The Iowa State men have a real shot at a championship tomorrow. It is going to come down to Iowa State and Texae. Texas probably a slight favorite, but it shoud be the Longhorns and Cyclones in a runaway.
Some things to watch for on the men's side...
We are shaped to score lots of points in maybe a third of the events this year.
ISU has 5 of the 8 runners in the 800m final. Looking to score big points here.
Mason Weh ran a massive PR of 13.74 in the 110mh setting himself as the favorite by time today.
ISU is loaded up for the 5k in attempt to score 20+ points. OSU refrained from entering their good runners in the 10k so don't expect as many point for ISU as they scored 31 in the 10k.
Potential for some points in the Discus with Kevin Sakson seeded 3rd.
Eric Fogltanz is looking to place top 3-4 in the 400mh
ISU has put together their best 4x4 of the year to finish it out.
Festus Lagat is the favorite in the 1500m
We have a 4x1 team... I would be shocked if they don't get last as we don't have any runners in non-hurdle races shorter than 800m. 1 point for that team though since there is only 8 entries.
Notes from Friday/Saturday
ISU dominated the 10k going 1-4 and 7th scoring 31 points (Our top 4 placers are all inside the ISU top 10 10k times)
ISU had great performances in the Hammer throw and Javelin
Wesley Kiptoo who won the 10k and is the 5k favorite ran the 3000m steeplechase for the first time at ISU and only set the fastest time in the country.
Like noted before it will take a decent shakeup from Texas who is solid across the board in almost every event to win the meet, but it could happen.
Got caught at the end of the 800 and cut over 2 lanes to try and cut the guy off. Got Dq'd
That's pretty normal. Drives me nuts. Dowling runners seemingly are coached to impede and often get away with it. Don't see it from other schools nearly as much but that could be bc dowling is often up front
Is this a bad showing for the women’s team? Need to at least get them to middle of the pack.
I know it goes on, but this was pretty blatent, not subtle at all.