Emeka Eze made history when he shocked the field to win the men's long jump on Saturday to become the first male athlete from Rutgers to win a Big Ten title.

Eze, a junior out of Sayreville High School, soared 24-9 1/4 on his second attempt to take the lead for good at the Big 10 Championships that were hosted by Michigan State. Eze's victory was a huge surprise considering he was the 16th seed in the competition.

This past indoor season, senior Gabrielle Farquharson won the 200-meter dash at the Big Ten Championships to become the first athlete in Rutgers history to win a Big Ten title.

Out with a hamstring injury this outdoor season until competing at the Penn Relays in late April, Eze's late season performance is reminiscent of last outdoor season when he parlayed his eighth place at the American Athletic Conference Championships into a great showing at the IC4A Championship when Eze placed second by smashing his personal best by .40m with a leap of 25' 1-¼.

Competition at the Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field Championships wraps up on Sunday. The Big Ten Network will air tape delay coverage of Sunday's championship events on May 24 at 11 a.m. ET.

Here are other Rutgers men's highlights from the Big Ten Championships.

BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS FOR THE RUTGERS MEN (thru day two)

100m

20. Rajee Dunbar -- 10.90

22. Stuart Tweedie -- 11.00

200m

16. Rajee Dunbar -- 21.67

17. D'Andre Jordan -- 21.83

24. Jordan Jimerson -- 22.35

25. Stuart Tweedie -- 25.22

400m Preliminaries

4. Jermaine Griffith -- 46.85 *

8. D'Andre Jordan -- 47.08 *

24. Jordan Jimerson -- 49.21

* - advances to finals on Sunday

800m

23. Brendan Jaeger -- 1:53.14

1500m

26. Luke Wiley -- 3:55.69

32. Christopher DeFabio -- 4:04.01

400m Hurdles

10. Kyle Holder -- 52.92

Long Jump

1. Emeka Eze -- 7.55m (24' 9 ¼")

Decathlon

18. Dylan Altland - 6057 pts.