Corey Ihmels, a former ISU cross country and track athlete, has been

named ISU men’s cross country coach.

Ihmels replaces Kevin Bourke who resigned Oct. 23 to take the job as

director of sports and operations with the Iowa Games.

Ihmels graduated from Iowa State in 1997 where he was a six-time

All-American (twice in cross country, three times in indoor track and

once in outdoor track). He led the Cyclone cross country team to a third place national finish in 1993 and an NCAA title in 1994.

Ihmels, 27, has spent the past year and a half as an assistant coach at

Arizona State. He’ll began his new job at Iowa State on Thursday.

-Emily Arthur