The UIU track and field teams completed their run at the 2021 NSIC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Duluth, Minn. The Peacock men's team placed 11^th thanks to 22 points scored in four events, while the women's team finished 14^th behind 6 points in two events. Minnesota State University, Mankato won the men's title with 214.5 points, while the University of Mary claimed the women's title with 174 points.
 
Paul Marchand led the way for the Peacock men's team scoring 10 points thanks to a third-place finish in the long jump with a distance of 7.07 meters and a fifth-place finish in the 100-meter dash in a time of 10.81 seconds. Marchand unfortunately lost an opportunity to score in the 200-meter race after a false start in the preliminary heat.
 
Teddy Ayden placed third in the 200-meter race in a time of 21.49 seconds. The third-place finish reversed what had been an unlucky day for the Peacock freshman. At the completion of the 4x100-meter relay the Peacocks had the third fastest time, but an exchange zone violation on the final handoff cost UIU six team points. Ayden also false started in the 100-meter final, which he reached as the second-seed after a time of 10.95 seconds in the preliminary heat. He made the most of his final race at the championships and was only .01 of a second out of the runner-up position in the 200-meters.
 
Jaylen Hobson scored six points for Upper Iowa with a third-place finish in the triple jump on Saturday with a mark of 14.53 meters after recording a eleventh-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 6.68 meters.
 
Marchand, Ayden and Hobson all earned All-NSIC honors with their third-place finishes.
 
Cassiddy Wilson paced the women's team with a sixth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 1:03.28 to score three points. Wilson then opened the 4x400-meter relay team for the Peacocks that placed sixth behind the efforts of Wilson, Christonna Shafranski, Ellie Loesch and Jenna Ross. The quartet finished in a time of 3:55.76 for three points.
 
Two Peacocks claimed top-ten individual finishes including Deion Jones placing ninth in the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 55.61 seconds and Brady Krupa placing tenth in the decathlon with 5197 points. The men's 4x400-meter relay team placed ninth in a time of 3:21.67 thanks to the sprints of Cameron Green, Jones, Marchand and Kaden Ludwig, while the women's 4x100-meter relay team nearly scored points placing ninth in a time of 48.79 on the feet of Loesch, Shafranski, Ross and Zakaria Fuller.
 
Other Peacocks to Compete at the NSIC Outdoor Track and Field Championships…
Ellie Loesch 13^th 100m 12.58
Christonna Shafranski 16^th 400m 59.15
Ashley Donovan 18^th 3K Steeplechase 12:45.28
Kiana Maghanoy 19^th Discus 36.90m
Serianna Dehmlow 21^st 10K 44:07.21
 
Macklin Conrad 12^th Javelin 41.79m
Andrew Paskey 13^th 400m Hurdles 1:00.23
Kaden Ludwig 15^th 200m 22.56
Cameron Green 15^th 400m 50.50
Andrew Paskey 16^th Javelin 38.23m
Kaden Ludwig 18^th 400m 51.22
Devon Lawrence 18^th Javelin 33.41m
David Snider 19^th 10K 35:40.54
Grant Dieken 20^th 3K Steeplechase 10:36.44
Caden Wendt 21^st Shot Put 13.42m
Devon Lawrence 25^th Shot Put 11.60m
Nathan Goranson 29^th 800m 1:58.51