University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2016-17 Track and Field Roster
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VonEssen, Carter
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Carter VonEssen
- Position:
- Sprints/Hurdles
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Glenwood, Iowa
- High School:
- Glenwood HS
Bio
2020 INDOOR: Placed fourth in the 4x400 at the Jimmy Grant Invite (12/14)… Placed fourth in the 4x400 at the Hawkeye Invitational (1/10)… Placed third in the 4x400 at the Bison Team Cup (1/18)… Competed at the Jack Jennett Open (1/23).
2019 OUTDOOR: Finished sixth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Musco Twilight (April 13)… Placed second as a member of the 4x400 relay and in the 400 hurdles at the Tom Botts Invite (April 20)… Finished third in the 400 hurdles at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic (May 3)… Placed third with a personal-best of 53.30 in the 400 hurdles at the MVC Championship (May 12).
2018-19 INDOOR: Finished fourth at the Iowa State Classic in the 600 yd with a time of 1:14.49.
2018 OUTDOOR: Competed in the 400-meter hurdles at the Tom Botts Invite (4/20), Musco Twilight (4/12) and Gibson Invitational (4/6) … Notched a personal best time of 55.43 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Wisconsin Twilight (5/4) … Participated in the 400-meter hurdles at the MVC Championships (5/11).
2018 INDOOR: Finished third in the 4x400 at the Mark Messersmith Invite (1/27) after a time of 3:21.67.
2017 INDOOR: Opened the season with a time of 1:23.02 in the 600-meter run at the Hawkeye Invitational (1/14)... Participated in the 600 meter run and 400-meter dash at the Larry Wieczorek Invite (1/21), notching times of 1:23.35 in the run and 50.98 in the dash.2017 OUTDOOR: Earned a personal best time of 55.67 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Musco Invite (4/22)... Finished second overall in the 400-meter hurdles at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic (3/25) after a time of 56.19.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned 11 letters as a four-sport student-athlete at Glenwood High School ... was a team captain in all four sports: football, basketball, track and baseball ... seven-time medalist at the state meet, including a second-place finish in the shuttle hurdle relay at the 2016 state meet, breaking the school record in the event ... finished seventh at the state meet in the 400 meter hurdles as a senior ... was a part of the 4x400 meter relay team that placed third at the state meet in 2015 and sixth in 2016 ... helped his 4x200 meter relay team to a seventh place finish in 2015 ... also qualified for the Drake Relays with his shuttle hurdle relay team finishing eighth as a junior ... was a three-year starter in football at LB/slot … 2015 Class 3A INA 1st Team All-State linebacker … first team All-Western Iowa linebacker … All-District linebacker … 2014 All-District linebacker … finished as school’s No. 2 all-time career tackle leader ... as a four-year varsity player as pitcher and outfielder, helped win three district titles in baseball with a state appearance in 2015 … in 2016, helped win school’s first Hawkeye Ten Conference title since 1952. Baseball ... was a member of National Honor Society for three years.
PERSONAL: Son of Brent and DeEtte ... has two siblings, Blake and Grant ... majoring in construction management at UNI ... father Brent played football at Nebraska from 1984-86.
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