University of Northern Iowa Athletics
University of Northern Iowa
NCAA West Preliminary Round
Moreland, Hoins close out season for UNI track and field at NCAA Prelims
5/31/2025 6:23:00 PM | Track and Field
COLLEGE STATION, Tex. --- UNI's Josie Moreland and Emma Hoins rounded out the 2025 outdoor track and field season for the Panthers on Saturday, competing in the women's high jump and 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA West Preliminary Meet at Texas A&M's E.B. Cushing Stadium.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Moreland, making her NCAA Preliminary Meet debut, cleared five feet, seven and one-quarter inch (1.71m) on her second attempt before coming up short on all three attempts to clear five feet, nine and one-quarter inch (1.76m), finishing in 32nd place in the 48-woman field. The 2025 Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) outdoor high jumping champion, Moreland finishes a strong sophomore season where she posted a career-best mark of five feet, ten inches, a height she cleared to win the Drake Relays title back in April. Moreland also captured the MVC's indoor high jumping crown in March during an indoor season where she broke UNI's 43-year old program record at five feet, nine and one-quarter inch (1.76m).
Hoins, who placed 32nd in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA Prelims a year ago, ran a 10:39.37 to place 37th. Concluding her historic UNI distance career, Hoins, who was the MVC's runner-up in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the conference meet finishes her time at Northern Iowa as the program's record holder in the event at 10:15.39, a mark she set in April at the Bryan Clay Invitational in California, along with the second-fastest outdoor mile time in team history (4:26.76).
PANTHERS RESULTS AT NCAA WEST PRELIMINARY MEET
Wednesday, May 28
- Men's Javelin (First Round) | Justice Miller - 19th - 217 feet, 1 inch (66.18m)
- Men's Shot Put (First Round) | Carson Lienau - 22nd - 59 feet, 9 inches (18.29m)
- Men's Shot Put (First Round) | Spencer Kessel - 34th - 57 feet, 11 ¾ inches (17.67m)
- Men's Shot Put (First Round) | David Russell - 41st - 56 feet, 7 ½ inches (17.26m)
- Men's Pole Vault (Semifinals) | Brendan Safley - 21st - 16 feet, 11 ½ inches (5.17m)
- Men's 800m (First Round) | Drake Hanson - 32nd - 1:49.35
- Men's 800m (First Round) | Chase Knoche - 37th - 1:50.03
Thursday, May 29
- Women's Shot Put (First Round) | Katie Fare - 22nd - 51 feet, 5 ¾ inches (15.69m)
- Women's 400m Hurdles (First Round) | Carlie Jo Fusco - 42nd - 1:00.76
Friday, May 30
- Men's 4x400m Relay (Quarterfinals) | Butcher, Kiewiet, Hanson, Fall - 19th - 3:08.36
Saturday, May 31
- 3:30 p.m. CT - Women's High Jump (Semifinal) - Josie Moreland - 32nd - 5 feet, 7 ¼ inch (1.71m)
- 5:40 p.m. CT - Women's 3,000m Steeplechase (Quarterfinals) - Emma Hoins - 37th - 10:39.37
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