Joey Woody is not the only former UNI standout hoping to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic track and field team. Former NCAA champion Jacob Pauli is a contender in the pole vault and upped his personal record with a vault of 19-feet-and-a-quarter-inch at a qualifying meet in Cedar Falls over the weekend. The eighth best vault by an American this year. Like Pauli, Joey Woody has already qualified for the U.S. trials and he ran a 48-point-66 in the 400 hurdles.After winning silver at the World Championships last season Woody now has his sights set on Athens. Woody says he considers himself one of the top two or three in the world and people are expecting him to be there at the finish.The U.S. Olympic trials are July 9th through the 18th in Sacramento.
SEARCH THIS SITE
RECENT NEWS
- Students get a look at Air National Guard jobs in Sioux City
- Speaker says House GOP to seek UI, ISU, UNI tuition caps
- Supreme Court rules in favor of UI in Children’s Hospital construction dispute
- Law lets police check for minors inside vape shops, tobacco retailers
- Singer with ‘Iowa roots’ has dual role in Michael Jackson musical (AUDIO)