Cyclones Get Five Wins at ISU Holiday Invitational

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State opened its indoor home campaign with five victories during the ISU Holiday Invitational Saturday at the Lied Recreation Athletic Center. The Cyclones saw some strong performances across all disciplines to build on heading into the meets in 2022.

The feature event was the men's 800-meter run and the Cyclones put up a slate of strong performances, with four ISU runners going under 1:50. Leading the way was Cebastian Gentil, with the two-time All-American for Iowa State's distance medley relay teams posting the best individual performance of his ISU career, taking second place with a personal best time of 1:48.95. The time moved him into ISU's all-time top-10 for the event at No. 9, and at the time of publication saw him at No. 3 in the NCAA Division I rankings this indoor season.

Joining Gentil among the top performers were Nehemia Too in third in a personal best 1:49.08, Darius Kipyego going fourth in an indoor PR of 1:49.50, Alex Lomong in fifth in 1:49.87 and Frank Hayes sixth in 1:51.78. At the time of publication, all four of them joined Gentil among the top-10 in NCAA Division I this season.

The highlight of the women's performers on Saturday came from Zakiyah Amos in the 400-meter dash, with the Houston native posting a huge personal best of 54.70, the first sub-55 of her career and the first by a Cyclone woman indoors since 2015, to take the victory. At the time of publication, Amos' mark sits No. 3 nationally in NCAA Division I this season.

In the throws ring Antonella Creazzola, fresh off representing her native Venezuela at the Pan American Junior Games last week, posted a personal best in the weight throw of 59-6 3/4 (18.15m) to get the win and move to No. 10 in ISU history in the event.

Other winners on the day for the Cyclone women were Katarina Vlahovic in the 60-meter hurdles (8.39), Grace Dickel in the 3,000-meter run (9:53.59) and Sydney Willits in the long jump (19-5 1/2, 5.93m).

Up Next
Iowa State will resume the indoor season in 2022 with the Graduate Classic, hosted by Nebraska on January 14-15 in Lincoln.

Iowa State Results
60m Dash Prelim (W): 1. Jill Bennett, UNI – 7.65; 4. Erika Furbeck, Iowa State – 7.90
60m Dash Final (W): 1. Jill Bennett, UNI – 7.70; 4. Erika Furbeck, Iowa State – 7.98
200m Dash (W): 1. Kahiyah Anderson, Indian Hills – 24.92; 2. Katarina Vlahovic, Iowa State – 25.06; 4. Kaylyn Hall, Iowa State – 25.28; 9. Sydney Willits, Iowa State – 26.29
400m Dash (M): 1. Connor Belken, Unattached – 47.41; 3. Gage Clay, Iowa State – 48.73; 5. Charlie Johnson, Iowa State – 49.91; 11. Chase McPherson, Iowa State – 51.74
400m Dash (W): 1. Zakiyah Amos, Iowa State – 54.70; 2. Bria Barnes, Iowa State – 56.33
800m Run (M): 1. Festus Lagat – Under Armour/District Track Club – 1:46.78; 2. Cebastian Gentil, Iowa State – 1:48.95; 3. Nehemia Too, Iowa State – 1:49.08; 4. Darius Kipyego, Iowa State – 1:49.50; 5. Alex Lomong, Iowa State – 1:49.87; 6. Frank Hayes, Iowa State – 1:51.78; 8. Joe Schaefer, Iowa State – 1:53.39; 11. David Thompson, Iowa State – 1:55.40; 14. Jason Gomez, Iowa State – 1:56.32; Tanner Anderson, Iowa State – DNF
Mile Run (M): 1. Isaac Basten, Drake – 3:58.88; 3. Qinton Orr, Iowa State – 4:12.55; 5. Nate Mueller, Iowa State – 4:17.04
Mile Run (W): 1. Brooke Mullins, Drake – 4:56.50; 2. Maggie Davis, Iowa State – 4:58.68; 3. Riley Beach, Iowa State – 4:59.45; 4. Bella Heikes, Iowa State – 4:59.94; 6. Sarah Murrow, Iowa State – 5:08.19; Janette Schraft, Iowa State – DNF; Madelynn Hill, Iowa State – DNF
3,000m Run (M): 1. Willy Fink, Under Armour – 8:04.12; Nate Mueller, Iowa State – DNF; Quinton Orr, Iowa State – DNF
3,000m Run (W): 1. Grace Dickel, Iowa State – 9:53.59; 2. Taylor Briggs, Iowa State – 10:04.36; Dana Feyen, Iowa State – DNF; Maggie Davis, Iowa State – DNF
60m Hurdles (M): 1. Kyle Trunnell, UNI – 8.46; 2. Thai Thompson, Iowa State – 8.47
60m Hurdles (W): 1. Katarina Vlahovic, Iowa State – 8.39; 2. Kaylyn Hall, Iowa State – 8.53; 4. Sydney Willits, Iowa State – 9.15
4x400m Relay (M): 1. Indian Hills – 3:15.35; 2. Iowa State (Thai Thompson, Charlie Johnson, Tanner Anderson, Chase McPherson) – 3:18.59

Shot Put (M): 1. Blake Veenstra, Unattached – 55-6 1/4 (16.92m); 2. Kevin Sakson, Iowa State – 55-5 3/4 (16.91m); 3. Cam Jones, Unattached – 54-6 1/2 (16.62m); 4. Jonathan Gannon, Iowa State – 49-1 1/2 (14.97m); 5. Blake Wiederhold, Unattached – 45-5 (13.84m); 6. Zach Verzani, Unattached – 44-1 1/2 (13.45m); 7. Garret Wagner, Unattached – 42-1 1/2 (12.84m); 8. Zach Kraft, Iowa State – 38-9 3/4 (11.83m)
Shot Put (W): 1. Chandler Haight, Drake – 45-5 1/4 (13.85m); 2. Emily March, Iowa State – 41-9 1/4 (12.73m); 4. Danielle Hoyle, Iowa State – 39-1 1/4 (11.92m)
Weight Throw (M): 1. Cam Jones, Unattached – 64-9 1/4 (19.74m); 6. Jonathan Gannon, Iowa State – 53-6 1/2 (16.32m); 7. Joe Ryan, Iowa State – 52-7 1/2 (16.04m); 9. Blake Veenstra, Unattached – 49-7 3/4 (15.13m); 10. Micah Walker, Iowa State – 48-4 1/2 (14.74m); 11. Blake Wiederhold, Unattached – 46-6 (14.17m); 12. Garret Wagner, Unattached – 46-1 1/4 (14.05m); Zach Verzani, Unattached – Foul
Weight Throw (W): 1. Antonella Creazzola, Iowa State – 59-6 3/4 (18.15m); 2. Danielle Hoyle, Iowa State – 56-10 (17.32m); 3. Emily March, Iowa State – 52-7 1/4 (16.03m)
Long Jump (M): 1. Jack Sumners, UNI – 23-0 (7.01m); 2. Thai Thompson, Iowa State – 22-10 1/2 (6.97m)
Long Jump (W): 1. Sydney Willits, Iowa State – 19-5 1/2 (5.93m); 2. Erika Furbeck, Iowa State – 19-2 1/2 (5.85m)
High Jump (W): 1. Kylee Neighbors, Unattached – 5-5 (1.65m); 4. Megan Durbin, Iowa State – 4-11 (1.50m)

Players Mentioned

Zakiyah Amos

Tanner Anderson

Bria Barnes

Gage Clay

Antonella Creazzola

Maggie Davis

Grace Dickel

Megan Durbin

Dana Feyen

Erika Furbeck

Jonathan Gannon

Cebastian Gentil

Jason Gómez

Kaylyn Hall

Madelynn Hill

Charlie Johnson

Festus Lagat

Alex Lomong

Emily March

Sarah Murrow

Joe Ryan

Kevin Sakson

Joe Schaefer

Janette Schraft

David Thompson

Nehemia Too

Katarina Vlahovic

Micah Walker

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