ISU Claims Three Titles, No. 21 Women in Lead

02.23.2018 | Track and Field

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AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State track and field teams had an outstanding first day of the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Lied Recreation Athletics Center. ISU brought home three individual titles, with Jhoanmy Luque defending her women's long jump crown and the women's distance medley relay earning its first title since 2014. The ISU men saw Andrew Jordan become the Cyclones' first indoor 5,000-meter run conference champ of the Big 12 era, with teammate Edwin Kurgat finishing second.

The No. 21 Iowa State women lead the team standings after day one with 43 points, while the Iowa State men are second with 37.

In the men's 5,000, Iowa State's Edwin Kurgat and Andrew Jordan put the pressure on the field from the opening gun, taking control of the field from the start and not letting up. The lead pack got cut down to eight, which was then narrow down to a final three of Jordan, Kurgat and OSU's Luis Martinez. The Cyclone duo was able to pull away, with Jordan going inside on lapped traffic to hold off Kurgat from the outside. Nathan Rodiguez made a late charge, but was held off at the line and had to settle for fourth. Jordan's winning time of 14:03.05 moves him to No. 9 in ISU history for the event, while Kurgat's 14:03.50 is good for No. 10 in program history.

The women's distance medley relay was always going to be a showdown between Iowa State and Oklahoma State, and that was exactly what we got. Andrea Grove-McDonough rolled the dice by putting one of the top 800-meter runners in the country, Jasmine Staebler, on the anchor 1,600-meter leg. Staebler and Molly Sughroue of OSU had quite the battle, but Staebler's sprint prevailed as she was able to pull away down the final 200 and win along with Erinn Stenman-Fahey, Emma Whigham and Larkin Chapman running the first three legs. ISU finished in 11:15.73, the No. 5 time in ISU history, to OSU's 11:16.18.

In the women's long jump it was all business for Jhoanmy Luque, as the senior got her fourth Big 12 title via a season-best effort of 21-1 1/4 (6.43m). Her four legal jumps were the four longest of the entire competition. Luque's effort moves her to No. 5 in Division I on the season. She will go for her second-straight horizontal jumps sweep tomorrow in the triple jump.

The Iowa State men got a trio of outstanding performances in the men's weight throw. Vlad Pavlenko was already in bronze-medal position after a third-throw of 65-9 3/4 (20.06m), but he had other things in mind as he closed his day in style with a bomb of a throw of 68-9 3/4 (20.97m) to put his name onto the ISU record boards. Pavlenko took down Zac Brouilette's previous school record of 68-3 1/4, set nine years ago.

Also in the men's weight throw, Chris Celona scored for ISU for the third-straight year with a best throw of 60-0 1/2 (18.30m), moving up a spot to No. 8 in ISU history for the event. Despite missing out on scoring, Brett Peters had the three best throws of his Cyclone career, capped by a 57-2 3/4 (17.44m).

The women's team score account was opened by Christabel Okeke for the second-straight season. Despite being ginger with a tweaked back, Okeke fired a third throw of 65-7 (19.99m) to climb up to third place. Her bronze-medal effort, which came via a three-and-a-half-foot personal best moved the senior up to No. 3 in Iowa State history for the event.

Back on the track, the men's and women's teams combined to advance 12 runners to tomorrow's finals.

Up Next
Day Two of the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships gets going tomorrow with the second day of the heptathlon at 11 a.m., field events at noon and track finals at 1:30 p.m.

Team Standings
Men (5 Events Scored): 1. Texas – 44; 2. Iowa State – 37; 3. Texas Tech – 31; 4. Kansas – 23; 5. Oklahoma State – 18; 6. TCU – 16; 7. Kansas State – 13; 8. Baylor – 11; 9. Oklahoma – 2
Women (6 Events Scored): 1. Iowa State – 43; 2. Kansas – 42.5; 3. Texas – 38; 4. Kansas State – 37; 5. Texas Tech – 25; 6. Oklahoma – 21; 7. Oklahoma State – 11; 8. Baylor – 8.5; 9. West Virginia – 5; 10. TCU – 3

Iowa State Results
Heptathlon (4 of 7 Events): 1. George Patrick, Texas – 3,307; 7. Wyatt Rhoads, Iowa State – 2,679
60m Dash (Hept.): 1. Steven Jazdyk, Oklahoma – 6.95; 8. Wyatt Rhoads, Iowa State – 7.30
Long Jump (Hept.): 1. George Patrick, Texas – 24-4 1/4 (7.42m); 5. Wyatt Rhoads, Iowa State – 21-6 3/4 (6.57m)
Shot Put (Hept.): 1. George Patrick, Texas – 43-5 1/4 (13.24m); 7. Wyatt Rhoads, Iowa State – 36-10 1/4 (11.23m)
High Jump (Hept.): 1. Max Estill, Kansas State – 6-7 (2.01m); T-6. Wyatt Rhoads, Iowa State – 5-10 3/4 (1.80m)

Pentathlon: 1. Ashtin Zamzow, Texas – 4,076; 9. Emma Whigham, Iowa State – 3,529; 11. Emily Coghill, Iowa State – 3,192
60m Hurdles (Pent.): 1. Kaylee Hinton, Texas Tech – 8.35; T-10. Emma Whigham, Iowa State – 9.07; 12. Emily Coghill, Iowa State – 9.19
High Jump (Pent.): 1. Makayla Stephens, Oklahoma – 5-10 1/2 (1.79m); 11. Emma Whigham, Iowa State – 5-2 1/4 (1.58m); 13. Emily Coghill, Iowa State – 4-10 1/2 (1.49m)
Shot Put (Pent.): 1. Ashtin Zamzow, Texas – 39-9 3/4 (12.13m); 9. Emma Whigham, Iowa State – 32-11 (10.03m); 11. Emily Coghill, Iowa State – 31-8 3/4 (9.67m)
Long Jump (Pent.): 1. Georgia Wahl, Texas – 19-4 1/4 (5.90m); 12. Emma Whigham, Iowa State – 16-5 (5.00m); 13. Emily Coghill, Iowa State – 16-2 1/2 (4.94m)
800m Run (Pent.): 1. Lauren Taubert, Kansas State – 2:16.72; 4. Emma Whigham, Iowa State – 2:19.34; 13. Emily Coghill, Iowa State – 2:32.62

Mile Prelim (W): 1. Molly Sughroe, Oklahoma State – 4:50.57; 6. Evelyne Guay, Iowa State – 4:53.04; 8. Gwynne Wright, Iowa State – 4:52.86
60m Hurdles Prelim (W): 1. Pedrya Seymour, Texas – 8.14; 15. Tasha Frazier, Iowa State – 8.78
60m Hurdles Prelim (M): 1. John Burt, Texas – 7.90; 4. Elijah Young, Iowa State – 8.13; 8. Logan Schneider, Iowa State – 8.15
600y Run Prelim (W): 1. Megan Rourke, Texas – 1:21.70; 13. Laurel Hoogensen, Iowa State – 1:30.86
600y Run Prelim (M): 1. Vincent Crisp, Texas Tech – 1:08.70; 2. Jaymes Dennison, Iowa State – 1:09.90
1,000m Run Prelim (W): 1. Larkin Chapman, 2:49.19; 4. Erinn Stenman-Fahey, Iowa State – 2:51.12
1,000m Run Prelim (M): 1. Dan Curts, Iowa State – 2:25.93; 2. Zach Black, Iowa State – 2:32.01; 11. Festus Lagat, Iowa State – 2:32.94
800m Run Prelim (W): 1. Jasmine Staebler, Iowa State – 2:09.44; 9. Maggie Davis, Iowa State – 2:15.31
800m Run Prelim (M): 1. Frank Hayes, Iowa State – 1:52.15; 2. Roshon Roomes, Iowa State – 1:53.44
5,000m Run Final (W): 1. Sharon Lokedi, Kansas – 16:26.57; 2. Anne Frisbie, Iowa State – 16:42.99; 3. Amanda Vestri, Iowa State – 16:43.64; 6. Kelly Naumann, Iowa State – 16:50.32; 10. Megan Schott, Iowa State – 16:56.92; 11. Karly Ackley, Iowa State – 16:59.31
5,000m Run Final (M): 1. Andrew Jordan, Iowa State – 14:03.05; 2. Edwin Kurgat, Iowa State – 14:03.50; 4. Nathan Rodriguez, Iowa State – 14:04.42; 10. Stanley Langat, Iowa State – 14:37.22; 12. Sam Clausnitzer, Iowa State – 14:48.25
Distance Medley Relay (W): 1. Iowa State (Stenman-Fahey, Whigham, Chapman, Staebler) – 11:15.73
Distance Medley Relay (M): 1. Texas – 9:40.11; 3. Iowa State (Black, Dennison, Roomes, Curts) – 9:50.65

Weight Throw (W): 1. Ashley Bryant, Oklahoma – 69-11 (21.31m); 3. Christabel Okeke, Iowa State – 65-7 (19.99m); 9. Tessa Krempel, Iowa State – 56-5 1/4 (17.20m); 14. Megan Wiese, Iowa State – 44-8 1/4 (13.62m)
Weight Throw (M): 1. Mitch Dixon, Kansas State – 70-9 3/4 (21.58m); 3. Vlad Pavlenko, Iowa State – 68-9 3/4 (20.97m); 7. Chris Celona, Iowa State – 60-0 1/2 (18.30m); 9. Bett Peters, Iowa State – 57-2 3/4 (17.44m)
Long Jump (W): 1. Jhoanmy Luque, Iowa State – 21-1 1/4 (6.43m); 15. Jalaiya Bartley, Iowa State – 18-3 (5.56m)
Long Jump (M): 1. Steffin McCarter, Texas – 26-1 1/2 (7.96m); 16. Chandler Diercks, Iowa State – 22-5 1/4 (6.84m)