University of Minnesota Duluth Jonathan Tostenson ran his way into the University of Minnesota Duluth record books Saturday afternoon at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Challenge, which was hosted by Minnesota State University-Mankato.

Tostenson, a sophomore out of Murdock, Minn., took second in the 1,000-meter run and did so in a time of 2:30.17. That equaled the UMD indoor mark set by Lou Hughes on Jan. 29, 2011 at the same facility (Myers Field House) and currently ranks second in the NSIC.

The Bulldogs got seven other Top 5 individual finishes, with almost half of those coming in the 3,000-meter run where junior Braydon Kubat (8:47.81), sophomore Matthew Trutna (8:54.38) and junior Owen Smalley (8:54.70) finished 2-4-5, respectively. Senior Dan Clark (14'-07.25" in the pole vault) and sophomore Zach Skelton (57'-02.25" in the weight throw) registered third-place finishes while sophomore Ben Palmquist (8.49 in the 60-meter hurdles) and junior Christian Leonard (4:20.23 in the mile run) came in fifth in their respective events.

In addition, Palmquist and the junior trio of Alex Kulzer, Austin Have and Tyler Wanous placed fourth in the 4 x 400-meter relay (3:23.62).

The Bulldogs will be in Minneapolis, Minn., next Friday (Feb. 21) for the University of Minnesota's Cold Classic in their final tuneup before the NSIC Indoor Track and Field Championships, which will be held the following weekend.