The final indoor track and field event for Iowa State will take place this weekend with only one of its team members competing. Senior distance runner Lisa Koll is the lone qualifier for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Koll has had some well documented accomplishments in this current indoor track season, especially in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters. Koll earned an individual Big 12 title in both events... read more »
For the final time this season, the ISU women’s track and field team will take to the road. Just two weeks before the Big 12 Conference Championships, the Cyclones will travel to Fayetteville, Ark., to compete in the Arkansas Twilight. “This is just one more good opportunity,” head coach Corey Ihmels said. “It gives us a chance to get together as a group and sure up the lineup for the conference meet.” The Cyclones... read more »
At the Drake Relays last weekend, the Iowa State track and field squad had successes and failures alike. There were several athletes, however, that didn’t compete at all. Over the weekend, there were 10 ISU entries scratched from Drake events. The absences started Thursday night when junior Kiel Uhl and freshman Yonas Mebrahtu were scratched from the 5,000-meter run shortly before the race. “When we entered, we had no idea what was... read more »
DES MOINES — Everything was going right at the Drake Relays on Friday. Attendance was high and the weather was warm. Saturday was the complete opposite — weather was rainy and cold. Since renovations in 2006, Friday’s session was the highest attendance at the Drake Relays for a Friday session, with fans filling 12,298 seats. The weather also set a record as the 85 degrees was the hottest the Relays had seen since 1986.... read more »