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Sal Capaldo is set to compete in the decathlon at the Texas RelaysSal Capaldo is set to compete in the decathlon at the Texas Relays
Stephen Mally
Men's Track & Field

Notes: Hawkeyes Head to 5 Meets

The Hawkeyes travel to five meets across the country Wednesday-Saturday.

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THIS WEEK
The Hawkeyes travel to five meets across the country Wednesday-Saturday. Iowa opens at the Texas Relays on Wednesday with multis Sal Capaldo and Carlee Rochford. Jumps and throws will also go to the Texas Relays and Bobcat Invitational. Sprints, hurdles and mid-distance runners travel to the Florida Relays. Distance runners will compete at the Stanford Invite and Mike Fanelli Track Classic.

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). 

2026 NEWS

  • Iowa’s Vaughn DeVaughn III claimed the men’s 110-meter hurdle title in 13.92 at the UCF Black & Gold Challenge. 
  • Lizzy Korczak won the women’s javelin in Orlando for the second-straight season, opening her outdoor campaign with a 52.06-meter throw.
  • In their outdoor debuts, freshmen Emmanuel Njoku and Lovisa Ulvenstam competed in the men’s and women’s long jump. Njoku secured the men’s title with a wind-aided mark of 7.95 meters, while Ulvenstam placed seventh in the women’s competition with a wind-aided leap of 5.91 meters.
  • Junior Ryan Johnson won the program’s first-ever weight throw NCAA title with a meet and facility record breaking 25.64-meter mark. 
  • Johnson also claimed the Big Ten weight throw title with a world-leading mark of 25.66 meters at the 2026 Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships, breaking the meet, facility and collegiate record. He now ranks third all-time among American weight throwers and fourth in history overall. He was named the Big Ten Field Athlete of the Championships and Big Ten Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year.
  • Senior Kalen Walker became a two-time first-team All-American after placing third in the men’s 60 meters in 6.56. He ended his indoor career as a three-time All-American in the 60 meters and school record holder (6.50). 
  • The women’s 4x400-meter relay team of Alivia Williams, Izzy Zahn, Damaris Mutunga, and Chioma Nwachukwu earned first-team All-America status and set a school record with their 3:29.63 finish. 
  • The Iowa’s men’s team placed 10th overall with 19 points at the NCAA Championships.  The women’s team collected three points. The Iowa men finished 3rd at the B1G Championships and matched their best finish since 2023.
  • In his first season as a Hawkeye, Darwin Jimenez earned All-America status after placing sixth in the 60 meters in 6.58. He closed indoor season No. 2 on Iowa’s all-time list. 

LAST TIME OUT
Iowa began its outdoor season with four titles at the UCF Black and Gold Invitational on March 20-21. On the track, Vaughn DeVaughn won the men's 110-meter hurdles in 13.92. In the field, Lizzy Korczak won the women's javelin with a 52.06 season-opening throw. The Hawkeyes swept the long jump competitions. Emmanuel Njoku opened at 7.95 meters, while Lovisa Ulvenstam leapt 5.91 meters. Iowa made three updates to the program's all-time list. In the women's 800 meters, Leanna Lewis climbed to third in school history in 2:04.76. Rosemary Arthur followed up in 2:06.02 to move up to 8th. Men's hurdler Prior Ochonogor made his opened 50.20 in the 400 hurdles and ranks 7th in school history.

B1G HONORS
Two Hawkeyes were named Big Ten Athletes of the Week on March 25. Emmanuel Njoku's 7.95-meter jump leads the nation in the long jump. He won the title at the UCF Black & Gold Invite to open outdoor season. Prior Ochonogor kicked off his outdoor campaign with a title in the 400-meter hurdles. Ochonogor's time of 50.20 led the nation after opening week. He moved to 7th on Iowa's all-time list. 

LAST TIME HERE 
Last season, the Hawkeyes competed across the country at the Texas and Florida Relays, Bobcat and Stanford Invites, and the Mike Fanelli Track Classic. Lizzy Korczak took home the gold in the women’s javelin with a 57.69-meter throw at the Texas Relays. Sydnie Smith moved up the all-time list with a personal-best throw of 52.48 meters in the women’s discus, securing second place in Austin. At the Florida Relays, Chioma Nwachukwu, Damaris Mutunga, and Alivia Williams dominated the women’s 400 meters, making three updates to the Iowa all-time list. Nwachukwu took second place with a time of 51.44, ranking third all-time at Iowa. Mutunga finished in 52.54, earning her the sixth spot on the all-time list, while Williams crossed the line in 53.19, ranking ninth. At the Stanford Invite, Carson Houg earned a personal best of 3:51.32 in the men’s 1,500 meters, securing fourth place. In the men’s 5,000 meters, two Hawkeyes achieved lifetime bests, including Will Ryan, who finished in 14:05.99. Teammate Brayden Burnett also recorded a personal best, clocking in at 14:17.38.

INDOOR SEASON RECAP
The Hawkeyes are coming off the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Ryan Johnson was crowned national champion in the men’s weight throw, marking the first title in program history in the event. Kalen Walker and Darwin Jimenez earned first-team All-America honors in the men’s 60 meters, while the women’s 4x400-meter relay team of Alivia Williams, Izzy Zahn, Damaris Mutunga, and Chioma Nwachukwu also claimed first-team All-America recognition. Nwachukwu added second-team All-America honors in the women’s 400 meters, and Emmanuel Njoku earned second-team honors in the men’s long jump.

JOHNSON NAMED 2026 B1G MEN'S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
The native of Springboro, Ohio, was crowned the NCAA Champion in the weight throw on March 13 and became Iowa’s first-ever champion in the event. Johnson’s winning mark of 25.64 meters was two centimeters from his personal best, which he set on Feb. 27 to win the Big Ten title. His 25.66-meter mark to win the conference crown was a collegiate, facility and meet record and catapulted Johnson into the 2026 world lead. He was thus named the Big Ten Field Athlete of the Championships. Johnson is Iowa’s first-ever Big Ten Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Year recipient. Jenoah McKiver was the program’s last conference athlete of the year, winning the indoor track honor in 2022. In his junior campaign, Johnson was undefeated and broke the 24-meter barrier at eight of nine meets. He was named to the 2026 USTFCCCA The Bowerman Watch List and was selected as the USTFCCCA National Men’s Field Athlete of the Week on Feb. 9. Johnson became the No. 3 weight thrower in US history and No. 4 in the world this season.

RETURNING ALL-AMERICANS
The Hawkeyes return All-American’s Ryan Johnson, Mike Stein, Lizzy Korczak, and the men’s and women’s 4x400-meter relay teams. Johnson earned first-team All-America honors in his first season as a Hawkeye finishing in sixth-place, firing 71.91 meters and scoring the men’s team three points from the hammer throw. He became the first Hawkeye to reach the podium in the hammer throw since 2007. Making her NCAA Championships debut, Lizzy Korczak became a second-team All-American in the javelin. Competing in flight two, Korczak placed 13th at 53.18 meters. Stein uncorked a 75.77-meter throw out of the gate, which held as the best throw of his series and earned him sixth place, earning first team honors. The University of Iowa’s 4x400-relay team of Landon Fontenot, Zidane Brown, Josh Pugh and Terrick Johnson placed fourth and clinched first-team All-America status. The team clocked the second-best time in program history at 3:01.61. Also returning is the women’s 4x400-relay team of Alivia Williams, Damaris Mutunga, Olicia Lucas and Chioma Nwachuku securing the program's first ever first-team All-America honor. The quartet clocked a sixth-place time of 3:27.42 to finish the 2025 NCAA Championships.

RELAY RETURNERS
Iowa brings back a deep core of mid-distance runners to pace the relays. On the women’s front, sophomores Alivia Williams, Damaris Mutunga and Chioma Nwachukwu, alongside junior Olicia Lucas return as owners of four of the top five records in program history in the 4x400 relay. On the men’s side, Landon Fontenot, Zidane Brown, Josh Pugh and Terrick Johnson hold the program’s second-fastest time in the 4x400 after placing 4th at NCAAs last season. Derek Leicht, James Fingalsen, Ryan Schreiner and Johnson ran the 4x800 relay in 7:21.88 at the Drake Relays, which marked a then-world leading time. 

OUTDOOR SCHEDULE NOTES
The Hawkeyes return this season to the Texas, Florida, and Drake Relays, while also hosting the Musco Twilight meet in Iowa City. Later in the year, they’ll travel to the West Coast for a competitive stretch at the Mt. SAC Relays, Beach Invitational, and Bryan Clay Invitational. The schedule also features appearances at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic, Jim Duncan Invitational, Tom Jones Invitational and Kip Janvrin Open. 

SCHOOL-RECORD HOLDERS
Six school records have been set by current members of the 2026 Iowa roster:

UPDATING THE ALL-TIME LISTS
The Hawkeyes made three updates to the outdoor top-10 lists:

UP NEXT
Iowa travels to Des Moines for the Jim Duncan Invite on April 10.