DE PERE, Wis. -- The Lawrence University track and field teams got a number of strong performances Saturday in difficult weather conditions at the St. Norbert College Invitational at Schneider Stadium.
    Lawrence won one event and posted a passel of top-three finishes in the cold and rainy conditions. 
    Making her debut in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, rookie Natalie Anderson raced to victory in 14:29.86. 
    Lilia Bodnar grabbed second for the Vikings in the 400 in 1:03.03, and teammate Jacey Stanich was sixth in 1:12.87. Lawrence's 4x100 relay team of Mariana Zendejas, Maria Jankowski, Irene Yank and Claire Paquin placed second in 54.21 seconds, trailing only the team from Wisconsin Lutheran College, who took the top spot in 52.77.
    Zendejas and Yank both placed in the top four in the triple jump. Zendejas was third with a leap of 32 feet, 5 inches, and Yank was fourth at 31-1. 
    The 4x400 relay team of Paquin, Jankowski, Bodnar and Leah Hawksford raced to fourth place in 4:40.29. Paquin also grabbed fifth place in the 400 hurdles in 1:15.97, and Hawksford raced to sixth in the 800 in 2:30.01. Aasma Haider took home sixth place in the 5,000 in 20:29.24.
    Lawrence also had two athletes place in the top seven in the discus. Grace Fox grabbed fifth place with a throw of 110-8, and Aparna Gajulapalli was seventh with a toss of 108-0.
    The Lawrence women finished sixth with 61 points.
    The standout men's javelin duo of Ian Thomas and Zach Burke finished second and third, respectively. Thomas took second with a throw of 146-8, and Burke was third with a distance of 138-11.
    David Benjamin grabbed third in the long jump with a leap of 20-0.5. Benjamim also teamed with Will Eggert, Tyler Scott and Greyson Schneider for third place in the 4x100 relay in 46.96 seconds. 
    Schneider led Lawrence's contingent in the pole vault by placing fifth at 12-1, and teammate Nyhan O'Sullivan was eighth at 10-4.25. Schneider also grabbed eighth in the 400 hurdles in 1:01.54.
    Schneider also teamed with Lance Juridico, Scott and Sawyer Hintz to finish third in the 4x400 relay with a time of 4:00.86. 
    Dylan Coble battled the tough conditions to finish seventh in the steeplechase with a time of 10:51.26. 
    Lawrence took sixth in the team standings with 42 points.