GALESBURG, Ill. — The Lawrence University track team grabbed three of the top six places in the men’s 5,000 meters Friday and are off to a good start after the opening day of the Midwest Conference Championships at Knox College.
Freshman Josh Janusiak led all Lawrence finishers by taking second in the 5,000 in 15:36.92. Appleton native Max Edwards, the defending champion in the 5,000, came in fourth in 15:49.36, and freshman Ben Schaefer was sixth in 15:53.99.
Led by that group, the Lawrence men are tied for third place with 25 points. Monmouth College leads with 57 points.
Wautoma native Wes Hetcher took home a fifth-place finish in the pole vault as he cleared 13 feet, 0.25 inches. Ashwaubenon’s Ethan Gniot grabbed a seventh place in the mile in 4:29.38. The sprint medley relay team of Gniot, Tyler Herman, Jake Walker and Mayan Essek took sixth in 3:43.72.
On the women’s side, Erin Schrobilgen and Sage Greenlee were the top finishers. Schrobilgen took sixth in the mile in 5:27.48, and Greenlee took sixth in the high jump at 4-10.25. The sprint medley relay team of Greenlee, Sammi Jo Nixon, Janey Degnan and Sierra Polzin took seventh in 4:43.10.
The Lawrence women are in eighth place with 7.5 points.
The meet concludes on Saturday.