The University of Minnesota Duluth tuned up for next weekend's Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Outdoor Championship by competing in the Meet of the UnSaintly, and the Bulldogs got top-five finishes from eight different individuals at the two-day event, which wrapped up Saturday afternoon on the campus of Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn.

Leading the charge were juniors Nick Moran, who took first in hammer throw (55.94 meters) and second in the discus (48.70 meters), and Dan Nielsen, who won the 3,000-meter steeplechase race with a personal-best (and NCAA II provisional-qualifying) time of 9:15.82. Other Bulldogs placing among the top five finishers included junior Chris Wilson in the 800-meter run (2nd place; 1:56.17), senior Nathan Knop in the javelin throw (2nd; 49.50 meters), junior Phil d'Entremont in the 400-meter run (3rd; 50.30), freshman Devin Sowers in the shot put (4th; 14.05 meters),  senior Cole Toepfer in the 1,500-meter run (5th; 3:58.61) and junior Jake Nelson in the 200-meter dash (5th place in 22.21).

UMD's 4 x 400 relay unit of d'Entremont, Nelson, junior Justin Adams and senior Nick Pederson also placed fourth.

2014 Meet of the UnSaintly Results