Iowa State track and field sends six to NCAA track and field championships

The annual NCAA Division I outside observe and subject championships get underway this week over 4 days in Eugene, Oregon. 

Iowa State may have six athletes representing the Cyclones this 12 months on the sport’s crowning occasion.

Competitors will get underway for the lads on Wednesday whereas the ladies start Thursday. The primary two days will characteristic broadcasts on ESPNU whereas Saturday lands on ESPN2 and Sunday on ESPN.

This is who will probably be in Eugene for the Cyclones:

Males

Nehemia Too, 1,500 meters: The 2-time All-American within the distance medley relay broke the Cyclones’ faculty report, which had stood for 18 years, to earn his spot in Eugene with a time of three minutes, 39.15 seconds within the preliminaries. He’s the primary Cyclone within the 1,500 outside championships since 2010.

Kevin Sakson, discus: Sakson set his personal private report by virtually a foot within the preliminaries with a throw of 187 toes, 10 inches to earn his spot, the primary for an Iowa State within the disc since 2005.

Ryan Ford, 5,000: Ford recorded a seventh-place end in 13:34.79, a private greatest on the Arkansas prelims. He broke his personal report by eight seconds and now’s slotted sixth in Iowa State’s all-time report guide within the occasion.

Cebastian Gentil and Jason Gomez, 800: Gomez earned his second-straight journey to the outside championships on this occasion with a time of 1:47.62. Gentil will probably be making his first look with a time of 1:47.41.

Ladies

Emily March, discus: The Livermore, California native earned her first NCAA championships spot with a Tenth-place displaying and a throw of 182 toes, 11 inches on the NCAA West Preliminaries final month. She is the primary Cyclone girl to earn a spot within the discus on the outside championships since Susan Sherman in 2003.

OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS BROADCAST SCHEDULE

Spherical Time Community

Males’s Day 1 6:30 p.m ESPNU

Ladies’s Day 1 7:30 p.m. ESPNU

Males’s Day 2 8 p.m. ESPN2

Ladies’s Day 2 4:30 p.m. ESPN

Travis Hines covers Iowa State College sports activities for the Des Moines Register and Ames Tribune. Contact him at thines@amestrib.com or  (515) 284-8000. Follow him at @TravisHines21.