Panthers track and field set for action in California, Indiana this week

UNI track & field at Bryan Clay Invitational

Apr. 16-18, 2025
Azusa, Calif. | Cougar Athletic Stadium
6:45 p.m. / 4 p.m. / 7 p.m. CT
LIVE RESULTS

UNI track & field at Gibson Invitational

Apr. 18-19, 2025
Terre Haute, Ind.| Gibson Track & Field Complex
12 p.m. / 11:30 a.m. CT
LIVE RESULTS

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The UNI track and field team's active outdoor schedule is set to continue this week as the Panthers prepare for another doubleheader week of competition, slated to participate in both the Bryan Clay Invitational in California, as well as Indiana State's Gibson Invitational.

Competition is set to run Wednesday through Friday in Azusa, Calif. For the Bryan Clay Invitational, while the Gibson Invitational will get underway on Friday at noon CT and 11:30 a.m. CT on Saturday in Terre Haute.

Select athletes will make their way to the west coast, with Emma Hoins and Amelia Hill (unattached) set to run in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase on Wednesday, along with Caleb Shumaker in the men's 5,000-meter run. Hoins notably set the school record in the steeplechase last year in 10:19.19.

Chase Knoche and Drake Hanson are scheduled to run the 800 meters on Thursday, with Hanson holding the third-fastest time in team history from 2023 (1:48.19). Chase Lauman, along with Hanson, Knoche, Hill (unattached) and Hoins will round out the week all running in the 1,500 meters on Friday. Notably, Hoins cracked into UNI's top-five all-time list in the mile run last weekend with a time of 4:28.71.

The Panthers are coming off a strong doubleheader weekend last week, picking up 13 titles in Des Moines and Drake's Jim Duncan Invitational, as well as eight titles at Mount Mercy's Mustang Distance Carnival and Open. In addition to 21 combined titles and 24 new career-best marks, several Northern Iowa athletes posted top-five marks in their respective events, including Justice Miller, who jumped to second all-time in the men's javelin throw (67.27), just under seven feet off the program record. Carson Lienau also jumped to fourth in the men's shot put with a winning throw of 18.66 meters at Drake.

Entering this week's competitions, UNI athletes currently lead the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) in six events:

Women's High Jump | Rylie Todd & Josie Moreland - 1.74m
Women's Shot Put | Katie Fare - 16.58m
Heptathlon | Joey Perry - 4,873 pts.
Men's 110m Hurdles | Hunter Manock - 14.08
Men's Shot Put | Carson Lienau - 18.66m
Men's Javelin | Justice Miller - 65.27m

UNI track and field action can be followed all season long on social media on Facebook (UNI Track and Field), X (@UNITrackFieldXC) and on Instagram (@uni_tf_xc). Schedules and rosters, along with the latest Panther news and information can be found online at UNIpanthers.com.

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