UNI Athletics
UNI Track and Field participated well in Wisconsin "Windy City" invite event.
The competition started off with the men’s long jump as Carter Morton placed second in the event with a jump of 7.42 meters as Josie Dunbar finished in sixth with a jump of 5.84 meters over in the women’s long jump. Carter Pheifer placed ninth in the men’s pole vault at 4.57 meters while Nathan Wilde secured seventh with a throw of 17.82 meters. Carson Lienau (16.99m) and Justin Olson (16.61m) were closely behind in 10th and 11th respectively.
Eva Van De Mortel ran a 7.59 in the 60 meters in the preliminary heats to finish in 14th, as Luke Meyers placed 10th in the 60 meters for men with a time of 6.79. Parker Kiewiet placed third in the men’s 400-meter “Higginbottom” elite race at 47.33 as Zach Fall placed 11th in the men’s open 400 meter with a time of 48.53 seconds.
In the women’s 400-meter dash, Maya Williams placed ninth (55.85) as Carlie Jo Fusco secured 10th (56.15). The men’s 800-meter saw Chase Knoche clock a 1:48.70 to place fifth as Drake Hanson placed ninth in the event with a time of 1:50.78. Sebastian Swistak threw a career-best 17.51 meters to win the men’s shot put competition as David Russell threw a 17.13 while following in second, as Sam Thomas followed in fifth (16.85m). On the women’s side, Katie Fare placed second in the shot put with a throw of 16.65 meters.
Meyers, Kiewiet, and Deonte Dean placed third, fourth, and 11th in the men’s 200-meter dash with times of 21.46, 21.47, and 21.83. Libby Wedewer placed 26th in the women’s 200 meters at 24.84 seconds. The semi-final heats of the men’s 60-meter hurdles saw Carter Accola place 18th with a time of 8.28 as Paige Kisley placed sixth in the finals of the women’s 60-meter hurdles at 8.50.
Caleb Shumaker and Emma Hoins each secured sixth place in the men’s 3,000 meters and the women’s mile. Shumaker posted a time of 8:14.44 while Hoins posted a time of 4:50.81. Kaylin Lacher followed behind Hoins in the mile by securing tenth place with a time of 5:08.11. Mary Kelly and Kendra Nissen ran the women’s 800-meter placing 16th (2:14.31) and 24th (2:16.36) as Jake Bosch ran a 1:54.14 in the men’s open 800-meter.
The field events saw Breanna Hackman place fourth in the women’s shot put with a toss of 13.99 meters as Jorie Hanenburg placed seventh with a toss of 13.45 meters. Rylie Todd and Josie Moreland each cleared 1.64 meters in the women’s high jump and finished ninth and 13th respectively. Competition ended with the 4×400-meter relays as the men’s team of Fall, Meyer, Knoche, and Hanson placed third with a time of 3:11.62. The women’s relay of Joey Perry, Williams, Jersey Jones, and Fusco finished tenth with a time of 3:48.45.