University of Northern Iowa Athletics
University of Northern Iowa
Larry Wieczorek Invitational
UNI track and field visits Iowa City for Larry Wieczorek Invitational
1/22/2026 11:56:00 AM | Track and Field
UNI track & field at Larry Wieczorek Invitational
- Friday-Saturday, Jan. 23-24, 2026
- 10:30 a.m. CT / 1 p.m. CT
- Iowa City, Iowa | Iowa Indoor Track Facility
- LIVE RESULTS
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The UNI track and field team returns to Iowa City for the second time this indoor season as the Panthers compete at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational, hosted by the University of Iowa.
Competition is scheduled to begin on Friday, Jan. 23 with field events at 10:30 a.m. CT with late afternoon and evening events to follow at 4 p.m. CT. Saturday's action will begin at 1 p.m. CT.
The Panthers return to the road after a pair of meets last Friday at Iowa State's Bill Bergan Classic and Kansas State's Thane Baker Invitational. Northern Iowa set ten total career-best marks, along with two meet records and three new top-five marks in program history in Manhattan, continuing to build its momentum in its second weekend of competition since the start of the new calendar year.
At Kansas State, UNI saw success in the distance events as Meghan Wheatley (10:00.90) and Melody Ochana (10:03.26) finished first and second in the 3,000-meter run, with Wheatley setting a new meet record. Lindsey Sonderman and Amelia Hill raced their ways through the women's 3,000 meter invite with Sonderman running the fifth-fastest time in school history for the event in 9:42.30. Hill took home fifth place in 9:43.55.
Josey Dunbar set a new career-best mark to take fifth in the women's long jump in Manhattan with a leap of 19 10 ¼, the second-best jump in school history, while Parker Kiewiet set a new meet record as he dominated the men's 200-meter dash in 21.31 seconds. The women's 4x400-meter relay team of Joey Perry, Emma Randecker, Darci Wiseman and Jersey Jones also clocked a 3:43.69 to finish in second place with the second-fastest time in program history.
Entering the weekend, UNI leads the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) in 13 events.
- Parker Kiewiet (Men's 200m)
- Emma Randecker (Women's 200m)
- Zach Fall (Men's 400m)
- Derek Woods (Men's 800m)
- Sarah Feddersen (Women's 800m)
- Women's 4x400m Relay (Joey Perry, Emma Randecker, Darci Wiseman, Jersey Jones)
- Carter Morton (Heptathlon, Men's High Jump, Men's Pole Vault, Men's Long Jump
- Erica Miner (Women's Pole Vault)
- Josey Dunbar (Pentathlon, Women's Long Jump)
UNI IN THE TOP-30 DIVISION I EVENT RANKINGS
- 1st - Heptathlon (6,054 pts)
- 20th- Men's High Jump (7' 1/4")
- 26th- Men's Long Jump (24' 8 1/4")
- 7th- Pentathlon (3,953 pts)
- 30th - Men's 800m (1:51.33)
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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