Silver Medalists Highlight Day One of Big 12 T&F

02.26.2016 | Track and Field

By: cyclones.com

AMES, Iowa – A pair of silver medals highlighted day one for Iowa State at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships Friday at the Lied Recreation Center. Daniel Everett took second in the men's 5,000-meter run and Kate Hall led an ISU 2-3 finish in the women's long jump.

On the men's side, Daniel Everett was part of a dramatic finish in the men's 5,000-meter run. The redshirt senior, in his Big 12 Championship debut, was in the front of the pack for most of the race, but let his fellow competitors take the workload off of him late on. That set up a three-man showdown between Everett, Cerake Geberkidane of Oklahoma State and Benard Keter of Texas Tech. Keter led on the final turn for home, but could not hold off the hard-charging Geberkidane on the outside. Everett took advantage of the move to dip inside and sneak past Keter for second by 0.04 seconds.

Also scoring for the Cyclone men on was the distance medley relay team of Brandon Wheat, Deon Sanders, Jacob Aune and Dan Curts, who took fourth with a time of 9:55.25, and Chris Celona in the weight throw, who recorded a personal best toss of 57-0.

The Cyclone women showed their prowess in the long jump, with ISU's duo of Kate Hall and Jhoanmy Luque taking second and third, respectively. Hall was behind Luque going into her final jump, but surpassed her with a leap of 21-1 1/2. The Venezuelan Luque's best effort was her second jump, which checked in at a personal best of 20-10 3/4, which would move her to 12th nationally in the event.

The Cyclone women also showed well in the women's 5,000-meter run. Perez Rotich bounced back from a challenging 5K at the Iowa State Classic to earn the bronze medal in third with a 16:21.24. Her teammate Erin Hooker also got ISU on the board with a fifth-place 16:25.25. Also scoring for the ISU women on Friday was the distance medley relay team of Jasmine Staebler, Emma Whigham, Erinn Stenman-Fahey and Evelyne Guay, which took fifth in 11:40.48.

Despite not enjoying as many personal bests as he did en route to his school record at the Razorback Invitational, Sanderson is still going strong with the lead in the heptathlon with one day to go. The senior kicked off the day with a best in the 60-meter dash in 7.07. While not reaching his peaks of earlier in the season, eh was still able to keep the competition at bay with a second place finish in the long jump (23-0 3/4) and tying for first in the shot put (42-1 1/2). He closed his heptathlon day on a big note, taking second in the men's high jump with a best leap of 6-6.

Sanderson added to that with a trip to the finals of the 60-meter hurdles, taking seventh place in prelims with a time of 8.25. He will be joined by Elijah Young, who took eighth in 8.31.

Between the men's and women's teams, the Cyclones have a combined 12 runners who earned Saturday runs in the prelims today. Among the highlights was Kate Hall winning her heat of the women's 60-meter dash in a time of 7.33, her second-fastest mark of the season. In the women's 1,000-meter run, Maddie Nagle posted a time of 2:51.82 moving her into ISU's all-time top-10 for the event.

Up Next
Iowa State returns to Lied Rec tomorrow for day two of the Big 12 Indoor Championships. The heptathlon resumes at 11 a.m., field events begin with the women's high jump, men's triple jump and women's shot put at noon and track events begin at 1:30 p.m. Once again, all competition will be shown lived on FloTrack (click here for more info).

Team Scores
Women (Thru six events): 1. Texas Tech – 43; 5. Iowa State – 28
Men (Thru five events): 1. Oklahoma State – 37; 7. Iowa State – 14

Iowa State Individual Results
Pentathlon (W) (Final Scores): 1. Shanice Stewart, Texas Tech – 4,104; 10. Emma Whigham, Iowa State – 3,408; 11. Kaci Storm, Iowa State – 3,332
60m Hurdles (W Pent.): 1. Shanice Stewart, Texas Tech – 8.39; 10. Kaci Storm, Iowa State – 9.00; 13. Emma Whigham, Iowa State – 9.26
High Jump (W Pent.): 1. Natalie Thompson, Texas Tech – 5-10; 11. Emma Whigham, Iowa state – 4-11 1/2; 13. Kaci Storm, Iowa State – 4-7 3/4
Shot Put (W. Pent.): 1. Shanice Stewart, Texas Tech – 44-5 1/4; 9. Kaci Storm, Iowa State – 32-11 1/4; 11. Emma Whigham, Iowa State – 30-3 1/2
Long Jump (W. Pent.): 1. Shanice Stewart, Texas Tech – 20-7 1/4; 5. Emma Whigham, Iowa State – 17-9 1/2; 9. Kaci Storm, Iowa State – 17-7
800m Run (W. Pent.): 1. Jenna Pfeiffer, Baylor – 2:14.37; 7. Emma Whigham, Iowa State – 2:24.422; 8. Kaci Storm, Iowa State – 2:29.78
Heptathlon (M) (Thru 4 events): 1. Taylor Sanderson, Iowa State – 3,121; 13. Wyatt Rhoads, Iowa State – 2,358
60m Dash (M Hept.): 1. Steven Jazdyk, Oklahoma – 6.94; 4. Taylor Sanderson, Iowa State – 7.07; 12. Wyatt Rhoads, Iowa State – 7.38
Long Jump (M Hept.): 1. Thomas Cheval, Oklahoma – 23-4; 2. Taylor Sanderson, Iowa State – 23-0 3/4; 13. Wyatt Rhoads, Iowa State – 20-4 1/4
Shot Put (M Hept.): T-1. Taylor Sanderson, Iowa State – 42-1 1/2; 14. Wyatt Rhoads, Iowa State – 30-9 1/4
High Jump (M Hept.): 1. Michael Samuels, Texas Tech – 6-7; 2. Taylor Sanderson, Iowa State – 6-6; 13. Wyatt Rhoads, Iowa State – 5-6
Mile (W Prelim): 1. Kaela Edwards, Oklahoma State – 4:45.83; 11. Grace Gibbons, Iowa State – 4:59.29; 14. Maryn Lowry, Iowa State – 5:00.30
Mile (M Prelim): 1. Jacob Burcham, Oklahoma – 4:09.29; 5. Christian DeLago, Iowa State – 4:09.88
60m Hurdles (M Prelim): 1. Bryce Grace, Baylor – 7.84; 7. Taylor Sanderson, Iowa State – 8.25; 8. Elijah Young, Iowa State – 8.31
60m Dash (W Prelim): 1. Taylor Bennett, Baylor – 7.30; 3. Kate Hall, Iowa State – 7.33
600y Run (M Prelim): 1. Byron Robinson, Texas – 1:09.78; 5. Derek Jones, Iowa State – 1:11.21; 9. Jacob Hoogensen – 1:11.49
400m Dash (W Prelim): 1. Courtney Okolo, Texas – 52.81; 15. Emma Whigham, Iowa State – 57.18
400m Dash (M Prelim): 1. George Caddick, Baylor – 46.44; 14. Deon Sanders, Iowa State – 48.40; 17. Davis Eldridge, Iowa State – 49.31
1,000m Run (W Prelim): 1. Molly Sughroue, Oklahoma State – 2:50.82; 5. Maddie Nagle, Iowa State – 2:51.82; 6. Evelyne Guay, Iowa State – 2:55.50
1,000m Run (M Prelim): 1. Kurt Loevenstien, Kansas State – 2:25.48; 4. Brandon Wheat, Iowa State – 2:26.94; 7. Christian DeLago, Iowa State – 2:25.65
800m Run (W Prelim): 1. Olicia Williams, Baylor – 2:08.42; 3. Jasmine Staebler, Iowa State – 2:08.73; 7. Erinn Stenman-Fahey, Iowa State – 2:10.11
800m Run (M Prelim): 1. Tre'Tez Kinnaird, Oklahoma State – 1:51.47; 7. Jacob Aune, Iowa State – 1:51.85
200m Dash (M Prelim): 1. Zack Bilderback, Texas – 20.98; 15. Trever Ryen, Iowa State – 22.11
5,000m Run (W Final): 1. Sharon Lokedi, Kansas – 16:05.54; 3. Perez Rotich, Iowa State – 16:21.24; 5. Erin Hooker, Iowa State – 16:25.25; 11. Anne Frisbie, Iowa State – 16:41.39; 20. Kelly Naumann, Iowa State – 17:14.55
5,000m Run (M Final): 1. Cerake Geberkidane, Oklahoma State – 14:08.55; 2. Daniel Everett, Iowa State – 14:08.93; 16. Josef Andrews, Iowa State – 14:52.58; 19. Brian Llamas, Iowa State – 15:05.83
Distance Medley Relay (W): 1. Oklahoma State – 11:30.65; 5. Iowa State (Staebler, Whigham, Stenman-Fahey, Guay) – 11:40.48
Distance Medley Relay (M): 1. Oklahoma – 9:40.15; 4. Iowa State (Wheat, Sanders, Aune, Curts) – 9:55.25
Weight Throw (M): 1. Brady Grunder, Kansas State – 67-2 3/4; 8. Chris Celona, Iowa State – 57-0
Long Jump (W): 1. Akela Jones, Kansas State – 22-1 3/4; 2. Kate Hall, Iowa State – 21-1 1/2; 3. Jhoanmy Luque, Iowa State – 20-10 3/4
Long Jump (M): 1. Ifeanyichukwu Otuonye, Kansas State – 25-3 1/4; 9. Chandler Diercks, Iowa State – 23-5 1/4; 15. Tyler Hunke, Iowa State – 21-7 1/2