The Iowa State men’s track team turned in their best performance ever at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships with their third place finish on March 7-8 in Indianapolis, Ind.

The Cyclone men’s track team received nine individual All-American honors.

“The guys did a great job,” ISU Track Coach Steve Lynn said. “We brought six athletes in seven events and all of them earned All-American honors. We also placed in the sprints, hurdles, jumps, throws and distance events.”

Among them included junior Jason Woods in the 55 meter hurdles event. Woods finished fifth overall with a time of 7.31.

Sophomore Jamie Beyer, performing in his first-ever NCAA tournament event, brought home a pair of All-American honors. Beyer finished in sixth place in the shotput event with a 60 feet, eight and three-quarter inch toss on his third and final throw.

Beyer followed the shotput performance with a record performance in the 35 pound event.

The sophomore had set a school record of 65 feet, eight and a half inch toss to enter the meet. However, Beyer wasn’t finished. He responded with a 66 feet, six and a half inch toss on his second of three attempts to move him into sixth place going into the finals, where he stayed.

Senior Corey Ihmels finished fifth in the mile after leading the first 400 meters of the event. However, Ihmels was caught along the inside and was unable to push the pace.

According to a press release, Ihmels said after the race, “I should have pushed the pace. I may not have been able to beat (Julius) Achon that way, but no one else would have been in the race with 400 meters left.”

Despite the finish, Ihmels set a new school record during qualifying after running a blazing 3:59.70, breaking the 13 year-old mark of Bob Verbeek (3:59.76.)

Sophomore Yago Lamela-Tobio performed admirably in the triple-jump.

He continuously improved on his jumping, which saw him move from seventh place after the first round, until reaching third place in the final standings with a jump of 53 feet, one and three-quarter inches.

Senior Frank Nwankpa finished in fourth place in the 55 meter dash to guarantee the Cyclones a team finish of nothing lower than fourth place.

“That is how we have always built our teams, strength in all areas,” Lynn said. “It is very gratifying to have our highest finish in nationals with a squad that represents the whole team.”

The Cyclone women also performed well with a pair of All-American performances by Trina Radske in the long jump event and Kris Curnyn’s ninth place finish in the weight throw.

Radske took sixth with a 20 feet, four-and-a-half inch leap. While Curnyn finished with a 60 feet, three inch toss.