UNI track and field hosts Jack Jennett Open

UNI track and field - Jack Jennett Open
Jan. 20-21, 2022

1 p.m. pentathlon / 1:30 p.m. heptathlon Jan. 20
10 a.m. heptathlon Jan. 21
11 a.m. field events Jan. 21
1 p.m. running events Jan. 21

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UNI track and field at Larry Wieczorek Invitational

Jan. 21-22
Iowa City, Iowa

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – UNI track and field will host its season home opener and honor a former teammate at the Jack Jennett Open this week.

The Panthers are coming off the Hawkeye Invitational with fire. Darius King's first-place finish in the shot put brought the attention of competitors, the Missouri Valley Conference and the NCAA. King sits sixth in the nation with his season's best throw of 19.64 meters and earned MVC Male Field Athlete honors. Senior Isaiah Trousil set a new personal best in the 60-meter dash with a new time of 6.72 And a runner-up finish. Trousil also took runner-up in the 200-meter dash last week with a time of 21.28, only one-tenth of a second off his personal best time in this event.

The women bring momentum to the Jack Jennett Open with the lead of Jill Bennett. The sophomore sprinter set her personal best in the 60-meter dash at the Iowa State Holiday Invitational with a time of 7.65. Bennett also shines in the 200-meter dash with a season's best time of 25.12. Junior Mari Shavers set her personal best in the weight throw at the Hawkeye Invitational with a toss of 17.95 meters. Shavers finished fifth at the invitational with this distance and sits fifth in the Missouri Valley. Shavers also set a season's best in the shot with a toss of 13.27 meters.

TEAMS TO HONOR STACY MILLER

The UNI track and field teams will wear a patch in honor of former teammate Stacy Miller this week. This season marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Stacy Miller, who was a member of the Panther cross country team. She died after a two-vehicle crash near Grundy Center as a passenger in a UNI van that was en route to Des Moines for a cross country meet.

Coach Sharon Huddleston and five other team members were injured in the wreck.

Miller, a Charles City, Iowa, native was a sophomore majoring in German. Miller, 19 years old, was survived by her parents, Bob and Grace Miller and three brothers, Todd, Chris and Blake. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, the National Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Campus Bible Study. She had received the Master Sports Award.

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