Iowa State Cyclones Track and Field
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Iowa State Cyclones Track and Field is an American collegiate sports team sponsored by Iowa State University. Iowa State University is in the Big 12 Conference
. While part of the Big 8 Conference, Iowa State University won 25 Conference titles in Track and Cross Country under the leadership of Coach Bill Bergan
. 2007 saw a change in the structure of the Iowa State University Track & Field program. Previously there existed a separate Men’s and Women’s program for the same sport, but Iowa State University
Athletic Director Jamie Pollard implemented a new structure which now includes a Director of Track & Field (Corey Ihmels) with a total of 8 Assistant Coaches working under him.
Coached ISU to NCAA Cross Country championship in 1989 and 1994. During his time as Coach his athletes earned All-America honors 104 times and won 156 conference titles for their individual performances. He is also Founder and CEO of Championship Productions.
Jon Brown
was the 1992 NCAA Indoor 5000m Champion and was also a six-time Big Eight Champion. Jon also went on to represent Great Britain in three Olympics finishing in fourth place in the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Marathons.
Jonah Koech of Kenya was a three-time NCAA Indoor 5000m Champion as well as winning titles in the 1993 NCAA 10,000m and 1990 NCAA Cross Country.
John Nuttall was the 1989 NCAA Cross Country Champion, also capturing eight Big Eight Championship titles and six Big Eight team crowns. John went on to represent Great Britain at the Olympics.
Yobes Ondieki
was the 10,000m World Record holder in 1993 and finished fourth in the 1992 Olympic games 5000m. While at ISU he was a top three finisher three times in the NCAA Cross Country Championship and won the Big Eight Cross Country title three times.
Nawal El Moutawakel
won a gold medal in the 1984 Olympic 400m hurdles, also setting an Olympic Record. While at Iowa State she won the 1984 400m hurdles at the National Championships and during her career won four individual conference titles.
Pat Hodgson
won two titles in the Big Eight Championships in the High Jump. She also won the Big Eight title in the 440-yard hurdles and mile relay in 1975.
• Outdoor Track
• Cross Country Course
• Strength and Conditioning Weight Room
• Athletic Training/Physical Therapy Room
• Hixson-Lied Athlete Success Center
Iowa State track athletes train and compete in one of the finest indoor facilities in the world. Iowa State’s $13 million Lied Recreation-Athletic Facility complements Iowa State’s outdoor track complex. The combination gives Cyclone track athletes first-rate, year-round practice facilities. The Lied Recreation-Athletic Facility was the site of the 1998, 2000 and 2007 Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships. The indoor facility includes a 300-meter track that is one of the largest and fastest indoor surfaces in the world. Over the summer of 1999 the track was resurfaced at a cost of over $600,000 with a mondo surface, showing ISU’s commitment to being amongst the best in the nation.
’s biggest rival is the University of Iowa
, also known as the Hawkeyes. As the two largest Universities in the state of Iowa the rivalry is fierce and it is one of the most hard fought sporting rivalries in the whole of the American Collegiate arena. Other rivalry is also with the competing Big 12 Conference
teams. This includes Nebraska, Texas, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Missouri, Baylor, Colorado, Kansas, Kansas State.
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
. While part of the Big 8 Conference, Iowa State University won 25 Conference titles in Track and Cross Country under the leadership of Coach Bill Bergan
Bill Bergan
Bill Bergan was a two-time NCAA Championship-winning Head Coach with the Iowa State Cyclones Track and Field as well as the Iowa State Cyclones Cross Country Teams. He is also the founder/CEO of Ames, Iowa-based Championship Productions.-References:...
. 2007 saw a change in the structure of the Iowa State University Track & Field program. Previously there existed a separate Men’s and Women’s program for the same sport, but Iowa State University
Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...
Athletic Director Jamie Pollard implemented a new structure which now includes a Director of Track & Field (Corey Ihmels) with a total of 8 Assistant Coaches working under him.
Men’s
Bill BerganBill Bergan
Bill Bergan was a two-time NCAA Championship-winning Head Coach with the Iowa State Cyclones Track and Field as well as the Iowa State Cyclones Cross Country Teams. He is also the founder/CEO of Ames, Iowa-based Championship Productions.-References:...
Coached ISU to NCAA Cross Country championship in 1989 and 1994. During his time as Coach his athletes earned All-America honors 104 times and won 156 conference titles for their individual performances. He is also Founder and CEO of Championship Productions.
Jon Brown
Jon Brown
Jonathan Michael Brown is a former British athlete, now representing Canada. He specialises in the marathon....
was the 1992 NCAA Indoor 5000m Champion and was also a six-time Big Eight Champion. Jon also went on to represent Great Britain in three Olympics finishing in fourth place in the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Marathons.
Jonah Koech of Kenya was a three-time NCAA Indoor 5000m Champion as well as winning titles in the 1993 NCAA 10,000m and 1990 NCAA Cross Country.
John Nuttall was the 1989 NCAA Cross Country Champion, also capturing eight Big Eight Championship titles and six Big Eight team crowns. John went on to represent Great Britain at the Olympics.
Yobes Ondieki
Yobes Ondieki
Yobes Ondieki is a former Kenyan 5000 m runner, who won the World Championships' gold medal in Tokyo 1991. In the same year he set a temporary Kenyan 5000 m record of 13:01.82 in Zurich...
was the 10,000m World Record holder in 1993 and finished fourth in the 1992 Olympic games 5000m. While at ISU he was a top three finisher three times in the NCAA Cross Country Championship and won the Big Eight Cross Country title three times.
Women’s
Carol Cook won the 1976 Big Eight crown to help her ISU team win the championship. She also won individual titles in the Big Eight 5000m run and the two-mile run.Nawal El Moutawakel
Nawal El Moutawakel
Nawal El Moutawakel is a Moroccan hurdler, who won the inaugural women's 400 m hurdles event at the 1984 Summer Olympics, thereby becoming the first female Muslim born on the continent of Africa to become an Olympic champion. She was also the first Moroccan and the first woman from a Muslim...
won a gold medal in the 1984 Olympic 400m hurdles, also setting an Olympic Record. While at Iowa State she won the 1984 400m hurdles at the National Championships and during her career won four individual conference titles.
Pat Hodgson
Pat Hodgson
Patrick Shannon Hodgson is a former American football end in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Georgia....
won two titles in the Big Eight Championships in the High Jump. She also won the Big Eight title in the 440-yard hurdles and mile relay in 1975.
Championships
| Titles | Type | Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference Championships | |||||||
| 10 | Big 8 Conference Men's Outdoor Team Champion | 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 | |||||
| 6 | Big 8 Conference Women's Outdoor Team Champion | 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 | |||||
| 5 | Big 8 Conference Men's Indoor Team Champion | 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993 | |||||
| 5 | Big 8 Conference Women's Indoor Team Champion | 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979 | |||||
| 3 | Big 6 Conference Men's Indoor Team Champion | 1944, 1945, 1946 | |||||
| 2 | Big 6 Conference Men's Outdoor Team Champion | 1944, 1945 | |||||
| 31 Total | |||||||
2007/2008 Schedule
The Iowa State University Track & Field team is composed of three main event areas. These are Throws, Sprints and Distance. During the American University Fall Semester (which at Iowa State begins in late August and ends in mid-December), Distance runners participate in Cross Country as a team for the University. At the end of the Fall Semester, the first Indoor Track & Field competitions of the academic year begin. Following this, the Spring semester (early January until early May) is when almost all American Collegiate Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field competitions take place, with Division One Nationals ending the Track season in early June.| Date | Meet | Place |
|---|---|---|
| INDOOR | ||
| Dec 7 | Holiday Preview | Ames, Iowa Ames, Iowa Ames is a city located in the central part of the U.S. state of Iowa in Story County, and approximately north of Des Moines. The U.S. Census Bureau designates that Ames, Iowa metropolitan statistical area as encompassing all of Story County, and which, when combined with the Boone, Iowa... |
| Jan 11 | Arkansas Invitational | Fayetteville, Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas Fayetteville is the county seat of Washington County, and the third largest city in Arkansas. The city is centrally located within the county and is home to the University of Arkansas. Fayetteville is also deep in the Boston Mountains, a subset of The Ozarks... |
| Jan 19 | Northern Iowa Invitational | Cedar Falls, Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa Cedar Falls is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States, and it is home to one of Iowa's three public universities, the University of Northern Iowa. The population was 39,260 in the 2010 census, an increase from the 36,145 population in the 2000 census... |
| Jan 25-26 | ISU Open | Ames, Iowa Ames, Iowa Ames is a city located in the central part of the U.S. state of Iowa in Story County, and approximately north of Des Moines. The U.S. Census Bureau designates that Ames, Iowa metropolitan statistical area as encompassing all of Story County, and which, when combined with the Boone, Iowa... |
| Feb 1-2 | Husker Invitational | Lincoln, Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... |
| Feb 8-9 | Adidas Classic | Lincoln, Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... |
| Feb 15-16 | ISU Classic | Ames, Iowa Ames, Iowa Ames is a city located in the central part of the U.S. state of Iowa in Story County, and approximately north of Des Moines. The U.S. Census Bureau designates that Ames, Iowa metropolitan statistical area as encompassing all of Story County, and which, when combined with the Boone, Iowa... |
| Feb 29- Mar 1 | Big 12 Indoor Championships | Lincoln, Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.... |
| Mar 8 | NCAA Qualifier | Ames, Iowa Ames, Iowa Ames is a city located in the central part of the U.S. state of Iowa in Story County, and approximately north of Des Moines. The U.S. Census Bureau designates that Ames, Iowa metropolitan statistical area as encompassing all of Story County, and which, when combined with the Boone, Iowa... |
| Mar 14-15 | NCAA Indoor Championships | Fayetteville, Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas Fayetteville is the county seat of Washington County, and the third largest city in Arkansas. The city is centrally located within the county and is home to the University of Arkansas. Fayetteville is also deep in the Boston Mountains, a subset of The Ozarks... |
| Date | Meet | Place |
|---|---|---|
| OUTDOOR | ||
| Mar 29 | Missouri | Columbia, Mo |
| Apr 2 | Texas Relays | Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in... |
| Apr 4 | Stanford Invitational | Palo Alto, Calif |
| Apr 5 | Northern Iowa Invitational | Cedar Falls, Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa Cedar Falls is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States, and it is home to one of Iowa's three public universities, the University of Northern Iowa. The population was 39,260 in the 2010 census, an increase from the 36,145 population in the 2000 census... |
| Apr 12 | John Jacobs Invitational | Norman, Okla |
| Apr 17 | Mt. Sac Relays | Walnut, Calif |
| Apr 19 | Iowa Invitational | Iowa City, Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, State of Iowa. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total population of about 67,862, making it the sixth-largest city in the state. Iowa City is the county seat of Johnson County and home to the University of Iowa... |
| Apr 25 | Kip Janvrin Open | Indianola, Iowa Indianola, Iowa As of the census of 2000, there were 12,998 people, 4,748 households, and 3,261 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,414.7 people per square mile . There were 4,981 housing units at an average density of 542.1 per square mile... |
| May 2 | Arkansas Twilight | Fayettville, Arkansas |
| May 9 | Oregon Twilight | Eugene, Ore |
| May 16 | Big 12 Championships | Boulder, Colo |
| May 30 | NCAA Regional | Lincoln, Neb |
| June 11 | NCAA Championships | Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857... |
| June 20 | US Jr Championships | Iowa City, Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, State of Iowa. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total population of about 67,862, making it the sixth-largest city in the state. Iowa City is the county seat of Johnson County and home to the University of Iowa... |
| Jun 26 | US Olympic Trials | Eugene, Ore |
Facilities
• Indoor Track• Outdoor Track
• Cross Country Course
• Strength and Conditioning Weight Room
• Athletic Training/Physical Therapy Room
• Hixson-Lied Athlete Success Center
Iowa State track athletes train and compete in one of the finest indoor facilities in the world. Iowa State’s $13 million Lied Recreation-Athletic Facility complements Iowa State’s outdoor track complex. The combination gives Cyclone track athletes first-rate, year-round practice facilities. The Lied Recreation-Athletic Facility was the site of the 1998, 2000 and 2007 Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships. The indoor facility includes a 300-meter track that is one of the largest and fastest indoor surfaces in the world. Over the summer of 1999 the track was resurfaced at a cost of over $600,000 with a mondo surface, showing ISU’s commitment to being amongst the best in the nation.
2008/2009 Coaching staff
| Name | Position/Event Area | Season at ISU |
|---|---|---|
| Corey Ihmels | Director | 7th |
| Travis Hartke | Assistant Distance Coach | 3rd |
| John Dagata | Assistant Throws Coach | 2nd |
| Pete Herber | Assistant Jumps/Multi-Events Coach | 2nd |
| Nate Wiens | Assistant Sprints/Hurdles Coach | 1st |
| Michelle Ihmels | Volunteer Assistant Coach | 2nd |
| Danny Harris Danny Harris Danny Lee Harris is a former American 400m hurdles runner who won silver medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the 1987 World Championships in Rome, both behind Edwin Moses... |
Volunteer Assistant Coach | 1st |
Rival universities
Iowa State UniversityIowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...
’s biggest rival is the University of Iowa
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
, also known as the Hawkeyes. As the two largest Universities in the state of Iowa the rivalry is fierce and it is one of the most hard fought sporting rivalries in the whole of the American Collegiate arena. Other rivalry is also with the competing Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
teams. This includes Nebraska, Texas, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Missouri, Baylor, Colorado, Kansas, Kansas State.