A select number of University of Minnesota Duluth athletes got a jump start on the 2014 outdoor track and field team Friday at the Florida State University Relays in Tallahassee, Fla., Friday and eight of those Bulldogs posted personal bests in their respective events.

That group included junior Phil d'Entremont in the 400 meters (49.69), senior Jason Coffin (4:00.35) and sophomore Joey Erickson (4:06.26) in the 1,5000-meter run, sophomore Drew Johnson (2nd place; 10:00.74) and Mitch Fisher (3rd place; 10:02.19) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, and senior Cole Toepfer (9th place; 15:11.53), junior Mitch Zuidema (16:11:50) and sophomore Bennett Maki (16:24.78) in the the 5,000-meter run. Senior Tyler Stevens took fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:09.28.

UMD will be idle until April 5 when it takes part in the Hamline University Invitational in St. Paul, Minn.

2014 Florida State Relay Results