Panthers' Nowak Wins UNI Invite Pentathlon

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Panthers' Nowak Wins UNI Invite Pentathlon

2/1/2008 7:00:00 AM | Track and Field

By: UNI Athletics Communications

Feb. 1, 2008

Group B Results

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - University of Northern Iowa track and field freshman Olimpia Nowak won the Group A women's pentathlon with 3,676 points Friday, on the first day of competition at the UNI Invitational.

Freshman Rachel VanderHolt (Parkersburg, Iowa/Aplington-Parkersburg) won Group B of the pentathlon competition with 3,207 points.

After four events in the men's heptathlon, UNI senior Mat Clark (Ames, Iowa/Ames), with a score of 3,167 points, follows close behind in second.

WOMEN'S PENTATHLON RESULTS
Sophomore Dani Stipe (Carroll, Iowa/Kuemper) took second place in Group A, behind Nowak (Rawicz, Poland) with 3,609 points. UNI Junior Kristi Green (Lake City, Iowa/Southern Cal) took second place in Group B with 2,950 points.

VanderHolt secured her first-place finish after taking the top spot in Group B in the 60-meter hurdles and the high jump. She recorded a personal best in the hurdles with a time of 9.23 in the event. VanderHolt also place second in the shot put with a throw of 31 feet, 10 3/4 inches.

Green captured her second-place spot in Group B with a second place finish in the long jump with a leap of 16-6. She also placed third in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 10.02 and third in the 800 meter run, clock in at 2:37.23 in the event.

Nowak completed her first-place finish in Group A after an impressive performance in the 60-meter hurdles finishing with a personal best 8.96 in the event. She also took first in the women's long jump with a leap of 18-2.25.

Stipe followed close behind and captured second place finishes in both the 60-meter hurdles and long jump in Group A. Stipe crossed the line with a season-best 9.01 in the event.

MEN'S HEPTATHLON RESULTS
Following four events in the heptathlon, Cepeda leads the pack in Group A with 3,228 points. Clark is in second place with 3,167 points, while UNI sophomore Tyler Dodd (Gilmore City, Iowa/Humboldt) currently stands in sixth place with 2,489 points.

Cepeda took first in the shot put with a throw of 49-5.75 and matched his personal-best time of 7.09 in the 60-meter dash. Cepeda also recorded a personal best in the high jump, finishing second in the event with a leap of 6-6.25.

Clark took top honors in the long jump with personal-best leap of 23-6.25. Clark also finished first in the high jump with another personal best effort of 6-7.5.

Competition in the UNI Invitational continues Saturday, with the men's heptathlon 60 hurdles beginning at 10:50 a.m. Field events begin at 11 a.m. with the men's weight throw, while action gets underway on the track with the men's 60 hurdles preliminaries at 1:10 p.m. For a list of entries and a full schedule of events, check the track and field page at www.unipanthers.com.