MENOMONIE, Wis. – Senior Thrower C.J. Pillath (Coleman, Wis./Coleman) won the weight throw with a toss of 18.07 meters to pace the UW-Superior men's track and field team at the Warren Bowlus Open at UW-Stout on Saturday.
 
Pillath, who came into the weekend with the second-longest distance in the event in the nation this season, achieved the winning mark on his second throw of the competition. He topped a field of 31, beating second-place Zach Skelton of Minnesota Duluth (16.88 meters) for the title.
 
Pillath also finished sixth in the shot put with a mark of 14.76 meters.
 
Elsewhere, reigning UMAC Men's Track Athlete of the Week Eddie Carlson (South St. Paul, Minn./South St. Paul Secondary) finished third overall in the mile run in a personal-best 4:30.78. Carlson was the top Division III runner in the race and finished just over six seconds out of first place. Junior Tyler Finger (Clintonville, Wis./Clintonville) was sixth in the event in a personal-best time of 4:34.80.
 
Sophomore Lennon Shimon (Albert Lea, Minn./Albert Lea Senior) was 10th in the 200 meters in a season-best 23.56. Freshmen Michael Knaack (Maple, Wis./Northwestern) and Steven Pearson (Superior, Wis./Superior Senior) finished 13th and 16th overall in the event, in 23.65 and 23.77, respectively.
 
Knaack and Pearson led a group of six more Yellowjackets in the 200. Jake Weston (Eveleth, Minn./Eveleth-Gilbert Senior) was 19th in 23.98, Evan Nelson (Mukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago) was 23rd in 24.76 Isaiah Arntson (Esko, Minn./Proctor) was 25th in 24.81, Matt Carlson (Duluth, Minn./Hermantown) was 26th in 24.92 and Andre Couture (Culver, Minn./Cloquet) was 27th in 25.19.
 
Weston also finished ninth in the 400 in 52.82.
 
The 'Jackets head to St. Scholastica next Saturday for the Lake Superior Challenge at Burns Wellness Commons. Events begin at 11 a.m.