Hudnall, Banks-Price Get Firsts at UNI

Men's track

Cedar Falls, Iowa -- Chris Hudnall and Kendall Banks-Price won their events and set new Indian Hills records in the process as the IHCC men competed at the Jack Jennett Invite at the University of Northern Iowa.

Hudnall took the 60 meter hurdles in a time of 8.26 and Banks-Price jumped 6'-8.75" in the high jump for first-place finishes and record-setting performances.

Jasean White's leap of 22'-11.75" in the long jumk was second in program history and third in the event, while narrowly missing the national qualifying mark.

Herman Chongwain took 4th in the 60 meter finals in 7.01.  

Conner Riley had two strong performances.  He was third in the mile in 4:32.68, one second away from winning the event.  And the sophomore was seventh in the 800 in 2:02.76.

Torian Kingston's 400 meter time of 51.40 was 7th.

The Warriors finished one-two in the 600 meters with Ethan McAreavy (1:29.45) and Elijah Boesch (1:30.81).

The 4x400 relay unit of Jadon Tirado, Jarvis Barber, Tahzmere Givens and Kingston came in 3rd with a time of 3:32.20.

The Warriors had a number of other competitors in the meet:  Dichon Francis (7.10), Barber (7.15), Marshaun Cook (7.16), Mechai White (7.17), Robert Taylor (7.19), Rancy Freeman (7.26) and Judah Cocco (7.63) all ran in the 60 meters; Brandon Snowden (22.94 for 5th place), Hudnall (23.09 for 9th), Cook (23.35), Francis (23.36), Tj Thomas (23.45), White (23.86), Tirado (24.09), Lazavien Walker (24.25) and Kaleb Schneider (24.35) were all in the 200 meters; Carlon Steward (52.08), Aytonn Bar-Shimon (52.34), Snowden (52.53), Givens (53.12) and Keyon Evans (58.28) all took part in the 400 meters; Javon Martin (2:19.96) ran in the 800; Zach White (4:43.17) and Cade Curphy (5:05.44) competed in the mile run; Spencer Magill and Jaxson Sharp (both at 5;-10.75") took part in the high jump; Robert Taylor (21'-4") was in the long jump; Kase Hitt (42'-1.05") and Hunter Rodibaugh (37'-10.5") threw the shot; Schneider (9.04 in the prelims) ran the 60 meter hurdles; Zach Schocker (9:40.16), Jacob Glandon (10:03.35) and Seth Kilborn (10:05.21) were in the 3000 meters; and the 4x800 relay squad of Boesch, McAreavy, Kilborn and Curphy finished 5th in 18:47.68.

"We had a handful of national qualifiers sit out this meet to rest," IHCC coach Brent Ewing said.  "It was great to see several others step up to the plate and perform well.  Kendall Banks-Price, Chris Hudnall and Jasean White led the way.  I was really pleased with how all three of them performed.  Conner Riley had an impressive double in the mile and 800 meters as well.  Brandon Snowden, Mechai White, Rancy Freeman, and Carlon Steward all had significant season bests in their respective events.  We're beginning to see our athletes' times drop quite a bit which is promising as we enter the second half of the indoor season.  I'm excited to see how we compete in our final two meets before the postseason."

Indian Hills will compete in the Mark Schuck Multi at Minnesota State Mankato this weekend.