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IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa track and field team competes at the NCAA First Round in Sacramento, California, beginning Thursday and ending Saturday. A full schedule of events is located on the schedule page at hawkeyesports.com/trackschedule.
FOLLOW THE HAWKEYES
Fans can follow the NCAA Preliminary live results on hawkeyesports.com/tracklive. Live stats and the FloTrack stream for the meet are also linked on the Iowa track and field schedule page, hawkeyesports.com/trackschedule, and posted on the team’s official twitter account @iowaxc_tf.
HAWKEYES IN THE RANKINGS
The University of Iowa men’s and women’s track and field teams head to the postseason both ranked in the top 25 in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Week 8 poll. The USTFCCCA ranks the women at No. 18 and the men No. 22.
REGIONAL QUALIFIERS
The University of Iowa qualified 33 student-athletes for the 2019 NCAA Track and Field West Preliminary. Iowa’s 33 qualifiers will compete 38 times in 23 events. Twelve Hawkeyes will compete in multiple events.
1. Laulauga Tausaga – shot put (18.02 meters, 59-1 1/2)
2. Laulauga Tausaga – discus (62.28 meters, 204-4)
3. Wayne Lawrence Jr., Antonio Woodard, Collin Hofacker, Mar’yea Harris – 1,600-meter relay (3:03.10)
4. Mar’yea Harris – 400 meters (45.67)
4. Nathan Mylenek – 3,000-meter steeplechase (8:38.53)
5. Konstadina Spanoudakis – discus (57.95 meters, 190-1)
6. Matt Manternach – 800 meters (1:46.93)
7. Briana Guillory – 400 meters (51.92)
9. Carter Lilly – 800 meters (1:47.52)
9. Jaylan McConico – 110-meter hurdles (13.78)
10. Karayme Bartley – 200 meters (20.61)
11. Wayne Lawrence Jr. – 400 meters (45.96)
11. Chris Douglas – 400-meter hurdles (50.32)
14. Antonio Woodard – 200 meters (20.69)
14. Anthony Williams – 110-meter hurdles (13.81)
14. Nia Britt – shot put (16.50 meters, 54-1 3/4)
19. Chris Douglas – 110-meter hurdles (13.93)
20. Tysen VanDraska – 800 meters (1:48.52)
21. Jenny Kimbro – 110-meter hurdles (13.22)
22. Nolan Teubel – 800 meters (1:48.75)
22. Josh Braverman – 110-meter hurdles (13.96)
22. Jay Hunt – high jump (2.14 meters, 7-0 1/4)
22. Nia Britt – hammer (60.99 meters, 200-1)
24. Briana Guillory – 200 meters (23.18)
24. Taylor Arco – 800 meters (2:06.06)
27. Raymonte Dow – 400-meter hurdles (51.35)
27. Tria Simmons – high jump (1.76 meters, 5-9 1/4)
31. Andrea Shine – 10,000 meters (34:10.24)
31. James Carter – triple jump (15.28 meters, 50-1 3/4)
32. Noah Larrison – 400-meter hurdles (51.49)
36. Mallory King – 800 meters (2:07.08)
36. Aubrianna Lantrip – high jump (1.75 meters, 5-8 3/4)
42. Amanda Howe – hammer (58.30 meters, 191-3)
42. Marissa Mueller – javelin (47.02 meters, 154-3)
48. Antonio Woodard – 100 meters (10.40)
48. Amanda Carty – triple jump (12.47 meters, 40-11)
RETURNING HAWKEYES
The Hawkeyes return 19 student athletes to the NCAA Preliminary Round, including Woodard, Harris, Hofacker, Guillory, VanDraska, Manternach, King, Mylenek, Shine, Douglas, Williams, Kimbro, Larrison, Lantrip, Simmons, Tausaga, Britt, Spanoudakis, and Mueller.
2018 FINALS QUALIFIERS
During the 2018 NCAA West Prelininary, 13 Hawkeyes qualified through to the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas, including (returnees in bold):
Brittany Brown – 100 meters, 200 meters
Briana Guillory – 400 meters
Mar’yea Harris – 400 meters
Matt Manternach – 800 meters
Chris Douglas – 110-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles
Jahisha Thomas – long jump, triple jump
Reno Tuufuli – shot put, discus
Laulauga Tausaga – shot put, discus
DeJuan Frye, Woodard, Hofacker, Harris – 400-meter relay
Woodard, Hofacker, Harris, O’Shea Wilson – 1,600-meter relay
NATIONALLY RANKED HAWKS
The Hawkeyes have 12 marks in the NCAA’s top 16, including junior Laulauga Tausaga, who ranks second in the shot put and discus throws. They also include:
Top 16 in the NCAA:
2. Laulauga Tausaga – shot put (18.02 meters, 59-1 1/2)
2. Laulauga Tausaga – discus (62.28 meters, 204-4)
5. Nathan Mylenek – 3,000-meter steeplechase (8:38.53)
5. Lawrence, Woodard, Hofacker, Harris – 1,600 relay (3:03.10)
7. Konstadina Spanoudakis – discus (57.95 meters, 190-1)
8. Matt Manternach – 800 meters (1:46.93)
10. Briana Guillory – 400 meters (51.92)
12. Mar’yea Harris – 400 meters (45.67)
12. Jenny Kimbro – heptathlon (5,679 points)
13. Carter Lilly – 800 meters (1:47.52)
13. Chris Douglas – 400-meter hurdles (50.32)
16. Karayme Bartley – 400 meters (45.80)
B1G CHAMPIONS
The Hawkeyes won the Men’s Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships for the fourth time in school history with 116 points. The last time the Hawkeyes won was in 2011, the most recent time that they hosted. The women tied their best finish, third, with 93 points behind Ohio State (126) and Indiana (95).
The Hawkeyes won four events at the 2019 Big Ten Championships, including:
Laulauga Tausaga – discus (60.28 meters, 197-9)
Mar’yea Harris – 400 meters (45.67)
Chris Douglas – 400-meter hurdles (50.32)
Wayne Lawrence Jr., Chris Thompson, Carter Lilly, Harris – 1,600 relay (3:07.36)
MEDALS, ON MEDALS, ON MEDALS
The Hawkeyes medaled 12 additional times at the 2019 Big Ten Championships, earning seven silver medals and five bronze medals. Juniors Jaylan McConico, Karayme Bartley, Anthony Williams, and Antonio Woodard all ran personal bests to earn hardware.
2. Jenny Kimbro – 100 hurdles (13.38)
2. Jaylan McConico – 110 hurdles (13.78)
2. Briana Guillory – 200 meters (23.31)
2. Briana Guillory – 400 meters (52.66)
2. Karayme Bartley – 400 meters (45.80)
2. Konstadina Spanoudakis – discus (52.94 meters, 173-8)
2. Jenny Kimbro – heptathlon (5,501 points)
3. Anthony Williams – 110 hurdles (13.81)
3. Antonio Woodard – 200 meters (20.69)
3. Raymonte Dow – 400 hurdles (51.37)
3. Nathan Mylenek – 3,000-meter steeplechase (8:48.72)
3. Tria Simmons – heptathlon (5,350 points)
CONFERENCE RECOGNITION
Iowa Director of Track and Field Joey Woody was named Big Ten Coach of the Year and junior Laulauga Tausaga was named Field Athlete of the Big Ten Championships when the league office announced its annual award winners.
Woody led Iowa to its first Big Ten championship since 2011. The men’s team won the conference title with 116 points, 13 more than second-place Indiana (103). Two individuals and one relay earned conference titles in the 400 meters, 400-meter hurdles, and 1,600-meter relay.
Tausaga picked up her third consecutive gold medal in discus, throwing 60.28 meters (197-9) to set the Francis X. Cretzmeyer Track record. She also finished third in shot put (17.17 meters, 56-4) and seventh in hammer (60.91 meters, 199-10), leading the Hawkeye women to a third-place finish.
Junior Jenny Kimbro, and senior Chris Douglas were recognized with sportsmanship awards.
Kimbro competed in the 100-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles, and the heptathlon. She finished second in the 100-meter hurdles (13.38) and heptathlon (5,501 points), and finished fifth in the 400-meter hurdles, adding 22 points to the Hawkeyes’ 93 overall total.
Douglas scored 14 points for the men’s team. He won the men’s 400-meter hurdles with a personal best, 50.32, and finished fifth in the 110-meter hurdles (13.93).
COUNTING ALL-TIME TRACKHAWKS
The men have 28 current athletes on Iowa’s outdoor all-time top 10, led by school-record holders Mar’yea Harris, (400-meters, 800-meter relay, 1,600-meter relay), DeJuan Frye (1,600-meter relay), Collin Hofacker (1,600-meter relay), and Nathan Mylenek (3,000-meter steeplechase).
The women have 22 athletes in the top 10. Junior Laulauga Tausaga holds the school records in the shot put (18.02 meters, 59-1 1/2), discus (62.28 meters, 204-4) and hammer (61.34 meters, 201-3), junior Jenny Kimbro recorded Iowa’s best heptathlon performance with 5,679 points, and senior Briana Guillory ran on the school-record 1,600-meter relay (3:30.97, 2016).
TAUSAGA ON TOP
Tausaga was named United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Athlete of the Week for the second time in her career on April 23.
The April 19-20 weekend in California was packed full of school records for Tausaga. She started on Thursday, throwing the hammer throw record (61.34 meters, 201-3), and continued throughout the weekend, throwing 62.28 meters (204-4) in discus. The real feat of the weekend was the shot put competition. After a rough start to the season, she hit a huge mark of 18.02 meters (59-1 1/2) to break her third school record of the week.
Tausaga is the first Hawkeye to earn the outdoor honor. She won during the indoor season after throwing the weight throw school record (23.26 meters, 76-3 3/4).
B1G ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Tausaga picked up her third consecutive Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week honor, the conference announced on April 24. The honor came after the Iowa junior broke three school records in shot put, discus, and hammer throw.
The week prior, the Hawkeyes swept the Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week awards for the second time during the outdoor season. Tausaga and senior Reno Tuufuli earned the honors during week three, and sophomore Konstadina Spanoudakis earned the women’s honor and sophomore Jay Hunt earned the men’s during week one.
Tausaga earned her first honor of the outdoor season on April 10, sharing the award with Sophia Franklin from Michigan State.
During the indoor season, three Hawkeyes were named Big Ten Athletes of the Week, including Tausaga (Feb. 6), Mar’yea Harris (Feb. 6), and Jenny Kimbro (Dec. 12).
NEXT ON THE BLOCK
Championship Round – Austin, Texas (June 5-8)
Qualifying to the Championships site is accomplished through performance in the Preliminary Round competition. Twelve competitors from each individual event and twelve teams from each relay event advance from each Preliminary Round site. The individual event student-athletes and relay teams accepted into Championships competition based on their performance at Preliminary Round competition will be announced and posted on NCAA.com the week prior to Championships competition.
