Panthers Prep for National Track and Field Events

UNI Track and Field at USATF 2018 Junior Outdoor Championships
June 15-17 | Bloomington, Indiana

JoJo Frost – 400-meter hurdles
Isaiah Trousil – 100-meter and 200-meter dashes
Erica Loussaert – heptathlon

Desert Challenge Games
June 15-16 | Tempe, Arizona

Jessie Heims – 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, discus

USATF 2018 Outdoor Championships
June 21-24 | Des Moines, Iowa

assistant coach Alex Wilson – 3,000-meter steeplechase
assistant coach Jeff Coover – pole vault
All-American Jacob Smith – 400-meter hurdles
former All-American Brandon Carnes - 100 & 200 meter dashes

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – UNI track and field will have Panthers competing in multiple national events in the next two weeks.

Jessie Heims is headed to the Desert Challenge Games after setting the American record in the women's paralympic discus twice this year. Heims, a freshman, is expected to compete in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes in addition to the discus throw. The entire event gets underway Friday.

JUNIOR OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Three Panthers will compete in Bloomington, Indiana, at the USATF 2018 Junior Outdoor Championships. Freshman Isaiah Trousil will lead off competition for the trio in the 100-meter dash scheduled for 2:40 p.m. CT Friday. Finals for the 100-meter dash are later that night at 5:50 p.m. Trousil is from West Burlington, Iowa.

Also on Friday, freshman JoJo Frost will compete in the 400-meter hurdles at 4:40 p.m. CT. Finals for that event will be at 5:10 p.m. CT Saturday. Frost is from Center Point, Iowa.

Freshman Erica Loussaert will start heptathlon competition at noon CT Saturday with the 100-meter hurdles. The final heptathlon event is scheduled for Sunday. Loussaert is an Eldridge, Iowa, native.

PANTHER WATCH AT JUNIOR OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Friday (CT):

2:40 p.m. – Trousil 100-meter dash (first round)
4:40 p.m. – Frost 400-meter hurdles (first round)
5:50 p.m. – Trousil 100-meter dash (finals)

Saturday (CT):

noon – Loussaert heptathlon 100-meter hurdles
1 p.m. – Loussaert heptathlon high jump
3 p.m. – Loussaert heptathlon shot put
4:15 p.m. – Loussaert heptathlon 200-meter dash
6:05 p.m. – Trousil 200-meter dash (first round)

Sunday (CT):

11:30 a.m. – Loussaert heptathlon long jump
12:45 p.m. – Loussaert heptathlon javelin
2:40 p.m. – Loussaert heptathlon 800-meter run
3:25 p.m. – Trousil 200-meter dash (finals)

USATF 2018 OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

UNI's newest All-American, Jacob Smith, will join assistant coaches Jeff Coover and Alex Wilson in Des Moines, Iowa, at the USATF 2018 Outdoor Championships. Fans will be able to watch on NBC platforms all weekend.

Smith is coming off a sixth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA Division I 2018 Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Smith is looking to improve on his NCAA qualifying time of 50.13 seconds, which stands as the second fastest time in UNI history. Smith is a sophomore from Burlington, Iowa.

Coover and Wilson will be competing in the men's pole vault and women's 3,000-meter steeplechase.

PANTHER WATCH AT 2018 OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

June 21 (CT) – NBC Sports Gold coverage starts at 1 p.m.

1:50 p.m. – Wilson steeplechase (first round)
3:05 p.m. – Smith 400-meter hurdles (first round)
6:10 p.m. – Carnes 100-meter dash (first round)

June 22 (CT) – NBC Sports Gold 11:30 a.m. / NBCSN delayed 10 p.m. to 12 a.m.

1:10 p.m. – Carnes 200-meter dash (first round)
5:10 p.m. – Smith 400-meter hurdles (semifinals)

June 23 (CT) – NBC Sports Gold 10 a.m. / NBC live 3-5 p.m.

1:30 p.m. – Coover pole vault (finals)
3:36 p.m. – Smith 400-meter hurdles (finals)

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