Panthers to Compete for U.S. Track & Field Spots

UPDATED JUNE 21 TO ADD BRETTE CORREY

USATF Junior Outdoor Championships
June 22-25, 2017
Sacramento, California
Webcast: http://bit.ly/2ryVv1X

5,000-meter race (women / final) – 11 a.m. CT June 23

USATF Outdoor Championships
June 22-25, 2017
Sacramento, California
TV: 9:30-11:30 p.m. June 23 / NBCSN
TV: 3-5 p.m. June 24 / NBC
TV: 3-5 p.m. June 25 / NBC
Webcast: http://www.nbcsports.com/gold

800-meter run (women / first round) – 7:25 p.m. CT June 22
100-meter dash (men / first round) – 8:35 p.m. CT June 22
3,000-meter steeplechase (women / first round) – 10:13 p.m. CT June 22
100-meter dash (men / semifinals) – 7:31 p.m. CT June 23
100-meter dash (men / final) – 10:02 p.m. CT June 23
800-meter run (women / semifinal) – 10:28 p.m. CT June 23
200-meter dash (men / first round) - 1:48 p.m. CT June 24
Pole vault (men / final) – 2 p.m. CT June 24
3,000-meter steeplechase (women / final) – 4:24 p.m. CT June 24
200-meter dash (men / semifinal) – 2 p.m. CT June 25
800-meter run (women / final) – 4:06 p.m. CT June 25
200-meter dash (men / final) - 4:33 p.m. CT June 25

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Six track and field athletes with UNI ties will be competing at the USATF championships for spots on the national team this weekend.

Current Panthers Hannah Truniger and McKayla Cole will be competing in the 5,000-meter run in the junior division. The 5K race will be contested Friday. Truniger is seeded third. Cole has the 12^th best time entering Friday's race.

The top two finishers in the junior division will make the national team representing the United States at the Pan American Junior Championships set for July 21-23, 2017, in Lima, Peru.

Four more Panthers have a shot at the U.S. team competing at the IAAF World Championships in London Aug. 4-13, 2017. The top three finishers in each event will make the national team.

Two assistant coaches will compete. Alex Wilson will compete in the 3,000-meter steeplechase Thursday, and Jeff Cover will pole vault Saturday. Wilson has the eighth fastest time in the nation so far this season and enters Thursday's race seeded ninth.

Brandon Carnes, who just wrapped up his final season as a UNI student-athlete, will run the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes. Carnes earned second-team All-America honors in the 100-meter dash at the 2017 NCAA Division I National Championships in Eugene, Oregon, earlier this month.
Brette Correy, who has earned multiple all-conference honors in the 800-meter run will be the first Panther to compete this week.

UNI AT THE USATF CHAMPIONSHIPS
This will be the first time since 2013 any current student-athlete has competed at the Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Zach Buchheit competed in the 5,000-meter run. Former Panther Daniel Gooris competed in the senior division that same year to qualify for the Thorpe Cup in the decathlon.

Paige Knodle was UNI's last female student-athlete to compete at the junior championships. She took third place in the heptathlon as a freshman.

In 2010 and 2011, Holli Hosch was the last Panther still on the UNI roster to qualify for the USATF Outdoor Championships. She competed in the 800-meter run.

JUNIOR DIVISION – for chance to compete at Pan American Junior Championships

Hannah Truniger – The 2016 Missouri Valley Conference freshman of the year for cross country also earned two all-conference honors in the outdoor track season. She was third in the 5K and took second in the 10K. At the indoor Missouri Valley Conference Championships, she took third in 3K and fifth in the 5K races.

McKayla Cole – The Charles City graduate finished high school early to get a jump-start on her college education. She joined the UNI track and field team at the start of the spring semester and redshirted her outdoor season. She was an all-state performer as a prep, finishing second in her final state cross country championship.

USATF OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – for chance to compete in London

Brandon Carnes – Carnes wrapped up his college career as the school and conference record holder of the outdoor records for the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes and the indoor 60-meter dash. He also holds the UNI school record in the indoor 200-meter dash. Carnes earned 16 conference titles, going undefeated in the conference for all four years of competition.

Jeff Coover – He just wrapped up his fifth season assisting at UNI, working primarily with the pole vaulters. He was an All-American for Indiana University and continues to compete professionally, including at the Drake Relays and the most recent Olympic Trials. He competes for Under Armour.

Brette Correy – After earning all-conference honors and two trips to the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 800-meter run, Correy redshirted last season for UNI. She has continued to compete unattached in meets during the 2017 season.

Alex Wilson – The former Panther competed in the 2016 Olympic Trials and still holds four school records. She has the eighth fastest time in the nation in the 3,000-meter steeplechase this season. She returned to UNI to coach cross country and the mid-distance and distance crew for the men's and women's track and field teams. She competes for Oiselle.

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