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Notes: Big Ten Indoor Championships

The Hawkeyes travel to the 2026 Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championships.

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THIS WEEK

The Hawkeyes travel to Indianapolis for the 2026 Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championships, with events beginning Thursday and continuing through Saturday.

HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG

The meet schedule and results can be found on the Iowa Track and Field schedule page at hawkeyesports.com. Updates and results will also be posted on the team's official 'X' account (iowaXC_TF). Fans can stream the meet live on B1G+.

2026 NEWS

  • The Hawkeyes claimed 10 titles at the Iowa Open with 12 personal bests and four updates to the all-time list.
  • Dymonde Nave led the way for the women’s 60-meter hurdles, clocking a personal-best and seventh-fastest time at Iowa. Blake Nyenati finished first for the men.
  • Senior Alexandria Edison secured the women’s 60-meter title with a personal-best 7.52. Edison picked up another win in the women’s 200 meters, clocking a 24.01.
  • Also claiming event titles in the men’s and women’s 600 meters were Evan Osler (1:20.25) and Leanna Lewis (1:29.60). Miriam Sandeen (3,000 meters), Lovisa Ulvenstam (triple jump), Wisdom Williams (shot put), and Ryan Johnson (weight throw) also captured titles in their respective events.
  • Junior Ryan Johnson shattered his own school record in the weight throw at the Iowa State Classic, winning the event with a 24.99-meter throw. That mark is the fourth-best collegiate mark of all time, and the 15th-best performance in U.S. and world history. He was named the USTFCCCA Men's Athlete of the Week on Feb. 9.
  • The women’s 4x400-meter relay team set a new school record at the Tyson Invitational. The quartet of Olicia Lucas, Alivia Williams, Damaris Mutunga and Gabby Cortez clocked a program-record time of 3:29.69.
  • Senior Kalen Walker won the 60 meters with a season-best 6.55 at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic. In the semifinals, junior Darwin Jimenez ran a 6.52 to move to second on Iowa’s all-time list and then-third nationally. Senior Holly Duax picked up a personal best time of 7.35 in the 60-meter semifinals, ranking fourth all-time at Iowa.
  • The women’s shot put was dominated by senior Wisdom Williams who claimed the title with a 15.81-meter toss.
  • Redshirt sophomore Peyton Wilson broke into the program's all-time list with an 18.51-meter throw, a personal best that ranks ninth in school history.
  • In the women’s 200, sophomore Alivia Williams finished third in 23.33, ranking third in program history. Holly Duax (23.45) and Izzy Zahn (23.56) set personal bests in the 200-meter invite. Duax is seventh in program history, while Zahn enters at 10th. On the men’s side, Freshman Jordan Gross clocked a 20.91, which ranks eighth in school history. Senior Jaylin Holmes crossed the line in 21.08 in the open 200, good for 10th all-time.
  • Senior Vaughn DeVaughn III advanced to the 60-meter hurdles final after improving his time from the prelims in the semifinals. In the semis, DeVaughn crossed the line in 7.81, a lifetime best that ranks tenth at Iowa. DeVaughn ultimately placed seventh in 7.87.

LAST TIME OUT

The Iowa track and field team captured 10 event titles at the Iowa Open. The Hawkeyes swept the men’s and women’s 60-meter hurdles and 600 meters, highlighted by Dymonde Nave’s title-winning, personal-best 8.24 that moved her to seventh all-time at Iowa in the women’s hurdles. Blake Nyenati claimed the men’s crown in 7.70. In the 600 meters, Evan Osler and Leanna Lewis each took gold, while Alexandria Edison led the sprints with victories in the 60 meters (7.52) and 200 meters (24.01). Miriam Sandeen (3,000 meters), Wisdom Williams (shot put), and Ryan Johnson (weight throw) also secured event titles.

JOHNSON MAKES HISTORY

Ryan Johnson nearly broke the 25-meter barrier, winning the weight throw at the Iowa State Classic in Ames with a massive 24.99-meter effort. His mark stands as the fourth-best collegiate performance of all time and ranks 15th in U.S. and world history. Three of his four legal throws surpassed the 24-meter barrier. Johnson maintains the national lead in the weight throw. His mark was a new lifetime best and updated the school record, which he had most recently set at the Hawkeye Invitational on Jan. 9. Johnson is Iowa’s first field athlete to be recognized by the USTFCCCA as a National Athlete of the Week since Laulauga Tausaga in February of 2019.

2025 B1G INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Hawkeyes return Big Ten champions Gabby Cortez and Ryan Johnson, along with Kalen Walker, Emmanuel Njoku, Sal Capaldo, and Chioma Nwachukwu, who delivered strong performances at last season’s championships. Cortez claimed the Big Ten title in the women’s 600 meters with a personal-best 1:28.18, while Johnson won the program’s first conference men’s weight throw title in his debut season with a mark of 24.38 meters. Njoku earned silver in the long jump with a 7.72-meter leap that, at the time, ranked fifth in program history. Capaldo improved his own program all-time best in the heptathlon, totaling 5,528 points to rank sixth in school history. On the track, Nwachukwu finished third in the women’s 400 meters in 52.44, while Mutunga placed fifth in 52.75. Walker enters the indoor championships as the school record holder in the 60 meters and reigning outdoor conference champion in the men’s 100 meters.

INDIVIDUALS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

The Hawkeyes recorded nine marks ranked among the top 15 nationally in their respective events. Ryan Johnson leads the way at No. 1 in the weight throw, with Sean Smith ranked 14th. In the 60 meters, Darwin Jimenez (No. 3) and Kalen Walker (No. 9) represent the Hawkeyes, while Damaris Mutunga (No. 6) and Gabby Cortez (No. 9) hold top-10 spots in the women’s 600 meters. On the men’s side, Terrick Johnson is ranked 14th. Emmanuel Njoku sits 10th in the long jump, and the women’s 4x400 relay team of Olicia Lucas, Alivia Williams, Mutunga, and Cortez is ranked 11th nationally.

HAULING IN THE HONORS

Ryan Johnson earned his second Big Ten Athlete of the Week honor after a record-breaking performance at the Iowa State Classic on Feb. 6, where he won the event title with a 24.99-meter throw while recording the fourth-best collegiate performance of all time. Earlier, Johnson was named Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week after a historic 24.85-meter weight throw at the Hawkeye Invitational, a mark that ranked fourth in NCAA Division I history and set Iowa school, facility, and meet records. Sprinters Jordan Gross, Dymonde Nave, Blake Nyenati, Izzy Zahn, and mid-distance runner Caila Lyons, earned Big Ten Athlete of the Week recognition following performances at the Jimmy Grant Invite and Hawkeye Invitational earlier this season. Gross was the Big Ten Men's Freshman of the Week after posting a team-best 6.77 in the 60 meters. Nave took home the Big Ten Women’s Track Athlete of the Week honor after winning the 60-meter hurdles in 8.44. Nyenati posted the program’s seventh-fastest time (7.73) in the 60-meter hurdles to earn the Big Ten’s Men’s Track Athlete of the Week award. Zahn earned the Big Ten Women’s Freshman of the Week honor after posting a 38.14 in the 300 meters at the Jimmy Grant Invite. Zahn ran the second leg of Iowa’s 4x400 relay that placed second in 3:46.76. Lyons was named Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week after winning the 600 meters in 1:31.12 and anchoring Iowa’s winning 4x400 relay with a meet-best. 

SCHOOL-RECORD HOLDERS

Four school records have been set by current members of the 2026 Iowa roster:

UPDATING THE ALL-TIME LISTS

This season, the Hawkeyes have made 38 updates to the indoor top-10 lists:

UP NEXT

The Hawkeyes head to the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with competition set to begin Friday, March 13 and continue through Saturday, March 14.