DE PERE, Wis. -- Ian Thomas and Zach Burke finished 1-2 in the javelin Thursday to lead the Lawrence University track and field teams at the St. Norbert College Twilight at Schneider Stadium.
    Thomas won the javelin with a throw of 165 feet, 3 inches, to grab his first collegiate title in the event. Burke took second with a throw of 155-0. Thomas placed in two other events as he took fourth in the shotput with a distance of 37-9.5 and grabbed eighth in the discus with a throw of 98-8. Burke tacked on a third-place finish in the hammer throw with a distance of 113-2. Lawrence's Sean McLaughlin was eighth in the hammer at 84-10.
    Greyson Schneider placed in a pair of events for the men as he took fourth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:04.40 and grabbed sixth in the pole vault with a height of 12-3.5. Lawrence's Nyhan O'Sullivan took eighth in the pole vault at 10-4.
    David Benjamin grabbed a third-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 20-2.25. 
    Racing in cold and extremely windy conditions, Lawrence's distance runners placed three in the top seven in the 5,000. Itai Bodjak-Yates was fifth in 16:53.25, with teammates Billy Daniels in sixth at 16:59.46 and Owen West in seventh in 17:05.16. Two Vikings placed in the top eight in the 3,000 steeplechase. Ray Wetzel-Meehan was seventh in 11:15.84, and teammate Dylan Coble was eighth in 11:29.94.
    The Lawrence men finished fourth in the team standings with 57.5 points.
    On the women's side, Irene Yank led the way as she placed in a pair of events. Yank took fifth in the triple jump at 31-5.25 and was one of two Vikings to place in the 100 hurdles. Claire Paquin had the top finish for the Vikings on the day as she was fourth in the hurdles in 17.99 seconds, and Yank was fifth at 18.19 seconds.
    Riley Winebrenner raced to sixth place in the 5,000 in 19:22.44, and Jasmine Moldenhauer grabbed eighth in the 800 in 2:59.78. 
    Lawrence had two athletes place in the hammer throw as Sara Klemme took sixth with a toss of 98-10 and Emily Gajewski was eighth at 94-10.
    The Lawrence women were fifth in the team standings with 21 points.