UNI track & field prepares for competitive slate at MVC Indoor Championships

UNI track & field at 2023 MVC Indoor Championships

Feb. 26-27 | Chicago, Ill.
Dr. Conrad Worill Track & Field Center at Gately Park
9:30 a.m. CT (Sunday/Monday)

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa --- UNI track and field puts their speed, strength and agility to the test as the Panthers visit Gately Park in Chicago on Sunday and Monday for the MVC Indoor Championships.

The Panthers were tabbed to finish in third place on the men's side, with the women's being selected to take home sixth place in the conference's pre-championship poll announced on Thursday. UNI finished third with 123 points at last year's MVC Championships in the men's competition, with the women taking fifth with 64 points.

The Panthers enter this weekend's meet leading the conference in three events.

Heptathlete Carter Morton holds the top spot in the MVC with a point total of 5,698 set at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite earlier this month. Morton also holds the third place spots in the high jump and triple jump, as well as a fifth-place spot in the pole vault.

Parker Kiewiet leads the conference in the men's 400-meters with a time of 46.26, looking to build off an impressive outdoor campaign last spring, where he scored 40 points for UNI after winning the long jump, 200-meters, 400-meters and running on the 4x400-meter relay. Kiewiet holds a second place spot in the long jump with a jump of 7.59m.

Katie Fare holds the Panther's top spot in the MVC in the women's shot put with a personal best mark of 16.68m set at the SDSU Indoor Classic.

UNI's field athletes show great depth with 11 top-ten MVC marks including 2022 MVC outdoor champion Rylie Todd with a standing mark of 1.70m in the high jump. Senior Mari Shavers also set a new Panther record in the weight throw moving her to third in the Valley with a 20.03m mark.

On the track, Rylan Santi holds a third-place spot in the 60-meter dash with a school record time of 7.43 seconds set earlier this month. In the 60-meter hurdles, sophomore Paige Kisley holds a time of 8.72 seconds, sitting fourth in the Valley. The Panthers hold a #19 rank in the Midwest Region and three top 20 event squad rankings, with the women's shot put leading the Valley on the women's side at #12 in the nation.

Two reigning MVC indoor champions return to the track for the Panthers looking to defend their titles. Jack Sumners took home gold in the men's 60-meter hurdles last February with a time of 8.06 seconds, while Sophia Jungling clinched the women's 800-meters with a winning time of 2:08.23.

MVC Indoor Championships Schedule of Events

Heptathlon (Sunday)

9:30 a.m. - 60m, Long Jump, Shot Put, High Jump

Pentathlon (Sunday)

10 a.m. - 60m Hurdles, High Jump, Shot Put, Long Jump, 800m

Field Events (Sunday)

3 p.m. - Women's Weight Throw Final
2 p.m. - Men's Pole Vault Final
3 p.m. - Women's Long Jump Final
5 p.m. - Men's Weight Throw Final
5 p.m. - Women's Pole Vault Final
5 p.m. - Men's Long Jump Final

Track Events (Sunday)

3:15 p.m. - Women's Mile Preliminary
3:30 p.m. - Men's Mile Preliminary
3:45 p.m. - Women's 60m Hurdles Semifinal
3:55 p.m. - Men's 60m Hurdles Semifinal
4:05 p.m. - Women's 400m Preliminary
4:20 p.m. - Men's 400m Preliminary
4:35 p.m. - Women's 60m Semifinal
4:45 p.m. - Men's 60m Semifinal
4:55 p.m. - Women's 800m Preliminary
5:10 p.m. - Men's 800m Preliminary
5:25 p.m. - Women's 200m Preliminary
5:40 p.m. - Men's 200m Preliminary
5:55 p.m. - Women's 5000m Final
6:15 p.m. - Men's 5000m Final
6:40 p.m. - Women's Distance Medley Relay Final
6:55 p.m. - Men's Distance Medley Relay Final

Heptathlon (Monday)

9:30 a.m. - 60m Hurdles, Pole Vault, 1000m

Field Events (Monday)

10:30 a.m. - Women's Shot Put Final
10:30 a.m. - Men's Triple Jump Final
10:30 a.m. - Women's High Jump Final
12:30 p.m. - Women's Triple Jump Final
12:30 a.m. - Men's Shot Put Final
12:30 p.m. - Men's High Jump Final

Track Events (Monday)

11:30 a.m. - Women's Mile Final
11:40 a.m. - Men's Mile Final
11:50 a.m. - Women's 60m Hurdles Final
12 p.m. - Men's 60m Hurdles Final
12:10 p.m. - Women's 400m Final
12:25 p.m. - Men's 400m Final
12:40 p.m. - Women's 60m Final
12:50 p.m. - Men's 60m Final
1 p.m. - Women's 800m Final
1:10 p.m. - Men's 800m Final
1:20 p.m. - Women's 200m Final
1:30 p.m. - Men's 200m Final
1:40 p.m. - Women's 3000m Final
2:10 p.m. - Men's 3000m Final
2:35 p.m. - Women's 4x400m Relay Final
2:50 p.m. - Men's 4x400m Relay Final

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