Personal best performances were plentiful for the University of Minnesota Duluth men's and women's track and field squads Thursday, at both the Bryan Clay Invite at Azusa Pacific University (Azusa, Calif.), and the Pacific Coast Invite at Long Beach State University in Long Beach Calif.

The first PR of the day doubled as a school record. Fifth-year Jack Van Kempen ran a personal best time of 14:33.95 in the men's 5k at the Bryan Clay Invite. 

Junior Jackson Weston threw a personal best in the men's hammer throw (53.96m) also at the Bryan Clay Invite. 

In the men's 800m, fifth-year Owen Dickenson ran a time of 1:54.08 for a PR, and senior Savannah Schley also ran to a provo and PR in the same event on the women's side (2:08.96). More success also came from fifth-year Madeline Verkerke, who ran a PR of 2:12.74, also in the women's 800m at the Bryan Clay Invite. 

Over at Long Beach State, junior Cole Brisbois sprinted to a personal best of 10.69 in the men's 100m race, and fellow junior Kate Fitzgerald PR'd in the same event for the women (12.17). Fitzgerald also threw down in the women's 400m, running a personal best time of 58.74. 

Action will resume for the Bulldogs today at both the Bryan Clay Invite and well as the Maverick Invite in Mankato, Minn.