Prior to this weekend, only two University of Minnesota Duluth long jumpers had ever reached the 7-meter barrier. Sophomore Mark Emlaw added his name to that distinctive list Saturday afternoon at the Drake Alternative meet in St. Peter, Minn., with a leap of 7.01-meters (23'-00.00") to take third place and join current school record holder Kevin Lindell (1980) and 2014 UMD senior team captain Nick Pedersen (2011) as the three Bulldogs to eclipse that milestone.

Emlaw was one of seven Bulldogs to register a top-5 individual placing at Saturday's event, which was held in windy conditions on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus. Junior Nick Moran continued to build on a stellar outdoor season by winning the discus throw (47.81 meters) in addition to snaring runnerup honors in the hammer throw (53.65 meters). In the shot put, sophomore Appo Agbamu (14.31 meters) and freshman Devin Sowers (14.13 meters) finished fourth and fifth, respectively, while another rookie, Seth Hare was third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, clocking in at 10:16.28. Junior Jacob Nelson placed fifth in the 200-meter dash (23.25) as did freshman Gage Sachs in the 5,000-meter run (16:10.59).

Three meets await UMD this week: The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Outdoor Decathlon Championships on Sunday and Monday, the Concordia University-St. Paul Twilight on Wednesday and Hamline University's Meet of the Unsaintly on Friday and Saturday. The NSIC Outdoor Track and Field Championships will take place the following weekend (May 9-10) in Winona, Minn.

2014 Drake Alternative Results