Uhl Now Among ISU Elites

AMES, Iowa ? Iowa State's Kiel Uhl qualified to join an elite club of all-time ISU track and field greats last week when he clocked a 28:56.85 10,000-meters at the Stanford Invitational.

Uhl's performance puts him on the same Cyclone list with three-time NCAA champion Jonah Koech, four-time All-American Joseph Kipsang, three-time Olympian Jon Brown, former 10,000-meter world-record holder Yobes Ondieki, four-time All-American Ian Robinson and All-American Mike Mwangong.

“It is gratifying to see Kiel have success because he works so hard,” Iowa State head coach Corey Ihmels said. “He ran a really good race and we are hopeful that he will achieve more of his goals later this season.

Uhl, placed third last month in the 5,000-meters at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships in College Station, Texas. He has been a stalwart for the Iowa State cross country team, which placed 17th nationally last fall at the NCAA Championships.

“I wanted to relax,” Uhl said. “Coach (Ihmels) and I talked about being careful early because in the first part of a 10,000-meter race there are usually a lot of people running in a pack. At lap 13 or 14 I made a move. I was pretty relaxed late in the race.”

Uhl, who prepped at Des Moines-Roosevelt, has provisionally qualified in the 10,000-meters for the NCAA Championships. The national meet will be held June 10-13 in Fayetteville, Ark. Uhl will probably not run at that distance again until the Big 12 outdoor meet, May 15-17 in Lubbock, Texas.

“You can't run too many 10,000's,” Uhl said. “I would love to get another race in and improve my time further but I will probably just run a 5,000-meter race at Mt. Sac or Drake Relays before the conference meet.”

Iowa State's Sub-29 Minute 10,000-meter List

Time	Name	Event	Date
28:08.50	Jonah Koech	Mt. Sac Relays	April 21, 1990*
28:15.51	Joseph Kipsang	NCAA Championships	June 1, 1984
28:19.60	Jon Brown	Mt. Sac Relays	April 19, 1992
28:25.44	Yobes Ondieki	Belgium	1993
28:34.84	Ian Robinson	NCAA Championships	June 2, 1993
28:50.87	Mike Mwangong	Stanford	May 3, 2002
28:56.85	Kiel Uhl	Stanford Invitational	March 27, 2009

*All-time Big Eight Conference record

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