Madison Earns Final Round Spot

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Iowa State sophomore Chase Madison (Newton) made his bid for all-American by earning a spot in the final round of the discus competition at the 2006 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif.

Madison went into the discus competition with the 11th best mark in the nation (195-6), and was able to take ninth place with a throw of 181-6. The discus competition will conclude on Friday with the final round. This is Madison's first NCAA championship competition.

"Conditions were not good for throwing tonight, there was a really bad tail wind, but Chase made it in," said men's head coach Steve Lynn. "It was tight all the way through and it will be a wide open competition on Friday."

Senior Tony Douglas competed in the preliminary round of the long jump competition today in an attempt to earn a spot in the final round. His leap of 23-2 was not good enough to make it to the final round which will be held Thursday evening. Douglas' performance tonight concludes his career at Iowa State.

"I thought he (Douglas) would do better, but that's track and field," Lynn said. "You only get three shots and he just didn't hit it. It's the end of an awfully good career."

Multi-event athlete Neil Hines was set to compete in the decathlon, but withdrew from the event due to his injured hip and a pulled quad muscle. Hines, who took 14th place in the event at the 2005 NCAA meet, has one more year with the Cyclones. Competing for the Cyclones on Thursday is Sara Boisen (West Des Moines) in the 400-meter hurdle prelims (6:10 p.m. CDT) and all-American David Rotich in the 1,500-meter run prelims (8:15 p.m. CDT). Results and recaps will be available at the end of competition at www.cyclones.com.

Players Mentioned

Sara Boisen

Tony Douglas

Neil Hines

Chase Madison

David Rotich

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