Upper Iowa put together their best meet of the season as they came in second place at the Luther Invitational. The Peacocks recorded 106 points as a team, trailing only Hamline University who recorded 144 points.

Senior Kysta Ramirez set a school record in her first pole vault event of the season with a 2.82-meter jump, that earned her first place and ten points. The Peacocks had six event winners on the day which is a season-high and also set two meet records. Sophomore Jillian Dodds set a meet record in the 60m dash, as she finished in first place with a time of 8.14 which earned her ten points. Freshman Haylie Hutchinson's meet record came in the 60m hurdles, where she recorded her personal best time of 9.41 in the first-place victory, which earned her ten points. Hutchinson had herself a phenomenal day as she also came in first place in all three events she competed in, which included both the 200m dash and the triple jump. She finished the 200m in 27.27 and recorded a 10.29m jump in the triple jump.

Junior Jordan Sekafetz earned 14 points on the day, highlighted by a first-place finish in the long jump where she posted a 4.58m mark. She also placed fifth in the 60m hurdles, as she completed the race in 10.09. Following her first-place finish in the 60m, Dodds added eight more points in the 200m dash as she finished in second place behind Hutchinson, recording a time of 27.51. Sophomores Eryn Sabelka and Mackenzie Rader each competed in one event, where they both came in first place. Rader completed the 400m in 1:05.58 and Sabelka finished the 600m in 1:46.62.

Ramirez earned four more points on her record setting day, as she came in fifth place in the 200m dash in 28.85. Sophomore Leah Ries rounded out UIU's point total in the running events as she earned two points with a seventh-place finish in the 60m hurdles at 10.57. Sophomore Myah Brinker earned five points with a fourth-place finish in the weight throw, where she posted a 14.12m mark. Senior Katie McEnery scored Upper Iowa's final three points in the pole vault, where she finished in fifth place with a 2.44m jump.

UIU will be competing at Wartburg College next week in the Liz Wuertz Indoor Invite. This will be Upper Iowa's final meet of the regular season which will be held on Saturday, Feb. 17 at 10:30 a.m.