Poor weather, illness and nerves could not stop the men and women of the ISU track and field team at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships this weekend. The women’s team finished 11th overall with 29 points, and the men tied with Colorado for seventh with 48 points.

The meet, hosted by Kansas State University, consisted of 22 events, including the hammer throw, triple jump, women’s heptathlon and men’s decathlon. The men and women each had one member finish first in an event with Agata Kosuda in the women’s triple jump and Oliver Koenig in the men’s long jump.

“I am very happy with my performance,” said Kosuda, who set a personal record of 44-11.50. “I didn’t get to compete much this season, and I didn’t really know what to expect.”

Jumps and vault coach Ron McEachran said he was “basically speechless” regarding Kosuda’s accomplishment.

McEachran also said this weekend was the first time Kosuda had used a 13-step approach instead of the 11-step approach she used at the Drake Relays. In addition to her first-place finish, Kosuda placed sixth in the long jump with a leap of 20-06.50.

Other members earning points for the women’s team include Ada Anderson — who placed fourth in the 800-meter run with a personal best of 2:06.77. Sara Boisen earned a seventh-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:01.21, and Leigh Wagner also placed seventh in the high jump with a height of 5-07.00.

Jenny Mockler added to the point total with an eighth-place finish in the 1,500-meter run in 4:50.30.

Erica Lynn earned two sixth-place finishes — in the high jump, clearing 5-07.00, and the heptathlon with 4,946 points.

“I was happy with my high jump score, but I wanted to do better in the heptathlon,” Lynn said.

“I always set high expectations for myself.”

The men’s team, with more than 60 percent of its points coming from field events, finished strong in the conference.

Head men’s coach Steve Lynn said he was “really proud of the guys who competed in field events” during the weekend.

Koenig’s top finish in the long jump with a leap of 25-05.25 was just one of several events the ISU men placed in.

Jamal Cann and Chase Madison earned second and fifth places in the discus with throws of 186-10 and 175.07, respectively.

“I wanted first,” Cann said. “Sheldon [Battle of Kansas] earned it and did what was necessary to win. Hopefully, I’ll do better for next time.”

Earning fourth place, the 4X400-meter relay team of Elijah Braimah, Tony Stanfield, Abraham Rotich and Jared Graham finished with the time of 3:08.39.

Placing sixth in the 4X100 meter relay with a time of 41.10 was the team of Justin Sherman, Graham, Braimah and Koenig.

Tony Douglas also placed in two events. Douglas earned fourth in the long jump with a distance of 25-02.00 and fifth in the triple jump with a distance of 49-10.50.

“I do my best performances at Big 12 meets with all the adrenaline,” Douglas said.

Neil Hines, ranked 17th in the nation for the decathlon going into this weekend’s competition, finished fifth in both the decathlon and the javelin.

“Going into [the championships] the night before I was feeling good,” Hines said.

“It was tough competition.”

Hines said he became ill the night before the decathlon, however, and was not feeling well while he competed.

“I was hanging in there waiting for others to screw up and they did,” he said. “I just wanted to finish — placing fifth was just icing on the cake.”