COLLEGE STATION, Tex. – The UNI 4x100-meter relay team closed out competition for the Panthers at the NCAA West Preliminary Round in College Station, Tex. on Saturday.
Junior Rylan Santi, freshman Libby Wedewer, graduate student Taylor Raines, and freshman Paishence Johnson stopped the clock at 45.53 to finish 19th overall. At the Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Championships, Santi, Wedewer, Raines, and Johnson clocked a time of 45.31 to shatter the previous UNI record of 45.42, which stood for 27 years.
Wednesday's action saw graduate student Darius King punch his ticket to the NCAA Championships after posting a toss of 20.