Chizik Kick-Starts ROTC Game Ball Run

AMES, Iowa - Iowa State's very best were in the Jacobson Building Wednesday. A contingent of Iowa State ROTC students from the Cyclone Battalion were greeted by ISU head coach Gene Chizik after football practice. The students were getting set for an annual tradition in which ROTC students from Iowa State and Iowa run a football from the visiting school to the site of the yearly showdown on the gridiron between the two schools. Chizik gave the ball to the Iowa State contingent, which will run the ball as far as Tama starting a 5 a.m. Friday. The game is at 11 a.m. Sept. 13 in Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City.

"It is an honor just to be with these young people," Chizik said. "I hold their values and commitment in the highest regard. Iowa State's ROTC program has been recognized recently as being the best in the country. I think that says it all."

The following ISU ROTC students posed for a picture with Chizik Wednesday:

Heather Fremont, Cedar Falls
Jensen Cartagena, Hatillo, Puerto Rico
Ashley Blau, Orlando, Fla.
Corey Takes, Solon
Daniel Greaser, Vinton
Peter Callaway, Waukesha, Wis.
Matthew Grussing, Stillwater, Okla.
Trent Fredrickson, Onalaska, Wis.
Zachary Jones, Wheatland, Iowa
Kirk Olson, Waterloo, Iowa
Jay P. Griffith, Lawton, Iowa
Adam Dowd, Minnetonka, Minn.
Matthew Hosford, Dunkerton, Iowa
Will Schlotzhauer, Las Vegas, Nev.
Mark Stephenson, Orlando, Fla.
Cliff Dolbeare, Pleasant Hill, Ill.
Dustin Bower, Ames
Mark Conway, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Mark Sudweeks, Glenwood, Iowa
Melynda Emerson, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Jay Soupene, Anamosa, Iowa
Pursel, Chris, Leavenworth, Kan.

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