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Levang and Stites win NISG election SOFIA LEGASPI/Northern Iowan

SYDNEY HAUER

Executive Editor

At around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 27, Jacob Levang and Jacob Stites were named the new NISG student body president and vice president, respectively for the 2019-2020 school year.

Around 80 students gathered in the Union to hear the results when they were announced. Levang and Stites received 58 percent of the vote, with Amjad and McCutchan receiving 42 percent of the vote. Actual numbers have not been released as of this

time, but should be released within the next week. “We just want to thank everyone who’s supported us,” said Stites shortly after the results were announced. “We want to thank our entire team, everyone who attended our roundtables, everyone who voted for us. We want

a toss of 63 feet, 6.75 inches and Kirkpatrick in the long jump with a leap of 24 feet, 2.25 inches. Kirkpatrick narrowly missed a first-place finish, missing the top honor by a centimeter. The men and women would have several other point-scoring finishes, as the men would end day one in first, while the women remained in fourth. Day two of the championships, Sunday, Feb. 24, came with plenty of other points scored. On the women’s side, Maddie McCalla was the lone champion, winning the 400-meter dash in a time of 54.89, an indoor personal best. McCalla would go on to place second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.52, another personal best. Lyndsie Schinkel, Patrice Watson and Maria Gonzalez were all able to earn AllConference awards, placing third in their respective events. Schinkel competed in the 800meter run (2:10.37), Watson in the 60-meter hurdles (8.58) and Gonzalez in the high jump (5 feet, 5.25 inches). This is Gonzalez’s second time receiving All-Conference honors. For the men, the 4x400 meter squad was the only relay of the

weekend to earn a first-place finish with a team of Sven Van Den Bergh, Tayshaun Cooper, Bryce Newcomb and Connor Blough demolishing the rest of the field and crossing the finish line roughly 25 meters ahead of the competition in a blazing 3:14.38. Connor Ham, despite a slow start, was able to dash past the other runners to a first-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles. Ham ran a time of 7.93 seconds, a personal best and the highest-ranking event in the NCAA among the men’s track athletes at the MVC championships. Ham ultimately won the Most Outstanding Athlete honor for the men as well. Another sprinter for the Panthers, Evan Long, was able to garner second place finishes in the 200-meter dash (21.65) and the 400-meter dash (47.79). Van Den Bergh placed third in the 400 as well (48.25) Keegan Tritle, UNI’s record holder in the shot put, placed second in the shot put with a throw of 61 feet 5 inches. The men of UNI would go on to place second and the women would place fourth. “[I was] really pleased and happy with how they competed. We had a really good meet on

to thank our competitors for putting up a good fight. They really challenged us, made us think differently about some of our ideas on our platform, so, hoping that we can do what’s best.” Levang echoed Stites sentiment and thanked their competition. “I think they challenged us immensely and they made the student body get very engaged in this election, which I think is important, and civic engagement was great, and we saw that all throughout campus, and that was really awesome.” Levang is a junior business management major from Des Moines, and Stites is a junior economics major, also from Des Moines. With their campaign slogan “Reaching New Heights,” Levang and Stites focused their campaign on increasing NISG transparency, campus equity and inclusivity, sexual assault advocacy and prevention, an off-campus housing initiative and mental health advocacy.

Amjad and McCutchan’s campaign focused largely on diversity and inclusion, as well as NISG transparency and mental health and sexual violence prevention. One of the reasons they initially decided to run was because of a perceived lack of diversity on the bill by some UNI students. “Honestly, that 58 percent, that’s shocking to me,” said McCutchan. “That’s really close. I mean, I study political science, and in elections, that’s pretty damn close. I think that it is encouraging that it was so close and that so many people got out and participated in the elections.” “Congratulations to Levang and Stites,” Amjad said. “I’m glad we ran; we ran with our ethics and morals intact and we wish them a very happy administration. We hope that everything that they want to work for for the university at the end pays off, and we together, if they want, can make UNI a better place.” See ELECTION, page 2

UNI hosts MVC track, places second and fourth ELIOT CLOUGH

Sports Editor

After coming off of an MVC Championship meet in the 2018 outdoor season in which the Northern Iowa men were able to come out on top by a single point over the Redbirds of Illinois State, the UNI-Dome played host to quite the environment this past weekend. Day one of the championships, Saturday, Feb. 23, saw several Panthers grab AllConference placings as Brooke Lorenz was able to earn the honor for the first time in her career with a second-place finish in the pentathlon. Lorenz would score a personal best in the competition, scoring a total of 3,545 points and hitting personal bests in the 60-meter hurdles, long jump and shot put. Lyndsie Schinkel, Jolissa Kriegel, Katie Nimrod and Alyssa Williams were also able to place second in the Distance Medley Relay for the women, running a combined time of 12:02.87. On the men’s field side, Isaac Holtz and Cade Kirkpatrick would go on to also place second in their respective events, Holtz in the weight throw with

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both sides, and so when you perform at your best and you get beat, it’s a little easier to take than if you have a lot of things that don’t go your way.

So, [we’re] looking forward to turning the page and getting right to outdoors,” said Head Coach Dave Paulsen following the meet.


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