CHAMPAIGN — Uni runners finished first in four events and had strong showings in several others as the boys and girls teams finished third and fifth respectively in Thursday's meet at St. Thomas More.

For the girls, senior Lizzy Warner won the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 52.52 seconds.

Winning first place on the boys side were sophomore Albert Anastasio with a time of 10:34.74 in the 3,200 run; senior Malcolm Taylor, who clocked in at 2:08.00 in the 800; and the 4x400 relay squad of senior Isaac Chambers, junior Nathan Smith, junior Eric Fritzsche, and Taylor, who ran the event in 3:34.20.

St. Joseph-Ogden finished first on both the boys and the girls side, with 145 and 159 points, respectively.

With 50.5 points, the Uni boys placed third out of six teams, behind SJ-O and STM (74 points). The girls, with 24 points, finished fifth out of five teams, behind SJ-O, STM, Hoopeston, and Paxton-Buckley-Loda.

The small Uni girls contingent competed in seven events. Warner was the only Illinek to win her event, but sophomore Ashley Huddson managed second out of 11 sprinters in the 200 dash, beating out third-place Lauren Jerkovitz of STM by a hundredth of a second with a time of 29.15.

Other strong showings for the girls included Warner’s fourth-place finish in the long jump at 14 feet, 4 inches in a field of 11, and Huddson's fourth-place time in the 400 at 1:08.74.

The boys, meanwhile, flexed their muscles with top-five performances in eight events.

Besides the Illineks' three first-place finishes, they took second and third in the 3,200 (Buck Walsh, 10:52.00; Iain Konigsberg, 10:59.00) in a field of eight runners.

The 4x800 relay team of Taylor, junior Langston Allston-Yeagle, Smith, and Chambers won third place (8:45.66) out of five teams.

Also placing third were senior Kareem Sayegh in the 200 dash (23.68) and the 4x200 relay squad (sophomore Seth Bull, junior Terry Qi, senior Cheng Luo, and Sayegh, 1:43.68).

In the discus, sophomore Warren Skoza placed fifth with a toss of 90 feet, 0 inches.

Freshman Brandon Lin tied for fifth in the high jump with a leap of 5 feet, 0 inches.

For complete Uni results, see below.

Today's boys and girls meet at Paxton-Buckley-Loda was canceled because of poor weather conditions and will not be rescheduled. The next girls varsity meet will take place Friday in Tolono at the Unity Invitational. Both the boys and girls varsity will compete at St. Thomas More again on April 21.

April 9 St. Thomas More Meet at a Glance

GIRLS

• Team placings
  1. St. Joseph-Ogden: 159 pts
  2. St. Thomas More: 67 pts
  3. Hoopeston Area: 60 pts
  4. Paxton-Buckley-Loda: 48 pts
  5. UNI HIGH: 24 pts

• High jump
  6th – Ashley Huddson, 3 feet, 10 inches (3-10)
  (1st – Bria Olson, St. Joseph-Ogden, 5-0; 7 competitors)

• Long jump
  4th – Lizzy Warner, 14-04
  (1st – Rachel Ballard, SJ-O, 16-01; 11 competitors)

• 100-meter dash
  7th – Linda Ly, 15.30
  (1st – Chelsea Link, Paxton-Buckley-Loda, 13.30; 13 competitors)

• 800-meter run
  5th – Sarah Heffley, 3:00.00
  6th – Deborah Ladd, 3:01.60
  (1st – Erika Ramos, Hoopeston Area, 2:25.00; 10 competitors)

• 400-meter dash
  4th – Ashley Huddson, 1:08.74
  (1st – Chelsea Blaase, SJ-O, 1:03.87; 7 competitors)

• 300-meter hurdles
  1st – Lizzy Warner, 52.52
  (2nd – Courtney Learned, SJ-O, 52.62; 4 competitors)

• 200-meter dash
  2nd – Ashley Huddson, 29.15
  7th – Linda Ly, 30.62
  (1st – Chelsea Link, PBL, 27.40; 11 competitors)

BOYS

• Team placings
  1. St. Joseph-Ogden: 145 pts
  2. St. Thomas More: 74 pts
  3. UNI HIGH: 50.5 pts
  4. Paxton-Buckley-Loda: 43.5 pts
  5. Rockford Christian: 28 pts
  6. Hoopeston Area: 24 pts

• 4x800-meter relay
  3rd – Uni (Malcolm Taylor, Langston Allston-Yeagle, Nathan Smith, Isaac Chambers), 8:45.66
  (1st – Rockford Christian, 8:20.25; total teams: 5)

• Discus
  5th – Warren Skoza, 90 feet, 0 inches (90-0)
  7th – Will Fernandez, 86-03
  15th – Erick Dietz, 69-0
  17th – Joseph Song, 61-08
  (1st – Jordan Houtzel, Paxton-Buckley-Loda, 117-04; 17 competitors)

• Shot put
  11th – Fernandez, 32-06
  12th – Skoza, 32-06
  17th – Dietz, 27-05.5
  19th – Song, 24-06.5
  (1st – Jake Firkins, St. Joseph-Ogden, 38-04.5; 19 competitors)

• 4x100-meter relay
  6th – Uni (Chris Nguyen, Nick Cho, Steven Morse, Edward Hsieh), 52.83
  (1st – St. Thomas More, 45.20; 6 competitors)

• High jump
  T-5th – Brandon Lin, 5-0
  (1st – Tyler Johnson, STM, 5-06; 6 competitors)

• 3,200-meter run
  1st – Albert Anastasio, 10:34.74
  2nd – Buck Walsh, 10:52.00
  3rd – Iain Konigsberg, 10:59.00
  (8 competitors)

• 110-meter hurdles
  7th – Seth Bull, 20.93
  (1st – Zack Raker, PBL, 16.61)

• 100-meter dash
  9th – Terry Qi, 12.49
  10th – Cheng Luo, 12.56
  18th – Hsieh, 13.74
  19th – Dax Earl, 14.04
  (1st – Jake Ackerman, STM, 11.17; 20 competitors)

• 800-meter run
  1st – Taylor, 2:08.00
  6th – Chambers, 2:12.00
  16th – John Vaughen, 2:31.00
  18th – Kevin Li, 2:42.00
  (19 competitors; 2nd – George Bates, Rockford Christian, 2:09)

• 4x200-meter relay
  3rd – Uni (Bull, Qi, Luo, Kareem Sayegh), 1:43.68
  (1st – SJ-O, 1:35.46; 5 competitors)

• 400-meter dash
  7th – Allston-Yeagle, 58.61
  (T-1st – Austin Allen, SJ-O; Dan Kapolnek, STM, 54.05; 13 competitors)

• 300-meter intermediate hurdles
  7th – Bull, 53.83
  8th – Earl, 55.61
  (1st – Tyler Rhodes, SJ-O, 44.21; 8 competitors)

• 1,600-meter run
  10th – Walsh, 5:14.00
  12th – Jack Snyder, 5:18.00
  13th – Andrew Weatherhead, 5:25.00
  (1st – Justin Rehfeldt, Rockford Christian, 4:40.00; 20 competitors)

• 200-meter dash
  3rd – Sayegh, 23.68
  9th – Qi, 25.87
  15th – Earl, 27.54
  18th – Kevin Kuo, 28.83
  (1st – Ackerman, STM, 23.11)

• 4x400-meter relay
  1st – Uni (Chambers, Smith, Eric Fritzsche, Taylor), 3:34.20
  2nd – SJ-O, 3:34.71
  (6 competitors)