Cyclone Men 5th in the Big 12

The Cyclone men took steps toward the National Championships on Friday when competing in the Big 12 Conference Championships. Many positives came out of the 5th place finish for Iowa State and many of the runners had great races. Among them were All-Conference performers Kiel Uhl (finishing 7th) and Guor Majak (finishing 14th). David Rotich (27th place), Kevin Born (31st place), and Ricky Reusser (36th place) rounded out the top 5 scoring a total of 114 points. Colorado won the meet convincingly, followed by Texas and Kansas. Iowa State was not to far behind fourth place Oklahoma State, who scored 108 points though. Full results, both individual and team, can be found here.

Cyclones Face Big 12 Competition This Friday in Kansas

The Cyclone cross country team will face their first test in the championship season as they run the Big 12 Conference meet at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence, Kansas this friday. Among the teams in the conference, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma State, and Texas are all ranked teams with Iowa State closely behind. It will be a race where Iowa State can prove their spot not only in the conference, but also in the nation. Among the harriers running for the Cyclones will Kiel Uhl, Guor Majak, David Rotich, Jayden Russ, Jorey Zunich, Dan Taylor, Ricky Reusser, Kevin Born and Dan Fadgen. For more information, check here. Lets go Cyclones!!!

Iowa State Takes 13th at PreNats

The Iowa State Men got a chance to view the National's course this weekend in Terre Haute Indiana. Amongst a field of 35 teams, they placed 13th behind Conference teams Colorado and Oklahoma State. The Prenational meet was split into 2 races where a total of 81 Division 1 teams competed. For results of the Men's Blue Race, which the Iowa State Men competed in, click here.

Cyclones to See National Course and Competition in Terre Haute

The Iowa State cross country team has made their way to Terre Haute, Indiana to take yet one more step towards NCAA Nationals in November. With a little over a month left until the National meet, the NCAA Prenational meet will be hosted this Saturday by Indiana State University and will the feature a collection of the nations best teams including the Iowa State Men in the first of the two races starting at 12:10 pm eastern. Seven members of the team will compete against thirtyfour other teams in this race, while five other team members will compete in the open race which will be held at 2:05 pm eastern. For meet information, check out this website.

Memories From Camp

One great picture of a fire that was created during camp. It may look big in the picture, but it cannot do justice to the size of the actual fire that the guys created during our preseason trip in Eastern Iowa back in August. The camp may be a distant memory, but it was just a starting point to ignite the season.

Iowa Stater's Take 3rd at SDSU

Five members of the Iowa State cross country team competed at South Dakota State University this weekend. The team finished in third place closely behind Minnesota State and North Dakota State on a flat and fast golf course which consisted of running 2 small loops and 3 bigger loops. The team was only 15 points behind the winner and each member of the team accomplished individual objectives and got a positive experience out of the meet. Leading the meet for the Iowa Stater's was Kevin Born with a time of 24:56 in 2nd place. Behind him in 11th place was Brandon Rooney, who had a huge personal best of over a minute in the 8K with a time of 25:26. Moving up strongly throughout the competition was Jon Reis who finished in 14th place with a time of 25:43, a personal best. Kyle Rasmussen was next to come through the line in 21st place in what was his first time under the 26 minute mark, recording a time of 25:58. The pivotal fifth man was John Ricardi with a time of 26:21, good for 28th place. The hospitality at the meet was exceptional as SDSU coach and Olympian Rod DeHaven took care of all the teams with food and fun hosting a very appatizing pasta feed for everyone on campus the night before the meet. A special thanks goes out to Rod and everyone at SDSU for the kindness and generosity that was shown throughout the weekend. It was truly a great meet to be a part of and provided the perfect back drop to allow many of the Iowa State team members to excel for great race efforts and gain personal bests. For full results of the meet go to http://gojacks.sdstate.edu/Men.html.