Marial All-American, ISU Men 17th at NCAA Meet

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. ? Iowa State's climb up the national ladder in men's cross country under head coach Corey Ihmels continued Monday as the Cyclones finished 17th among the 31 teams at the NCAA Championships on the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course. The effort marked a national jump of 13 places over last season for ISU and was the best national NCAA showing by a Cyclone cross country team since the 1997 squad finished 15th.

Guor Marial's All-American effort of 38th place in the 252-runner field led Iowa State. Marial, a junior, finished the 10,000-meter course in 30:12.3. Oregon senior Galen Rupp led the Ducks to the NCAA team title, taking first-place overall in 29:04. ISU senior Kiel Uhl missed All-America honors by one spot. The former Des Moines Roosevelt prep was 50th in 30:27.5 as Iowa State's second finisher. Cyclone sophomore Hillary Bor was 56th in 30:31.7. Oregon finished with 93 points. ISU had 435 points.

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“Our program is improving and I think people across the country are taking notice of the progress we are making,” Ihmels said. “This is not to say that we are satisfied with everything that happened today. We could have used a little more depth and been a top 10 team today. You can always do better. The bottom line is we are going in the right direction. Kiel Uhl has made major contributions to elevating our program and we will miss him next fall. The good news is he will still be here for track and field.”

Senior Kevin Born was Iowa State's fourth finisher, placing 173rd (31:27.4) and was followed by teammates sophomore Clayton Carper (216th/32:02.8) a former Mason City prep, freshman Yonas Mebrahtu (242nd/32:49.4) and freshman Rico Loy (245th/332:58.3).

NCAA Teams Results

1. Oregon 93; 2. Iona 147; 3. Stanford 227; 4. Wisconsin 229; 5. Auburn 264; 6. Northern Arizona 281; 7. Portland 293; 8. Oklahoma State 305; 9. BYU 310; 10. Georgetown 319; 11. Alabama 319; 12. Colorado 372; 13. Tulsa 377; 14. Virginia 383; 15. Minnesota 385; 16. William and Mary 412; 17. IOWA STATE 435; 18. Washington 438; 19. Notre Dame 446; 20. Providence 465; 21. North Carolina State 473; 22. California 477; 23. Cal Poly 513; 24. Michigan 522; 25. Penn State 547; 26. Florida State 576; 27. UCLA 576; 28. Arkansas 579; 29. Butler 602; 30. Texas A&M 609; 31. Villanova 643

Individual Results

1. Galen Rupp, Oregon, 29:04; 38. Guor Marial, IOWA STATE, 30:12.3; 50. Kiel Uhl, IOWA STATE, 30:27.5; 56. Hillary Bor, 30:31.7; 173. Kevin Born, IOWA STATE, 31:27.4; 216. Clayton Carper, IOWA STATE, 32:02.8; 242. Yonas Mebrahtu, IOWA STATE, 32:49.4; 245. Rico Loy, IOWA STATE, 32:58.3.

Players Mentioned

Hillary Bor

Hillary Bor

Clayton Carper

Clayton Carper

Rico Loy

Guor Marial

Guor Marial

Yonas Mebrahtu

Kiel Uhl

Kiel Uhl

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