The Iowa State track and field teams competed in split-squad action this past weekend, as the athletes divided up between meets in state and out of state.

Men’s coach Steve Lynn said that he sent hurdlers and sprinters to Des Moines, while the distance runners and throwers traveled south to Missouri.

Women’s coach Dick Lee, on the other hand, sent most of the team to Missouri, while only a couple of redshirt athletes went to Des Moines, where they didn’t place.

The competition wasn’t quite as stiff as it will be in the upcoming weeks leading up to the conference meet, but both coaches were pleased with the effort put forth by the teams.

Joey Brunkhorst produced a “highlight” moment according to Lynn, wining the high jump with a career best jump of 7 feet, 3 inches.

Lynn said that it ranks as the second best jump in ISU history outdoors.

He said he was pleased to see Brunkhorst do so well, considering he wasn’t a “highly touted” jumper coming out of high school.

Lynn said that Brunkhorst has put in a lot of hard work and effort to become one of the top jumpers in the Big 12.

The distance runners continued their solid performances, again being led by Daniel Kinyua and Mike Mwangong.

Kinyua led nearly the entire race in the 800-meter run and cruised to a victory in a time of 1:50.91. Lynn said he was excited to see this, considering that it was the first time Kinyua has ran the 800 here at Iowa State.

Mwangong tried a different approach than Kinyua, as he came from behind to win the 1,500 meter run.

Mwangong caught and passed Peter Madsen of Illinois State on the final straight away, with a winning time of 3:52.74.

Throwers Jamie Beyer and Zech Schiebout each bagged a second place finish.

Beyer was runner-up in the shot put with a toss of 59’05 while Schiebout placed second in the discus, throwing it 182’10.

Lynn said that there were also some great performances in Des Moines, but the meet didn’t end as well as it started.

Highlighting this meet was a 1,2,3 finish for Cyclone hurdlers in the 100-meter hurdles.

Justin Hyde won the event, setting a new meet record time of 14.16 seconds.

He was followed closely by Andy Long, 14.31, and Cory Woods, 14.82.

Also grabbing a gold was the 4×100 team comprised of Hyde, Jason Irvin, Jerod Torrey and Kevin Nantulya. Their time of 41.14 was a full second faster than second place Bemidji State.

The Cyclones ran into bad luck toward the final day of the meet, however.

Justin Hyde injured his hamstring, which bothered him during the indoor season as well, and his status is uncertain.

Also getting hit with the injury bug was Jerod Torrey, who also hurt his leg. It occurred as he was running in the 400-meter dash.

Lynn said that lack of depth is a problem for his team, and they can ill-afford to lose runners.

He is hopeful to get middle distance runners Dan Reis and Nic Weers back in action this week, as both have missed time due to injuries.

The women also benefited from several “highlight” performances.

Coach Dick Lee said he was most pleased with Barbara Szlendakova’s performance in the long jump.

Szlendakova, a Big 12 Conference champ in the event, won with a leap of 20’5. The jump also qualified her provisionally for the NCAA national meet.

Lee said that he thinks that the jump will be good enough to insure her a spot at nationals.

Not to be overlooked was sprinter Ola Adetiba. The junior won two individual golds in the 100 and 200-meter dashes.

Her times of 11.72 and 23.81 respectively weren’t as good as she would have liked, said Lee, but he added that there wasn’t much competition there to push her.

Freshman Sheba Clarke came in second behind Adetiba in the 200, posting a solid time of 24.57.

Lee said he was surprised at how well his high jumpers all performed. Gina Curtis, Leah Elbert and Kelly Cizek all cleared 5 feet, 8 inches. Lee said he was most shocked with how well Cizek performed considering this was her first meet in two years.

Distance runners Laurie Meythaler, Andrea Crapisi and Emily Martini all finished at the top of their races, too.

Meythaler won the 1,500 with a time of 4:28.70, and Crapisi and Martini came in first and second in the 5,000 meter run, crossing the line in times of 17:33.07 and 17:43.98 respectively.

Next up for the Cyclones will be the Tyson Invite in Fayetteville, Ark this Saturday. Lynn said that it will feature some of the best distance runners in the nation.