Two champions crowned at Kansas Relays

DREW HILL Sports Writer

The UNI track and field team traveled to Lawrence, Kan. to compete in the Kansas Relays, taking place Thursday, April 13, through Saturday, April 15. The UNI men won the 4x100 meter relay. A Panther also had a win in the 110-meter hurdles.

Jack Sumners got third in the 110-meter hurdle preliminaries on Friday with a time of 14.22 seconds. He followed up his impressive performance with a career best on Saturday to win the event with a time of 14.18 seconds to get UNI their first gold of the meet.

The 4x100 meter relay team, composed of Tinashe Chigudu, Luke Meyers, Isaiah Trousil and Deonte Dean, won the other gold medal for UNI. They finished second in the preliminaries on Friday with a time of 40.39 seconds, but won the event on Saturday with a time of 40.65 seconds.

UNI had several other notable performances as well. In the 100-meter dash, Trousil finished second in the preliminaries with a time of 10.22