University of Northern Iowa
ISU Holiday Invitational
UNI track & field: Records fall as Panthers opening indoor season
12/10/2022 7:58:00 PM | Track and Field
Parker Kiewiet sets school record in 300-meter dash as UNI wins six events in first weekend of competition.
IOWA CITY, Iowa --- The UNI track and field team kicked off the 2022-23 indoor season on Friday and Saturday in style, picking up 6 first-place finishes competing in a pair of meets at Iowa State and Iowa.
UNI multi-event athletes took part in the Pentathlon and Heptathlon at the ISU Holiday Invitational on Friday and Saturday, while others took to the track in Iowa City at the Jimmy Grant Invitational.
ISU Holiday Invitational
Darci Wiseman opened the weekend and her collegiate career with a fifth place finish in Friday's Pentathlon in Ames, headlined by third place finishes in the 800-meter run (2:30.19) and 60-meter hurdles (9.09) for a total of 3,067 points.
Carter Morton recorded the fourth highest Heptathlon score in UNI history with a career-best 5,651 points for his second career win in the event. Morton's score currently ranks first in all of NCAA Division I indoor track and field.
Jimmy Grant Invitational
In Iowa City, Rylie Todd took first place in the women's high jump with a jump of 1.70 meters, while Isabelle Holtzen won the women's pole vault jumping 3.55 meters. Katie Fare also posted the second highest mark in program history with a throw of 17.2 meters to win the women's shot put.
Rylan Santi took first place in the women's 60-meter dash, setting a new personal best and recording the second fastest time in school history in the finals in 7.52 seconds.
Parker Kiewiet also made history, setting a new school and facility record in the 300-meter dash in 32.72 seconds, the third fastest time in the nation this year and eighth fastest in NCAA Division I history. Kiewet also took home second place in the long jump with a best of 7.52 meters.
Makenna Wilson finished in the top five in both of her individual events, taking second in the women's shot put after a throw of 15.54 meters, and fourth in the weight throw with a toss of 19.30 meters.
Three Panthers took third place finishes in individual events, including Libby Wedewer, who ran a 7.75 in the 60-meter dash. Alivia Silvestri jumped 3.45 meters in the women's pole vault, as Brendan Safley took third in the men's pole vault with a jump of 4.40 meters.
Madelyn Sanda, Caden Ungs and Carson Lienau all took fourth in their respective events with Sanda running a 25.81 in the women's 200-meter dash, Ungs jumping 1.90 meters in the men's high jump and Lienau throwing 15.54 meters in the men's shot put.
The women's 4x400-meter relay team of Auriona Kimbrough, Wedewer, Sophia Jungling and Eden Barrett closed the afternoon with a third place finish with a time of 3:54.64.
UP NEXT
UNI returns to competition on Jan. 14 as the Panthers return to Iowa City for the Hawkeye Invitational.
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