More important than winning six events for the ISU men’s track team last weekend was the fact they were able to compete at all.

After having two meets in a row interrupted from rain and cold weather, the Cyclones were finally able to get a complete weekend of performances Friday and Saturday at the Jim Duncan Invitational in Des Moines and the John Jacob Invitational in Norman, Okla.

“If we had gotten wiped out this weekend and hadn’t been able to race at all, that would have been not devastating, but really bad,” coach Steve Lynn said. “We didn’t get to race at the highest level, but we got to race. We got to compete.”

In Des Moines, the Cyclones took six wins, including two from Elijah Braimah. Braimah ran a 21.51 second 200-meter dash and a 48.17 400-meter dash. Braimah said he didn’t compete at his highest level.

“This was probably just the first stepping stone, just to get a race in and get a time,” Braimah said. “I’ve got a long ways to go, and the team’s got a long ways to go.”

Although everyone was able to compete, the weather was still cold in Des Moines. Braimah said the team is looking forward to getting warmer weather in Arkansas this weekend in order to ready themselves for the Drake Relays and other big meets in the coming weeks.

“It still didn’t feel like a real track meet. It was cold and windy, but it felt good to run,” he said. “I think we’ll all be ready, because everybody is just anxious to run in good weather.”

The throwers also proved impressive, as Stefan Tauber won in the javelin, Robbie Utterback in the discus and Zac Brouillette in the shot put. Julian Morris also won the high jump.

The runners who traveled to Oklahoma also faced cold weather, something Lynn said didn’t allow the team to have their best times. Jared Graham had the best performance, finishing third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 47.26. Jared Lewis also took fourth in the 100-meter dash and fifth in the 200-meter dash.

“The times did not indicate the level we’re ready to go at, but I really believe that getting the competition in like we did definitely helps us,” Lynn said.

Despite battling harsh weather conditions, Lynn said the team will still be ready for the meets coming at the end of the season.

“It definitely has impacted us, but it hasn’t debilitated us. With being able to run this last weekend it helped a lot,” Lynn said.

Saturday the team will split between the Nebraska Open in Lincoln, Neb. and the John McDonnell Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., the final meets before the next week’s Drake Relays.