Upper Iowa's men's indoor track and field team returned to the track on Friday and placed second at the DWU Invitational hosted by Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, S.D. The Peacocks traveled north to compete this weekend after the Mule Relays hosted by the University of Central Missouri were canceled in Warrensburg, Mo.
 
UIU scored 103 points to place second out of five teams at the invite. Northwestern College claimed the team title with 174 points, while the host, Dakota Wesleyan, came in third place with 77 points. Jamestown College placed fourth with 50 points and Briar Cliff University rounded out the fivesome with 47 points.
 
Teddy Ayden led the way for the Peacocks with a pair of first-place finishes in the 60-meter dash and the 200-meter race earning 20 points for UIU. Ayden set UIU program records in both races crossing the finish line in 7.00 seconds in the 60 and 22.72 seconds in the 200.
 
Paul Marchand also had a great day for the Peacocks. Marchand won the long jump with a leap of 6.67 meters and also placed second in the 60-meter dash just .03 seconds behind Ayden (7.03). The 60-meter dash was a big race for UIU; the Peacocks scored the top three times as Joe Edozie came in third in a time of 7.15.
 
Kaden Ludwig had a hand in 12 points thanks to a fifth-place run in the 200 meters (23.19 seconds), a fourth-place finish in the 400 meters (52.46) and was part of the third-place, 4x400 meter relay team that took third in a time of 3:32.97. Ludwig was joined on the relay by Cameron Green, Iain Gronewold and Deion Jones. Jones also placed second in the 400 meters with a time of 52.41 to score 8 points for the team.
 
The long jump was another big event for the Peacocks. UIU marked four of the top five jumps on the day. After Marchand's top leap of 6.67, Jaylen Hobson placed second (6.65m), while Brady Krupa (6.26m) and Nicholas Trimuel (6.11m) rounded out the top five. Trimuel also landed the fourth-best triple jump distance (11.91m) to score four more points for UIU. Caden Wendt scored 10 points in throws placing third in the shot put with a throw of 13.21 meters and fourth in the weight throw with a mark of 12.22 meters. UIU was the only team to enter a team into the 4x800 meter relay. Grant Dieken, David Snider, Brady Johnston and Nathan Goranson earned 10 team points with a time of 9:18.32.
 
Full Upper Iowa men's results from the DWU Invitational can be found below.
 

Peacocks Men's Indoor Track & Field
Event	Peacock	Place & Time/Mark	Team Points
60m Hurdles	Andrew Paskey	9th – 10:19
60m	Teddy Ayden	1st – 7.00	10
	Paul Marchand	2nd – 7.03	8
	Joe Edozie	3rd – 7.15	6
	Brady Krupa	9th – 7.48
	Iberius Jenkins	19th – 8.23
1000m	David Snider	9th – 2:53.06
	Grant Dieken	11th – 2:58.42
	Brady Krupa	12th – 3:13.12
600m	Bryce Baker	11th – 1:41.02
200m	Teddy Ayden	1st – 22.72	10
	Kaden Ludwig	5th – 23.19	2
	Paul Marchand	9th – 23.51
	Deion Jones	10th – 23.63
	Cameron Green	11th – 23.66
	Joe Edozie	12th – 23.72
	Iain Gronewold	17th – 24.46
	Jaylen Hobson	19th – 24.49
	Samuel Thomas	23rd – 24.98
400m	Deion Jones	2nd – 52.31	8
	Kaden Ludwig	4th – 52.46	4
	Cameron Green	7th – 53.48
	Iain Gronewold	9th – 54.86
	Samuel Thomas	10th – 56.15
	Andrew Paskey	14th – 1:00.05
3000m	Nathan Goranson	9th – 10:17.33
4x400m Relay	Green, Ludwig, Gronewold, Jones	3rd – 3:32.97	6
4x800m Relay	Dieken, Snider, Brady Johnston, Goranson	1st – 9:18.32	10
Weight Throw	Caden Wendt	4th – 12.22 m	4
	Devon Lawrence	6th – 11.91 m	1
	Christopher Vo	8th – 10.07 m
Shot Put	Caden Wendt	3rd – 13.21 m	6
	Devon Lawrence	12th – 11.12 m
	Christopher Vo	16th – 9.57 m
	Matthew Moncrief	18th – 9.09 m
Long Jump	Paul Marchand	1st – 6.67 m	10
	Jaylen Hobson	2nd – 6.65 m	8
	Brady Krupa	4th – 6.26 m	6
	Nicholas Trimuel	5th – 6.11 m	2
Triple Jump	Nicholas Trimuel	4th – 11.91 m	4

 
The Peacocks will head to Mount Vernon, Iowa next Saturday, Feb. 13 for a dual with Cornell College.