Daniel Kaczmarczyk finished near the top in the long jump and triple jump at his last conference meet as a Cyclone at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships Friday and Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.

Kaczmarczyk completes his athletic eligibility at the close of the indoor season. He placed third in the long jump (24 feet 6 1/2 inches) Friday and fourth in the triple jump (48-5 1/4) Saturday.

Two of Kaczmarczyk’s fouled long jumps were more than 25 feet, which would be good enough to qualify for the national meet, said jumps coach Ron McEachran.

“They were right on the edge,” McEachran said. “They were close to being legal and it probably could have gone either way.”

McEachran said the run prior to any horizontal jump needs to be incredibly accurate for the outcome to be successful.

“He’s going pretty darn fast,” McEachran said of Kaczmarczyk. “He covers the last 30 feet in under a second. For his case, he covers 40 meters in 18 strides. He’s got about an area of four inches, give or take, to work with.”

Jared Graham placed fourth in the 600-yard run with a time of 1:10.35, an event men’s coach Steve Lynn said Graham has adapted well to.

“We’d hoped it was a good race for him,” Lynn said. “He wasn’t ready for it last year or his freshman year, but we tried it this year, and it has become his focus.”

Graham was a few strides within winning the entire race, Lynn said. Andrae Williams of Texas Tech placed first with a time of 1:10.22.

For the women, coach Dick Lee said the highlight should have been Ada Anderson’s win of the 800-meter run, but an official disqualified her for runner interference.

Anderson veered out at an angle in the last stretch, and an official claimed she impeded the second place runner’s path. According to NCAA rules, a runner can not veer out if it impedes another runner.

Anderson said she was surprised after being disqualified.

“No one had told me anything after the race,” she said. “I thought there was a misprint. I didn’t know what to do.”

Iowa State protested the ruling to both the referee and the jury of appeals, but the ruling was upheld. Despite being disqualified, Anderson said she isn’t too upset.

“I’m moving on and I’ve got to get over it,” she said. “This happened for a reason and something good will come out of it.”

Lee said he was very pleased with high jumpers Leigh Wagner and April Fabert, who were part of a four-way tie for eighth place.

“They’re close to a breakthrough,” he said. “I think they’ll improve their season bests next weekend.”