The ISU men’s track and field team finished the first day of the Big 12 Indoor Championships with a second place finish out of the distance medley relay team.

The relay team consisted of Edward Kemboi, Derek Jones, Brandon Barnes and Brian Llamas. They crossed the line with a time of 9:47.46 behind Oklahoma. The effort by the Cyclones marked the 10th fastest time in program history.

Kemboi led the relay off and handed off the baton in first place, similar to how he finished his two prior races.

The first race of the day for Kemboi was the 1,000m prelims. He notched the fastest qualifying time at 2:26.41. Joe Gioielli and Alec Baldwin qualified for the finals as well with seventh and eighth places finishes at 2:27.53 and 2:27.88 respectively.

Kemboi’s second race before the distance medley relay was the 800m prelims. He came in to the meet today still owning the fastest time in the nation. He qualified with another top qualifying time at 1:51.54.

Jacob Hoogensen qualified for tomorrow’s finals in the 600-yard run with a personal record time of 1:11.74.

Ryan Sander will be competing in the 60-meter hurdles finals after his time of 7.98 to put him in 4th place going into day two.

Mohamed Hrezi placed fifth in the men’s 5,000-meter run where he ran a strategic race the entire way. He crossed the line at 14:18.08.

The top finishes began at the start of the day with a field event. ISU thrower Henry Kelley grabbed the team’s first points with a sixth place finish in the weight throw. His top mark was a 59-foot, one-quarter inch throw, making that a personal record.

Day two of action is set to begin at 11:00 a.m. with the men’s heptathlon and at 1:30 p.m. with the 60-meter hurdles final.

Kemboi will be attempting to win two crowns in back-to-back races, starting with the 1,000-meters that are set to start at 3:30 p.m.

Iowa State finished the day in seventh place overall after the first day of competition.