Daily Staff Writer

Five Cyclones qualify for NCAA Championship

The Iowa State men’s and women’s track and field squads qualified five athletes for the 1998 Outdoor Track and Field Championships, June 3-6 in Buffalo, N.Y.

The Iowa State women will return with national experience to this year’s meet with All-Americans Kris Curnyn and Trina Radske each competing in their respective events. Curnyn has qualified in both the hammer throw and the shot put. Radske had an automatic leap in the long jump of 21-1 1/2.

Freshman shot putter Lisa Griebel will participate in the shot put, while Barbara Szlendakova will challenge the heptahlon field.

On the men’s side, Saul Lempirikany will run in the 10,000-meter.

One and only Cyclone Softball Camp set for June

The Iowa State softball coaches will be running a camp for girls between the ages of 8 to 18, held from June 15 to 18. Head Coach Ruth Crowe and her assistants Cara Coughenour and Brenna Miller will be conducting the camp.

Activities will take place on the ISU Softball field at the Southwest Athletic Complex, just west of the Towers. This is the only Cyclone Softball Camp that is scheduled for this summer.

For more information and a registration form, call (800) 332-3247 or (515) 294-4059.

ISU, Andersen receive athletic grounds honors

Headed by athletic turf manager Mike Andersen, Iowa State earned national recognition as one of the best and most efficient grounds facilities in North America in 1997.

Landscape Management’s “LM 100” awards recognize 100 of the best Green Industry organizations. These include landscape and lawn care companies, professional grounds management operations and golf courses/athletic fields.

Fund-raising effort to begin for new Ames ice arena

A committee of Ames and Iowa State representatives has been assembled to lead the private gift campaign for a new ice arena. The committee’s task will be to raise $300,000 in private support for the arena project by July 1.

The new arena would be built on land adjacent to the existing arena on Green Hill Park Drive. The land was donated by ISU. ISU students allocated $1.7 million for the project through increased student fees. The City of Ames passed a $1.7 million bond issue for the project.

The ISU Foundation is managing the private gift campaign.