GRINNELL, Iowa — Lawrence University track and field star JP Ranumas blazed to the title in the 60-meter hurdles on Saturday at the Midwest Conference Championships at Grinnell College.
Ranumas won the 60 hurdles in 8.71 seconds to top St. Norbert College’s Jack Feuerstein, who took second in 8.79 seconds.
Led by Ranumas’ win on Saturday, Lawrence finished sixth in the team standings with 44 points. Monmouth College won the title with 172.
Freshman Ethan Gniot grabbed third in the 800 meters in 1:58.43, just 1.06 seconds off the winning time. Max Edwards and Cam Davies both placed in the 3,000 meters. Edwards took fourth in 9:05.40, and Davies was fifth in 9:08.89.
Lawrence also placed in the 1,600 relay as the team of Gniot, Ranumas, Tyler Herman and Stephon Berry took fifth in 3:34.56.
On the women’s side, the top finisher Saturday was thrower Genna Matt. She grabbed fourth in the weight throw with a toss of 46 feet, 9.50 inches. Matt’s throw broke the school record of 40-8.25, which was set in 2014 by Brielle Bartes.
Erin Schrobilgen took eighth in the 3,000 with a time of 10:48.81. Lawrence’s 1,600 relay team of Anna Bolgrien, Noelle Hele, Kate Kilgus and Janey Degnan took eighth in 4:26.53.
Lawrence finished ninth in the team standings with 16 points, and St. Norbert won the title with 181.5.