Iowa State competes in Sun Angel Classic

David Merrill

Iowa State competed in the Sun Angel Track Classic at Arizona State on Friday and Saturday.

While the Cyclones didn’t have any first-place finishes, they had some strong results, and even saw a record broken. 

Senior Britta Christofferson finished fifth in the women’s hammer throw with a total distance of 195-08, breaking the ISU school record — 191-11 from Kris Curnyn — by nearly four feet. Senior Emily [corrected from Katie] Nugent finished sixth in the hammer throw with a total distance of 181-03.  

Senior Alvin Garnett was the men’s team’s best overall finisher, taking third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 48.48. Sophomore Brian Sandvig finished in ninth with a time of 49.03.

Freshman Ryan Sander finished 11th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.05 while junior Jamal Currica ended in the No. 15 spot with a time of 15.13.

Junior Kelli Oettle finished eighth in the women’s 1500-meter run. Her time was 4:38.61. Junior Callan Jacobson also took home an eighth-place finish in the women’s 400-meter dash with a time of 59.49.

In the men’s 100-meter dash, junior Clint Martin took 12th place with a time of 11.08

Sophomore Donnise Powell finished 12th in the women’s 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:00.96.

The Cyclones took fifth in the men’s 4×400-meter relay. The team of Garnett, Currica, Sandvig and junior Matt Brinkley finished with a time of 3:15.22.