Upper Iowa competed in the GLVC Championships over a two-day span this weekend, finishing in ninth place. The Peacocks recorded 15 points as a team which tied them with Illinois Springfield, and placed them above McKendree, UMSL, Rockhurst, and Quincy. Lewis came in first place with 174 points, followed by UIndy with 145, and Southwest Baptist with 143.

Jillian Dodds, Eryn Sabelka, Mackenzie Rader, and Haylie Hutchinson participated in the 4x400m relay, where they placed seventh as a team with a personal best time at 4:05.26, earning two points. Dodds also competed in the 400m, where she finished 14^th overall at 1:01.39. Hutchinson and Jordan Sekafetz each qualified to the final for the 60m hurdles where Hutchinson came in 5^th place with a time of 9.25 which earned her four points and Sekafetz came in eighth with a time of 9.69, earning her one point. Both athletes recorded personal best times in the finals.

Hutchinson's third event came in the triple jump where she came in sixth place with a 10.71m jump which earned her another three points. Kysta Ramirez and Katie McEnery each participated in the pole vault final where they placed back-to-back at sixth and seventh respectively. Ramirez posted a jump of 2.55m which earned her three points and McEnery added another two points with a 2.40m jump. Myah Brinker added a 13^th place finish in the pole vault where she recorded a throw of 14.29m.

Hutchinson wrapped-up her phenomenal freshman season by being named a James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award Honoree.

The Peacocks will begin their outdoor track season on Tuesday, Mar. 26 as they head to Mount Mercy in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.