Former Cyclone Lisa Uhl announced Thursday she will be returning to Ames to join former coach Corey Ihmels as a volunteer assistant coach.

Uhl said she would also continue training under Ihmels.

An article on RunnersWeb.com states Uhl had been thinking about a change in her future.

“I think I’ve felt like I’ve needed to make a change for a little bit now,” Uhl told Race Results Weekly over a phone call. “But I wanted to makes sure I gave Jerry and Shalane (Flanagan) and the rest of the group a significant amount of time to make sure that it just wasn’t me being homesick.”

Ihmels said he is very excited to have Uhl, one of the most prominent ISU athletes, back in Ames.

“We couldn’t be more excited to have Lisa back in Ames and as part of our track and field and cross country staff here at Iowa State,” Ihmels wrote in an email to Race Results Weekly on Wednesday night.

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