University of Northern Iowa
Wartburg Indoor Select
UNI track and field wins five events at Wartburg, Iowa State
2/3/2024 6:55:00 PM | Track and Field
Panthers sweep multi-events at Wartburg, win three titles at Iowa State. UNI returns to action next weekend at South Dakota State.
AMES, Iowa — UNI track and field continued its indoor season on Friday and Saturday, sending athletes to both the Wartburg Indoor Select in Waverly, as well as the Iowa State Classic in Ames.
On Friday in Waverly, Amanda Lietz finished in first-place in the women's pentathlon with a personal-best score of 3,073 points in the Hoover Fieldhouse, winning three of five events with career-best marks in the 60-meter hurdles and shot put. Darci Wiseman placed second in the pentathlon with 2,957 points.
In the men's heptathlon at Wartburg, Brody Lovell topped the podium with 4,650 points, recording a career-best time in the 1,000-meter run portion of the multi-event competition. Colin Buch, competing unattached, placed third with 4,217 points.
Brendan Safley opened the Iowa State Classic with a first-place finish in the men's pole vault with a career-best vault of 5.23 meters, recording career-best performances in each of his last two meets in the event. Alivia Silvestri won the women's pole vault after clearing 3.45 meters, as Sydnee Scott finished second (3.45-meters). Isabella Cox and Hannah Wallace took third and fourth respectively with career-best performances.
In the women's long jump, Josey Dunbar finished second with a leap of 5.44 meters, while Maleah Walker placed fourth after a 5.30-meter leap. On the men's side, Zach Butcher took home gold with a 6.90-meter jump. Competing unattached, Katie Fare finished second in the women's shot put with a 15.78-meter toss, while Dunbar also claimed second-place in the triple jump for the purple and gold with a jump of 10.55 meters, with Maleah Walker (10.25 meters) finishing fifth.
Rylie Todd finished second in the women's high jump after clearing 1.67 meters, with Katy Stephens (1.62-meters) and Chloe Largent (1.57-meters) placing fourth and fifth respectively in the event. On the men's side, Ethan Peters finished in third-place after clearing 1.94 meters. Spencer Kessel (17.90 meters) meanwhile placed fourth in the men's shot put with Carson Lienau (17.15 meters) placing fifth.
On the track, Sophia Jungling took home third-place in the women's 800-meter run with a time of 2:13.71, as Kendra Niseen placed fifth with a career-best time of 2:15.42. In the men's 800-meter, Chase Knoche set a new career-best and recorded the fourth fastest time in program history in 1:48.50 to take fourth place.
Jack Sumners (8.09) and Drew Bartels (8.11) finished fifth and sixth respectively in the men's 60-meter hurdle finals for the Panthers. Paige Kisley clocked in at sixth-place in the women's 60-meter hurdles finals in a time of 8.78 seconds, while Emma Hoins clocks a career-best time of 4:54.40 in the women's mile to finish in third place, breaking her own mark for the fifth-fastest indoor mile time in school history.
In the 4x400-meter relay, a team of Libby Wedewer, Joey Perry, Auriona Kimbrough and Jill Bennett placed third in a time of 3:50.53. On the men's side, Onal Mitchell, Chase Knoche, Luke Meyers and Kaden Emanuel finished third in a time of 3:17.44.
UP NEXT
UNI returns to action next weekend, February 9-10 at the SDSU Indoor Classic. Competition is scheduled to begin on Friday at 4 p.m. CT and on Saturday at 11 a.m. CT at the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex in Brookings, South Dakota.
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