The Cyclone track teams competed in Hawkeye territory over the weekend, resulting in several first places by both men and women competitors.

Amber Garrett won the 1,500-meter run clocking a career best of 4:30.72.

ISU Women’s Coach Dick Lee said Garrett’s time bested her previous personal record by five seconds.

And in the 800-meter jaunt, Joanne Roepke captured first in 2:12.96. Cyclone Marcy Krumm took second in the 400-meter loop, registering 57.67.

Hurdler Katarina Svensson championed the 400-meter race clocking 1:00.97. Running mates Julia Ollila and Janelle Edmundson crossed the line third and fourth respectively.

In the high jump, Leah Elbert and Kelly Cizek stole the show, finishing first and second respectively. Elbert hopped 5 to 8 for first place, and Cizek leaped 5 to 6 for second.

Elbert, an Iowa City native, said she was happy to do well in front of her hometown fans.

“It was good to do well in front of my home crowd,” she said. “I think this was more of a low-key meet. It was nice to get a day of jumping in.”

Elbert said the team has been building throughout the season and is peaking as it heads into the conference meet.

“We’ve been progressively getting better — times dropping, jumping higher, throwing further. We’re probably at the strongest point, and that’s where you want to be when going into conference,” she said. “I think we have a chance to do pretty well.”

Several men legged top finishes at the Hawkeye Open.

All-American Quinn Harris sprinted for a season-best in the 100-meter dash. He took the field in 10.44.

Freshman Nic Weers won the 400-meter hurdles, while Adrian Dunbar was the runner-up in the 110-high hurdles. In the highs, Chris Wycoff and Andy Long chased Dunbar to finish third and fourth respectively.

In the high jump, Damon Lampley also posted a season high of 6 to 4 to win the high jump.

ISU’s other first-place finishers were Philemon Too and Kingsley Nymane. Too took the 5,000-meter run in 14:42.48 and Nymane won the triple-leap with a distance of 47 to 1.

Jake Overman placed third in the 1,500 with fellow Cyclone Matt Williams close behind.

He said he and Williams ran the first two laps at a slower pace but picked it up for the last couple to finish up front.

Overman said it was “just the right amount of competition” for him.

“I ran hard; it was a good race,” Overman said. “It was just a fun race. I was able to push it mentally. I’m out of my slump.”

Overman said the meet was a confidence builder for the team as it spends the next two weeks preparing for the Big 12 Championships.

“The Big 12 Conference is going to be really competitve up and down the line. Hopefully, we’ll stay healthy over the next couple of weeks and see more improvement,” Lee said.