In Iowa City, the men’s heptathlon 60-meter was the first event of the day with eight athletes competing. Zack Butcher finished first in the race with a time of 6.9 seconds. His teammate Drew Bartels finished right behind him in second place with a time of 6.95. Not far behind was Brody Lovell who placed fifth and finished with a time of 7.08.
In women’s indoor pentathlon 60-meter hurdles, the Panthers had six of the 15 athletes competing. The highest placed Panther was Kelly Proesch in fifth place with a time of 9.12. Behind her was Darci Wiseman who placed sixth and finished with a time of 9.16. Two more Panthers finished right behind them: Silvana Kabolo placed seventh with a time of 9.17, and Katy Stephens finished eighth with a time of 9.20. Rounding out the rest of the results for the Panthers, Katy Hand finished 11th with a time of 9.47, and Joey Perry finished 14th with a time of 10.42.
Moving along to the men’s heptathlon long jump, two Panthers tied for first place. Bartels and Butcher both finished with a distance of 6.96 meters. The Panthers’ Lovell placed sixth with a distance of 6.31.
In the women’s indoor pentathlon high jump, two Panthers finished on top. Stephens placed first with a jump of 1.69 meters, and Perry finished second with a jump of 1.66. As for the rest of the results, Proesch and Hand tied for ninth place with jumps of 1.57. Kabolo placed 13th with a jump of 1.54 and Wiseman finished 15th with a jump of 1.45.
In the men’s heptathlon shot put, three Panther athletes competed. Butcher took first place with a throw of 12.97 meters. Lovell placed fifth with a throw of 10.76, while Bartels placed seventh with a throw of 10.00.
In women’s indoor pentathlon shot put, Stephens finished in first place with a throw of 12.04 meters. Hand finished eighth with a throw of 10.00, and Perry finished 10th with a throw of 8.99. Rounding out the rest of the Panthers, Kabolo placed 12th with a throw of 8.33, Wiseman placed 13th with a throw of 8.03 and Proesch placed 14th with a throw of 7.94.
In men’s heptathlon high jump, Lovell finished third with a jump of 1.84 meters, while his teammate Butcher finished fourth with a jump of 1.81.
In women’s indoor pentathlon long jump, Stephens finished fourth with a distance of 5.39 meters. Right behind her, in fifth place, was her teammate Perry with a distance of 5.37. Kabolo followed suit, finishing sixth place with a distance of 5.28. Not far behind her was Hand, who finished eighth with a distance of 4.96. Rounding out the rest of the results, Wiseman finished 12th with a distance of 4.75, and Proesch finished 13th with a distance of 4.72.
In the men’s 3000-meter, Northern Iowa’s Caleb Shumaker placed sixth with a time of 8:26.25.
In the women’s 3000-meter, the Panthers had two athletes competing. Kate Crawford placed 10th with a time of 10:13.50. Not far behind was her teammate Eden Mueller, placing 12th with a time of 10:21.42.
In the women’s indoor pentathlon 800-meter, Perry took first place, finishing with a time of 2:24.31. Her teammate Wiseman placed fourth with a time of 2:29.43. Hand placed eighth with a time of 2:41.73, Stephens placed ninth with a time of 2:47.76, and Kabolo finished 10th with a time of 2:58.96.
In the women’s 3000-meter, Northern Iowa’s Emma Hoins finished 10th with a time of 9:55.51.
In the men’s weight throw premier, Carson Lienau finished 11th finishing with a distance of 16.70 meters.
In the men’s shot put premier, Spencer Kessel finished fourth with a distance of 18.23 meters. Lieneau placed sixth with a throw of 17.62. Not far behind him was his teammate Sebastian Swistak throwing for a distance of 16.38.
In the women’s high jump premier, Rylie Todd finished fourth with a jump of 1.70 meters. Close behind her in sixth place was her teammate Josie Moreland, also with a jump of 1.70. Finishing in ninth place was Chloe Largent with a jump of 1.65.
In the men’s high jump premier, Ethan Powers finished in fifth place with a jump of 2.00 meters.
In the men’s pole jump premier, Brendan Safley placed second with a jump of 5.10 meters.
