Completed Event: Cross Country versus Cyclone Preview on August 29, 2025 , , Men: 1st, Women: 1st
Final
Cross Country
Cyclone Preview
Men: 1st, Women: 1st
Iowa State University Athletics
Friday, November 10
Stillwater, Okla.
10:30 AM
Iowa State University
at
NCAA Midwest Regional
Photo by: Comanche Spirit Photography
No. 20 Iowa State Men Finish Runners-Up to Qualify for NCAA Championships
11.10.2023 | Cross Country
STILLWATER, Okla. – For the 29th time in program history, the Iowa State men's cross country team will compete at the national championships. The Cyclones ran to a second-place finish with six All-Region honorees at the NCAA Midwest Regional to earn automatic qualifier status.
Trailing only Oklahoma State in the team race, Iowa State also picked up two points in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series as Iowa finished 12th overall.
Said Mechaal led the Cyclones with a top-five finish, placing fourth in 30:11.7 while Sanele Masondo was also a top-10 placement in seventh with a time of 30:23.7. Gable Sieperda, Rodgers Kiplimo and Tim Sindt rounded out Iowa State's top five, nearly all finishing under the 31-minute mark. Sieperda, a 2022 NCAA Championships individual qualifier, finished 13th with a time of 30:35.1 while Kiplimo was right behind in 14th with a time of 30:36.8. Sindt finished 18th in 31:00.3. Silas Winders also earned All-Region status with a 23rd-place finish in 31:15.4 and Kelvin Bungei ran for 51st with a time of 31:47.1.
Team Finishes
1. Oklahoma State – 19; 2. Iowa State – 56; 3. Tulsa – 131; 4. Loyola (Ill.) – 131; 5. South Dakota State – 196; 6. Illinois – 205; 7. Drake – 250; 8. Bradley – 320; 9. Kansas – 322; 10. Wichita State – 340; 11. Missouri – 343; 12. Iowa – 368; 13. Saint Louis – 371; 14. Minnesota – 372; 15. North Dakota – 408; 16. Creighton – 409; 17. Illinois State – 412; 18. Southern Illinois – 443; 19. Oklahoma – 443; 20. Eastern Illinois – 445; 21. DePaul – 478; 22. North Dakota State – 485; 23. Illinois-Chicago – 546; 24. Kansas State – 580; 25. Nebraska – 648; 26. Northern Iowa – 714; 27. SIUE – 797; South Dakota – 827
Individual Results
1. Denis Kipngetich, Oklahoma State – 29:39.2; 4. Said Mechaal, Iowa State – 30:11.7; 7. Sanele Masondo, Iowa State – 30:23.7; 13. Gable Sieperda, Iowa State – 30:35.1; 14. Rodgers Kiplimo, Iowa State – 30:36.8; 18. Tim Sindt, Iowa State – 31:00.3; 23. Silas Winders, Iowa State – 31:15.4; 51. Kelvin Bungei, Iowa State – 31:47.1.
Up Next
With today's team finish, the Iowa State men earned a spot to compete at the NCAA Championships in Charlottesville next weekend. The men's 10K race will begin at 10:10 a.m. CT.
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