In its final tuneup before next weekend's Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the University of Minnesota Duluth paid a visit to St. Paul, Minn., for the two-day Meet of the UnSaintly and came away with two individual titles. The meet was held on the campus of Hamline University and concluded Saturday afternoon.

Junior Logan Rubeck, who was fresh off competing at the NSIC Outdoor Decathlon Championships, and sophomore Ryan Tolkinen did the honors for UMD with Rubeck winning the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.66 and Tolkinen prevailing in the 400-meter hurdles, coming in at 54.82.   Rubeck also finished 3rd in the javelin with a toss of (161'-11"), while teammate Bradford Owens finished in second with a mark of (167'-8").  Senior Brian Lee also had a noteworthy day as he generated a 52'-03.75" toss in the shot put, which was good for fifth place, but ranks as the top effort in the NSIC at the moment. Lee also placed fourth in the hammer throw (162'-11") as did sophomore Logan Gelineau in the discus throw (153'-00'), freshman Wyatt Midtvedt in the 1,500-meter run (4:00.23, one spot ahead of sophomore teammate Luke Lahr at 4:01.52), freshman Dan Clark, who is another 2017 NSIC decathlon competitor, in the pole vault (13'-10.50) and junior Connor Behm in the 200-meter dash (22.59). Junior Blake Anderson (9:55.11) and freshman Kendall Hill (9:55.16) placed 3-4 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase while sophomores Andrew Lind (5'-11.50" in the high jump) and Casey Reeves (41'-02.50" in the triple jump) took third in their respective events.

In addition, Tolkinen teammed up with freshmen AJ Belchak and Kelvin Kwarteng and junior Nathan Comer to finish third in the 4 x 400-meter relay with a time of 3:26.61.



The NSIC Outdoor Track and Field Championships get underway this Friday (May 12) at Concordia University-St. Paul's Sea Foam Stadium.

2017 Meet of the UnSaintly Results