Iowa State Women Third, Men Seventh After Big 12 Day One

05.13.2011 | Track and Field

NORMAN, Okla.-Iowa State's Dani Stack and Betsy Saina went 2-4 respectively in the 10,000 meters and Josh Koglin placed second in the hammer throw at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships Friday at the John Jacobs Track Complex. The Iowa State women are third with 21 points. Nebraska leads the women's team scoring with 29 points. The Iowa State men will enter the second day of the championships tied for seventh-place with eight points. Oklahoma leads the men's team standings with 29 points.

Stack and Saina paced the first 7,000-meters of the 10,000-meter final. Oklahoma's Jessica Engel made her move to the front of the pack with 500 meters to go. With a strong performance, Stack took home second-place, finishing the 10K in 33:48.63.

"We had decided ahead of time that no matter what happened, we would make the rest of the field work hard in the final 3,000 meters," Stack said. "At the conference meet, place is everything. The time is not important."

Saina ran to a fourth-place finish, clocking a 34:12.92. The duo earned 13 points towards the Iowa State women's team score.

On the last throw of the final round, Koglin threw a personal best 197-02, earning him the runner-up position. The mark is also good enough for third-place on the Iowa State outdoor track all-time performer list.

"(Josh) finally got past the 60-meter mark," Iowa State assistance coach Grant Wall said. "I'm thrilled with the place and to do it on his last throw was a real statement."

Seniors Britta Christofferson and Emily Nugent earned a combined eight team points for the Cyclone women after placing fourth and sixth, respectively, in the hammer throw. Christofferson earned her fourth-place finish with a best throw of 187-07 while Nugent threw 180-07, good enough for sixth-place.

Multi-event specialist Jordon Andreassen leads the Cyclone women in the heptathlon, resting in third-place after day one and four of seven events. Andreassen will enter the second day of heptathlon competition with 3,203 after setting personal best marks in the 100-meter hurdles (14.07), 200-meter dash (25.40) and the shot put (34-08.25). It was Andreassen's best-ever first-day total.

After five of ten events, Iowa State decathlete Jamal Currica sits in third-place with 3,887 points. Currica posted personal best marks in the long jump (23-11.75), shot put (40-08.75) and the high jump (6-04.00). Currica's 3,887 also marks his highest first-day decathlon score.

Action at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships resumes Saturday at 10 a.m. CDT with the 110-meter hurdles of the decathlon.

Iowa State Results
Men:

Decathlon 100-meter dash: 1) Isaac Murphy, Texas, 10.74; 3) Jamal Currica, IOWA STATE, 10.93

Decathlon Long Jump: 1) Lars Rise, Missouri, 24-01.00; 3) Jamal Currica, IOWA STATE, 23-11.75

Decathlon Shot Put: 1) Lars Rise, Missouri, 49-04.25; 8) Jamal Currica, IOWA STATE, 40-08.75

Decathlon High Jump: 1) Bjorn Barrefors, Nebraska, 6-07.50; T4) Jamal Currica, IOWA STATE, 6-04.00

Decathlon 400-meter dash: 1) Isaac Murphy, Texas, 48.74; 6) Jamal Currica, IOWA STATE, 49.60

Decathlon Points (through five events): 1) Lars Rise, Missouri, 4,038; 3) Jamal Currica, IOWA STATE, 3,887

10,000-meter run: 1) Joe Bosshard, Colorado, 28:52.85; 14) Clayton Carper, IOWA STATE, 30:48.53; 18) Charlie Paul, IOWA STATE, 31:49.27; 19) Ben Murphy-Baum, IOWA STATE, 31:56.80; 20) Dan Murray, IOWA STATE, 31:58.61

Hammer Throw: 1) KP Singh, Oklahoma, 211-06; 2) Josh Koglin, IOWA STATE, 197-02

Women:

Heptathlon 100-meter hurdles: 1) Chantae McMillan, Nebraska, 13.81; 3) Jordon Andreassen, 14.07; 13) Jenny Dillon, 15.65; 15) Anna Holtermann, IOWA STATE, 15.80

Heptathlon High Jump: 1) Daphne Fitzpatrick, Texas A&M, 5-09.25; T2) Jordon Andreassen, IOWA STATE, 5-05.75; 14) Jenny Dillon, IOWA STATE, 4-11.75; 15) Anna Holtermann, IOWA STATE, 4-07.00

Heptathlon Shot Put: 1) Chantae McMillan, Nebraska, 46-06.25; 6) Jordon Andreassen, IOWA STATE, 34-08.25; 9) Jenny Dillon, IOWA STATE, 32-11.00; 12) Anna Holtermann, IOWA STATE, 31-09.50

Heptathlon 200-meter dash: 1) Daphne Fitzpatrick, Texas A&M, 24.13; 6) Jordon Andreassen, IOWA STATE, 25.40; 13) Anna Holtermann, IOWA STATE, 27.05; 14) Jenny Dillon, IOWA STATE, 27.25

Heptathlon Points (through four events): 1) Daphne Fitzpatrick, Texas A&M, 3,525; 3) Jordon Andreassen, IOWA STATE, 3,203; 14) Jenny Dillon, IOWA STATE, 2,624; 16) Anna Holtermann, IOWA STATE, 2,468

10,000-meter run: 1) Jessica Engel, Oklahoma, 33:42.11; 2) Dani Stack, IOWA STATE, 33:48.63; 4) Betsy Saina, IOWA STATE, 34:12.92; 9) Semehar Tesfaye, IOWA STATE, 35:20.56

Hammer Throw: 1) Victoria Zimmeran, Nebraska, 197-09; 4) Britta Christofferson, IOWA STATE, 187-07; 6) Emily Nugent, IOWA STATE, 180-07

Team Standings (After Day One):
Men: 1) Oklahoma, 29; 2) Colorado, 23; 3) Texas A&M, 19; 4) Nebraska, 11; 5) Kansas, 10; 6) Missouri, 9; T7) Baylor, 8; T7) IOWA STATE, 8
Women: 1) Nebraska, 29; 2) Texas A&M, 22; 3) IOWA STATE, 21; 4) Oklahoma, 20; 5) Colorado, 9; 6) Kansas State, 6; T7) Kansas, 5; T7) Missouri, 5.