University of Northern Iowa Athletics
University of Northern Iowa
Iowa Open
Panther track and field heads to Iowa Open on Friday
2/19/2026 10:15:00 AM | Track and Field
UNI track & field at Iowa Open
- Friday, Feb. 20, 2025
- 11 a.m. CT
- Iowa City, IA | Iowa Indoor Track Building
- LIVE RESULTS
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The UNI track and field team will close out the regular indoor season on Friday as the Panthers head to Iowa City for the Iowa Open, its final meet ahead of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Indoor Championships in just ten days.
Competition is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. CT at the Iowa Indoor Track Building. Live results from the meet can be found HERE.
The Panthers return to action after winning five events last Friday in Chicago at DePaul's Blue Demon Alumni Classic. Emma Randecker, who last week earned MVC Women's Track Athlete of the Week honors, broke her own team and freshman record in the women's 200-meter dash for a second straight week in 23.96 seconds, the first sub-24 second time in the event in UNI history.
Carter Accola collected his own first-place finish in the men's 60-meter hurdles, where he crossed the finish line in 8.14, while Derek Woods dominated the men's 800 meters, where he earned the top spot in a career-best time of 1:49.42.
Justin Olson and David Russell topped the podium in the weight throw, where they threw for 65' 7 and 60' 8 ½ respectively. Parker Kiewiet (23' 7 ½) locked down a third-place finish in the men's long jump, with T.Y. Pour (22' 2 ½) placing in sixth. On the other side, Josey Dunbar leaped for 18' 10 ¾, earning her a fourth-place finish in the women's long jump. Sydney Scott and Erica Miner took home third and fifth-place finishes in the pole vault after clearing 12' 3 ½.
Amelia Hill finished in third place in the women's 3,000-meter run in 9:38.00, with Colin Lillie taking fourth in the men's 3,000 meters (8:18.93). Claire Wright rounded out the weekend with an eighth-place finish in the mile, where she crossed the finish line in 4:59.82.
Five indoor program records have been set by the Panthers this season, including the women's 200 meters by Randecker twice, as well as the women's 4x400-meter relay (Joey Perry, Jersey Jones, Randecker, Darci Wiseman), the women's high jump (Katy Stephens), the men's 5,000 meters (Colin Lillie) and the Heptathlon (Carter Morton).
Entering the final meet of the regular indoor season, Northern Iowa leads the MVC in eight events:
- Men's 200m - Parker Kiewiet (21.31)
- Women's 4x400m Relay - Perry, Jones, Randecker, Wiseman - 3:40.87
- Men's High Jump - Carter Morton - 7' ¼
- Men's Long Jump - Carter Morton - 24' 8 ¼
- Women's Long Jump - Josey Dunbar - 19' 10 ¼
- Women's Pole Vault - Erica Miner - 12' 10
- Heptathlon - Carter Morton - 6,054 pts
- Pentathlon - Joey Perry - 3,953 pts
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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