The indoor track and field conference championships have officially come and gone through the UNI-Dome this past weekend, as the men and women of UNI gave it their all on their home turf. On day one of the championships, six Panthers were able to place in the top three, with one first place on the day, and 12 other Panthers clinched a finals berth.

For the men’s team, six advanced to the finals in five different events. In the 60 meter dash, Isaiah Trousil (6.80), Tayshaun Cooper (6.80) and Eli Hicks (6.91) all qualified for the finals. Jack Sumners (8.17) qualified for the 60-meter hurdles final.  Isaiah Trousil (21.88), Tayshaun Cooper (22.00) and Eli Hicks (22.26) all qualified a second time for the 200-meter dash. To round out the Panther men who qualified were Wal Khat (1:54.06) in the 800-meter and the mile from CJ May (4:20.41).

On the women’s side, another six were advanced in three events with 60-meter hurdles from Hannah Schau (8.73) and Megan Hudson (8.78). Following them are the 200-meter dash qualifiers with Taylor Raines (25.33) and Tyler Gray (25.35) and also the 800-meter with Dianna Slight (2:16.65) and Katie Nimrod (2:18.36).

Six additional athletes received all-conference honors through the first day of competition. Chase Van Sant and Jack Sumners placed second and third, respectively, in the men’s long jump. Kyler Yodts and Darius King placed second and third in the men’s weight throw. Isabelle Holtzen placed third in the women’s pole vault, and Cam Bauer also placed third, in the men’s pole vault.

At the end of day one, the men’s team led the conference in points with 40.5 points, just .5 over second place, Illinois State. On the women’s side, the Panthers finished day one with 30.5 points, resulting in third place.