Minnesota totaled 13.50 team points at the national championships to finish 17th - the program's best finish at the meet since 2004.

All five Gophers that qualified for the 2014 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships earned All-America honors.

Minnesota closes out the 2014 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday with John Simons competing in the men's 1,500 meter finals.

The Golden Gophers continue to compete at the NCAA championships on Friday with Wally Ellenson and Dominique Howard set to compete.

The two-time All-American still holds four University of Minnesota records.

The performance marks Minnesota's first outdoor All-America honor in the pole vault since Tye Harvey in 1998.

Minnesota will send five student-athletes to Eugene, Ore., this week for the NCAA Championships.

Minnesota boasts five student-athletes heading to the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships, June 11-14, in Eugene, Ore.

John Simons, Dominique Howard, Jon Lehman, Wally Ellenson and Zach Siegmeier will represent the Gophers at the NCAA championships next month in Eugene, Ore.

The duo join senior pole vaulter Zach Siegmeier, who qualified for the NCAA championships on Thursday.