NCAA Outdoor Championships Primer

AMES, Iowa – The track and field season has reached the point the Cyclones have been working toward, NCAA Outdoor Championships. Iowa State heads to Eugene with 11 entries: seven men in six events, three women in three individual events and the women's 4x400m relay.

NCAA Championships, June 11-14

Hayward Field, University of Oregon

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Action will be televised on ESPN days one and two, and ESPN2 days three and four. Each field event will have a dedicated ESPN+ stream. Iowa State begins with five events in day one including two finals. The full schedule for the Cyclones is below.

With seeding for NCAA Championships based off NCAA Prelims times and marks, Iowa State enters nationals with five holding top 10 seed position: Rachel Joseph (400m, No. 2), Robin Kwemoi Bera (5K, No. 3), Joash Ruto (3K Steeple, No. 5), Rodgers Kiplimo (10K, No. 8) and Cam Jones (Shot Put, No. 9).

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Rachel Joseph has shown she is not only a top athlete at Iowa State but also in the nation. The sprinter posted the second-fastest time throughout both NCAA West and East Prelims to earn the No. 2 seed in the 400m. Joseph went 50.95 in the first round and followed that up with 50.66 to take down the outdoor record for the sixth time. The junior also had a 49.77 split in the 4x400m, the only sub-50 split in either region. Joseph has gone sub-51 four times this outdoor season alone and owns the top 16 400m times in school history.

Mikey McClain is the first Iowa State man to advance to nationals in the 200m since 1928, and second in school history. McClain has progressed rapidly, shown in his time drops this season beginning with a 2024 PR of 20.94 to his current school record of 20.30.

The women's 4x400m is nationals bound for the first time since 1982. Brooklyn Sandvig, Makayla Clark, Karynne David and Joseph went sub-3:30, an ISU first, with 3:29.68 as they automatically advanced with their heat finish.

Iowa State had another first as two are NCAAs bound in the steeple. Joash Ruto finished second overall in the West (8:28.86) while Quinton Orr grabbed the last time qualifier and finished 10^th overall with 8:39.13 (No. 7 ISU).

Like NCAA West Prelims, NCAA Championships will be a four-day format with men competing on the first and third day and the women on the second and fourth. Field events, the 5,000m and 10,000m are all a final, while the 200m, 400m, 800m, steeplechase and 4x400m will have semifinals and a final. In the steeple, 12 will advance while nine advance in the 200m, 400m, 800m and 4x400m.

Iowa State Schedule (All Times Central)

Wednesday, June 11

6:38 p.m. – 3,000m Steeplechase Semifinals (M): Quinton Orr (Heat 1 of 2), Joash Ruto (Heat 2)

7:58 p.m. – 800m Semifinals (M): Dugion Blackman (Heat 3 of 3)

8:10 p.m. – Shot Put Final (M): Cam Jones (Flight 2, Position 1)

8:29 p.m. – 200m Semifinals (M): Mikey McClain (Heat 3 of 3)

8:56 p.m. – 10,000m Final (M): Rodgers Kiplimo

Thursday, June 12

7:41 p.m. – 400m Semifinals (W): Rachel Joseph (Heat 3 of 3)

7:58 p.m. – 800m Semifinals (W): Makayla Clark (Heat 3 of 3)

9:36 p.m. – 4x400m Relay Semifinals (Heat 1 of 3)

Friday, June 13

*7:24 p.m. – 3,000m Steeplechase Final (M)

*8:14 p.m. – 800m Final (M)

*8:37 p.m. – 200m Final (M)

8:55 p.m. – 5,000m Final (M): Robin Kwemoi Bera

Saturday, June 14

*9:02 p.m. – 400m Final (W)

*9:14 p.m. – 800m Final (W)

9:55 p.m. – 5,000m Final (W): Maelle Porcher

*10:21 p.m. – 4x400m Final

*Requires advancement

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Players Mentioned

Robin Kwemoi Bera

Dugion Blackman

Makayla Clark

Karynne David

Cam Jones

Rachel Joseph

Rodgers Kiplimo

Mikey McClain

Quinton Orr

Maelle Porcher

Joash Ruto

Brooklyn Sandvig

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