Completed Event: Cross Country versus Cyclone Preview on August 29, 2025 , , Men: 1st, Women: 1st
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Iowa State University Athletics
Cyclone Men Surge At Wisconsin Invitational
10.14.2016 | Cross Country
MADISON, Wisconsin - The No. 14 Iowa State men's cross country team took on a field that included 19 nationally-ranked programs at Friday's Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational and came away with an eighth-place team finish.
A conservative start for the Cyclones found the team sitting in 24th place at the first checkpoint, a quarter of the way through the 8,000-meter race. The story of the day was the ability of the Iowa State runners to navigate up through the field in order to capture a top-10 finish at what FloTrack named 2016's strongest regular season cross country meet
Senior newcomer Kevyn Hoyos, a graduate transfer from Syracuse, led the way for Iowa State in his second meet of the season. Hoyos finished 21st while clocking a 24:19.7. He was followed shortly after by redshirt freshman Thomas Pollard, who took 25th in a time of 24:23.4. Pollard was one of just two freshmen to be among the race's top-30 finishers.
Next across the finish line was sophomore Joseph Andrews, who finished 52nd with a time of 24:37.6. Another freshman, Andrew Jordan, was ISU's fourth finisher, placing 65th in 24:46.8. Junior Toby Hardwick was there to round out the Cyclone scoring effort with a 97th-place finish in 25:00.4
Sophomore John Nownes (115th – 25:09.6) and freshman Sam Clausnitzer (144th – 25:25.2) also put forth strong efforts for the Cyclones at Zimmer Championship Course on Friday.
Next Up
The Cyclones return to action on Saturday, Oct. 29 at the Big 12 Championship in Lubbock, Texas. The day's events are set to begin at 10 a.m. CT.
Men's 8k Championship Race Team Scores:
1. Northern Arizona - 78
2. Stanford - 118
3. BYU - 144
4. Syracuse - 167
5. Iona - 240
6. UCLA - 246
7. Portland - 257
8. Iowa State - 260
Individual Championship Race Results
1) Justyn Knight, Syracuse, 23:53.1; 21) Kevyn Hoyos, Iowa State, 24:19.7; 25) Thomas Pollard, Iowa State, 24:23.4; 52) Josef Andrews, Iowa State, 24:37.6; 65) Andrew Jordan, Iowa State, 24:46.8; 97) Toby Harwick, Iowa State, 25:00.4; 115) John Nownes, Iowa State, 25:09.6; 144) Sam Clausnitzer, Iowa State, 25:25.2
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