Cyclones wait for at-large bids to NCAA Championships

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Photo: Kendra Plathe/Iowa State Daily

Elphas Sang crosses the finish line Saturday at the Lied Recreational Athletic Center where Iowa State held the NCAA Qualifier for track. Sang finished sixth with a time of 1:50.32.

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The ISU track and field team had a productive meet Saturday in the NCAA Qualifier at the Lied Recreational Athletic Center, where they set 17 personal records.

The women’s field events came out of the meet with strong results, including Laishema Hampton’s second place in the weight throw with a toss of 65-02.75 – just shy of the Division I automatic qualifying mark of 68-10.25.

Junior Danielle Frere led the group in the shotput as she took fourth place with a personal best throw of 54-05.25, only one foot short of the NCAA automatic qualifying mark.

Freshman high jumper Hannah Willms earned second with a mark of 5-09.25 but missed the automatic qualifying mark of 6-00.75.

For the men’s team, sophomore Nick Schulze ran the mile in a time of 4:14.44, coming in sixth place.

Currently, 5,000-meter runner Betsy Saina is the only qualifier for the NCAA Championships.

At press time it was not known how many or which runners received at-large bids for the NCAA Championships. More information can be found at iowastatedaily.net as results come in.