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04.01.2024 | Track and Field, Cyclone Club
AMES, Iowa - Janette Schraft has been named the Cyclone Club Athlete of the Week after a record-breaking weekend for ISU track & field at the Stanford Invitational.
Schraft opened her outdoor season by crushing her own 3,000-meter steeplechase school record by nine seconds on Friday.
The Glenwood, Iowa native clocked a 9:48.20 - the best mark in the nation and the No. 8 time in the world this year - and led the next finisher in the invitational section by over six seconds.
Schraft, who became the first woman in Iowa State history to break the 10-minute mark last season, bested her record of 9:57.55.
Next up, the Cyclones head to Miami, Florida for the Miami Invitational April 5-6.
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