NORTHFIELD, Minn.: The UW-Superior men's track and field team posted eight individual personal bests, won the 4x400-meter relay and nearly set a school record in the 4x200 at the St. Olaf Tostrud Classic Saturday.
 
The 4x400 squad comprised of junior Matt Carlson (Duluth, Minn./Hermantown), freshman Lennon Shimon (Albert Lea, Minn/Albert Lea Senior), senior Rand Bieri (Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet) and freshman Isaiah Arntson (Esko, Minn./Esko) ran 3:36.44 to take the race over Hamline's McKail Hertzog, Christian Velishek, Ben Roen and Matt Lorah (3:39.94). Sophomore Joe Chucka (Couderay, Wis./Birchwood), junior Andre Couture (Culver, Minn./Cloquet), sophomore Derrick Moe (Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet) and freshman Cody Fernandez (Duluth, Minn./Proctor) finished third in 3:40.62.
 
The team of Carlson, Fernandez, Shimon and sophomore Jake Weston (Eveleth, Minn./Eveleth-Gilbert Senior) was second overall in the 4x200 in a season-best 1:33.55, just off of the UWS record of 1:32.38, set in 2014. The Hamline squad of Thomas Amberg, Remington Brisbois, Harrison Jones and Alberto Mendez won the event by a tenth of a second.
 
Senior C.J. Pillath (Coleman, Wis./Coleman) recorded a personal best of 15.37 meters (50 feet, five inches) in the shot put to finish seventh. The mark represents the first time in his career he has eclipsed the 50-foot barrier.
 
Pillath was also third in the weight throw with a toss of 16.62 meters. Senior Fauston Wirtz (Esko, Minn./Esko) was eighth with a mark of 14.48 meters, while freshman Brock Phernetten posted a personal best of 13.58 meters for a 15th-place finish.
 
Couture turned in a pair of personal bests for the day in the 200 meters, finishing 19th in 24.80, and the long jump also 19th overall with a leap of 5.43 meters. He led a group of three Yellowjackets in the event as sophomore Scott Young (Eagle River, Wis./Northland Pines) posted a mark of 5.09 meters for 21st and freshman Cooper Osterling (Esko, Minn./Esko) jumped 5.00 meters for 22nd in his first collegiate meet.
 
Chucka registered a personal best in the 60-meter dash, clocking in at 7.59 for 15th overall in that event, while sophomore Tyler Finger (Clintonville, Wis./Clintonville) ran 2:06.84 in the 800 meters for a personal best and 17th-place showing there. Freshman Connor Nelson (Rockford, Ill./Rockford) had a personal best of his own in the same race with a 2:12.83 for 28th place.
 
The Yellowjackets placed ninth of 11 in the team standings, scoring 18 points. St. Thomas won the meet with 210 points.
 
The 'Jackets now get set for the UMAC Championships next Friday and Saturday at the Burns Wellness Commons at St. Scholastica. Events begin at 2:30 p.m., Friday and 11 a.m., Saturday.