DULUTH, Minn.: The UW-Superior men's track and field team captured its third consecutive Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship title, running away from the field at Burns Wellness Commons Saturday.
 
The Yellowjackets won two more events – the shot put and 4x400-meter relay – and posted a bevy of strong performances to earn a 61-point win over meet-host St. Scholastica. Superior totaled 221 points on the weekend. Minnesota Morris was third (106 points), followed by Northwestern (63), Bethany Lutheran (60) and Crown (16) in the standings.
 
Senior C.J. Pillath (Coleman, Wis./Coleman) broke the UMAC indoor meet record with a top mark of 15,96 meters. The record of 15.87 meters, which stood since 2016, was held by Superior's Thomas Udenberg. Senior Fauston Wirtz (Esko, Minn./Esko) (sixth, 12.57 meters) and freshman Tanner Lee (Siren, Wis./Siren) (seventh, 11.91 meters) also scored.
 
The relay team of junior Andre Couture (Culver, Minn./Cloquet), freshmen Cody Fernandez (Duluth, Minn./Proctor) and Isaiah Arntson (Esko, Minn./Esko) and sophomore Jake Weston (Eveleth, Minn./Eveleth-Gilbert Senior) won the 4x400 in 3:31.97, outrunning St. Scholastica, which clocked a 3:38.46.
 
Sophomore Scott Young (Eagle River, Wis./Northland Pines) was second in the pole vault, leading a group of three 'Jackets who scored in that event. Young's vault of 3.85 meters was three tenths of a meter out of the top spot. Junior Dakota Rice (Upson, Wis./Hurley) also had a vault of 3.85 meters to finish third. Sophomore Tyler Kramer (Bancroft, Wis./Tri-County Area) recorded a 3.25-meter leap for sixth place.
 
The 'Jackets scored another 16 points in the 3,000-meter run. Junior Henry Seeb (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater Area) was third in 9:24.23, senior Zach Mazurek (Bessemer, Mich./Bessemer) was fourth in 9:31.57 and sophomore Sam Smith (Stevens Point, Wis./Stevens Point Area Senior) was fifth in 9:36.60. Sophomore Travis Gee (Minocqua, Wis./Lakeland Union) rounded out the scoring, fining eighth in a personal-best time of 9:43.47.
 
In the 200 meters, Superior went 3-5-7 with sophomore Jake Weston (Eveleth, Minn./Eveleth-Gilbert Senior) (23.75) Fernandez (24.04) and freshman Lennon Shimon (Albert Lea, Minn/Albert Lea Senior) (24.24) all scoring.
 
Senior Rand Bieri (Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet) was third in the 800 meters in 2:04.03, Arntson was fourth in a personal-best 2:05.45 and sophomore Derrick Moe (Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet) was sixth in 2:06.93.
 
Freshmen Jonny Kasper (Pierz, Minn./Healy) and Shimon were fourth and sixth, respectively, in the 60-meter dash. Kasper ran 7.34 and Shimon clocked a 7.48.
 
Sophomore Brett Goplen (Hugo, Minn./St. Croix Lutheran Academy) and Fernandez ran third and sixth in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.40 and 10.65.
 
Also, in just his second collegiate meet, freshman Cooper Osterling (Ogdensburg, Wis./Esko) scored in the triple jump with a fifth-place finish of 9.74 meters for four points.
 
UWS next heads to the Pointer Final Qualifier March 2 before the NCAA Championships March 8-9.