Before the ISU men’s track and field team end the indoor season, two athletes have the opportunity to finish on top in this weekend’s NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Edward Kemboi and Cameron Ostrowski hope to leave Albuquerque, N.M., as national champions in their respective events.

Kemboi heads into the weekend ranked No. 1 in the 800-meter run with a program record of 1:45.98 and two conference titles at the Big 12 Indoor Championships.

“It has been a great season for me,” Kemboi said. “The 1:45 was a dream come true, and I am going to do whatever it takes to win at nationals.”

The time still stands as the fastest mark in the nation and the seventh fastest in the world. He ran that time at this season’s Iowa State Classic in one of the most competitive fields of the season.

Ostrowski is coming off a career performance at the Big 12 Indoor Championships as well. He took home the conference title in the high jump by clearing the bar with a personal-best jump of 7 feet, 3.75 inches.

“I told my coach before the season that I was going to win at Big 12s, so it was nice to follow through with that promise,” Ostrowski said.

He currently holds the No. 7 seed in the field, and his Big 12 winning jump is good for the 12th-best American mark of the season.

“I definitely want to go over 7 [feet], 4 [inches] this weekend, and hopefully that will put me in a pretty good place,” Ostrowski said.

Kemboi came into the season as an All-American, but he attributes this year’s success to his new distance coach, Jeremy Sudbury.

“He is the greatest coach I have ever had in my life,” Kemboi said. “Every day he is out there telling me what to improve on. ‘Ed this and Ed that.’ He is the best.”

Sudbury followed ISU coach Martin Smith from Oklahoma to Iowa State, and this is his first season with the program.

“Nationals is big, and with Ed, we don’t need to change much,” Sudbury said. “He has had a very nice season so far, and we have have accomplished a lot of what we wanted. This weekend holds the last thing.”

Kemboi has relied on his kick all season, and even though nationals will call for a different kind of race, Sudbury does not see a reason to make a big change.

“The main thing is to not change anything and to stay disciplined,” Sudbury said. “Ed just needs to go in there and compete.”

Kemboi and Ostrowski hope to duplicate their performances from the Big 12 Championships in the NCAA Championships. Bringing the hardware back to Ames before the outdoor season begins is both in reach and on the Cyclone standouts’ minds.

“We want to do it for the Cyclones. The Cyclone Nation deserves this,” Kemboi said. “It is not us going out there 100 percent about me; it is for the team and our school.”