The Panthers took over Iowa City this weekend as they competed in the Larry Wieczorek Invitational. Many Panthers made an impact in this meet including sprinter Rylan Santi who set a new school record. 

The competition got started with field events. Katie Fare recorded a third place finish in the Hawkeye Pro women’s shot put with a distance of 53 feet, 3.75 inches. Mari Shavers scored fourth in the women’s weight throw with a distance of 60 feet, 7.75 inches while Makenna Wilson finished in seventh place at 59 feet, 11.25 inches.

Emma Hoins had her season-best in the women’s 3000-meter run with a final time of 9:55.88 giving her a sixth place finish. Kate Crawford finished 11th in this race with her career-best of 10:06.96. Andrew Ferguson finished in fifth place in the men’s 200-meter dash with a time of 22.05.

Next up was the women’s 60-meter dash, giving Santi her time to shine. Santi crushed the preliminaries, running a 7.49. This would be a school record as she beat the previous score set over 20 years ago by 0.01 seconds. She would run a 7.52 in the final race, placing her in third position. She also scored fifth in the 200-meter dash the day before with a time of 25.16.

Jack Sumners had his season-best in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.09 and a finish in fourth place while Drew Bartles followed in seventh with an 8.16. Sixth place in the women’s 400-meter dash went to Erin Kerkhoff with a 58.31 while eighth place was secured by Auriona Kimbrough with a 58.51. Onal Mitchell scored his career best in the men’s 400-meter with a 48.56 and a fourth place finish while Ferguson got ninth place with his season-best of 49.02.

Sophia Jungling achieved her career-best in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:12.97 and a seventh place finish. The men’s 800 meters saw three Panthers get their career bests. Hanson finished in second in the Hawkeye Pro with a 1:51.33. Chase Knoche ran a 1:54.40 in the premier race to get third place and Micaiah Ellis was not far behind him in fifth place with a 1:55.29.

The meet closed with the 4×400 relays. The men got second place with Ferguson, Mitchell, Titus Jackson and Hanson running a time of 3:16.75. The women finished in fifth place with the team of Kimbrough, Jill Bennett, Jungling and Kerkhoff running a 3:56.43.

The Panthers will be in action Feb. 3 and 4 as they will compete in the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational in Lincoln, Neb.