CARBONDALE, Ill. – The UNI men's track and field team captured its third-consecutive and 10th outdoor conference title at the Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Championships on Sunday in Carbondale, Ill. with 167.50 points, while the women finished fifth overall with 82 points. The Panthers brought home six gold medals and posted a total of 19 All-Conference finishes on the weekend. Head coach Dave Paulsen was named MVC Men's Coach of the Year and graduate student Darius King was named Men's Most Outstanding Field Athlete.
The men's 4x100-meter relay team of senior Michael Santi, graduate student Elijah Hicks, senior Dan Blocker, and freshman Parker Kiewiet clinched gold, clocking a time of 40.