AZUSA, Calif./LONG BEACH, Calif. – North Dakota completed competition in a pair of California meets on Saturday, with one of the meets ending after 2 a.m. Sunday morning in the central time zone.

Around 12:45 a.m. in North Dakota, Labatte earned the school record in the 1,500 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a personal-best time of 3:47.45. He broke the record of teammate Aleksa Milanovic, who set it at 3:48.40 at the 2023 Drake Relays.

Just minutes before 2 a.m. in the central time zone, Jamie Burns added his name to the UND top-10 list in the 1,500 meters in Azusa with a time of 3:55.84.

Curry was the top performer for UND at the Beach Invitational on Saturday and placed eighth in the shot put with a throw of 49-8 1/4 (15.14m).

North Dakota will make the short trip to Fargo on Friday to participate in the Bison Open.

Post-Meet Notes
* North Dakota competed in four different California meets this week. For the third consecutive day, one of the meets ran past midnight in the central time zone.
* At the four California meets, the Fighting Hawks set four new school records, posted 17 upgrades to the UND top-10 list and placed nine times.
* Luke Labatte broke a pair of school records at the Bryan Clay Invitational. On Thursday night, he bettered his own record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a personal-best time of 8:38.25. In the first hour of Sunday in the central time zone, he claimed the 1,500-meter program record with PR time of 3:47.45.
* In the opening hour of Saturday in North Dakota, Yonca Kutluk destroyed the 5,000-meter school record at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a time of 16:04.26.
* Friday night in Azusa, Jamie Burns broke the 5,000-meter program record on the men's side with a time of 14:08.08.