personal-best point total of 6,428. That point total improved his No. 3 mark in program history. David entered the day in fifth place with 3,289 points. He scored a day-high total of 722 points in the 110-meter hurdles to start the day with a time of 16.10. He recorded the top mark in the javelin with a personal-best throw of 176-4 (53.76m), beating his previous best of 152-5 (46.45m). He also had the No. 4 finishes of the decathlon in the discus (105-10, 32.26m) and 1,500 meters (4:49.93), while tying for fourth in the pole vault (13-5 1/4, 4.10m).

Later in the afternoon, Eve Goldstein and Allison Lardy joined Curry in the shot put and placed fourth (48-1 3/4, 14.67m) and fifth (48-1 1/4, 14.66m), respectively. Goldstein's throw improved her No. 5 mark on the UND top-10 list.

Towards the end of the day, Eric Weiss joined Labatte in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and added the final point to the total for the UND men on Friday, placing eighth with a time of 9:26.81.

Five hours earlier, Ben Hidani placed eighth in the decathlon with 5,936 points. He came into the day with 3,096 points and sat in 10th place. Through the 10 events, Hidani finished with three new personal-best marks. On Friday, he opened the decathlon in the 100-meter hurdles and put down a PR time of 16.03 for a day-high 729 points. He also had a personal-best in the discus with a toss of 102-4 (31.21m) and recorded the top pole vault mark of the decathlon with a clearance of 14-1 1/4 (4.30m).

Garrett Syverson just missed out on scoring points for UND, taking 10th in the decathlon with 4,955 points. It was the first decathlon of Syverson's career. Coming into Friday, Syverson was 11th with 2,557 points. He recorded a personal-best in the discus with a throw of 86-11 (26.50m) and had the No. 3 time in the decathlon 1,500 meters for the day with a time of 4:48.83.

In qualifying on the track, Ulseth became the first Fighting Hawk to qualify for a final on Saturday, getting the seventh spot in the prelims of the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.96.

Jerzie Finstad automatically qualified for the finals of the 400 meters, winning her heat in a time of 55.90.

In the 800 meter prelims, both Jesse Middendorf and Alec Nelson automatically qualified. Middendorf won his heat in a time of 1:52.01, while Nelson was second in his heat with a time of 1:51.04.

The Fighting Hawks will conclude competition at the Summit League Outdoor Championships on Saturday. Live results will continue to be provided by Hero's Timing and portions of the meet will be streamed by The Summit League.