44 Farms, Jim Duncan Invite Primer

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State next splits up for the 44 Farms Team Invite in College Station and the Jim Duncan Invite in Des Moines.

44 Farms Team Invite, Friday, April 11-Saturday, April 12

Texas A&M, E.B. Cushing Stadium

Live Results | Event Schedule

Jim Duncan Invite, Friday, April 11

Drake University, Drake Stadium

Live Results | Event Schedule | ESPN+

At Texas A&M, 34 teams will compete including Auburn, Baylor, East Texas A&M, Eastern Michigan, Georgia, Houston, HCU, Illinois, Incarnate Word, Lamar, Louisville, Michigan, Mississippi State, Nebraska, North Texas, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Oregon State, Penn State, Princeton, Sam Houston, SMU, TCU, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas State, Texas Tech, USC, UT-Arlington, UTSA, Virginia Tech and Wisconsin.

The Cyclones will return to College Station May 28-31 as Texas A&M also hosts NCAA West Prelims.

Events begin Friday at 11 a.m. at the 44 Farms Team Invite with multi events, and at 12:30 p.m. with the discus at the Jim Duncan Invite. The Jim Duncan Invite will be streamed on ESPN+ beginning at 1:55 p.m. Events continue Saturday at the 44 Farms Team Invite from 10:30 a.m. to 8:05 p.m.

Last week, six men's distance runners competed at the Stanford Invite. All six put up lifetime bests while four went down as top 10 program performances. Three rank top 15 nationally, led by Rodgers Kiplimo's 27:52.12 in the 10,000m ranking fourth. Robin Kwemoi Bera ranks ninth with a 13:38.12 5,000m and Quinton Orr stands in 13^th with an 8:39.90 3,000m steeplechase.

The Cyclones will have another split squad week competing at the Kansas Relays April 17-19, where Big 12 Outdoor Championships will be held, while distance runners will run at the Bryan Clay Invite April 16-18.

Iowa State Entries

44 Farms Team Invite

Heptathlon (W): Kiersten Fisher

Decathlon (M): Chase Lathrop, Tristan Rheingans, Cooper Spurgeon

Hammer (W): Kaitlyn Burson, Ella O'Neall

Hammer (M): Zach Verzani, Garret Wagner, Daniel Norris, Lucas Morrison

Discus (M): Cam Jones, Daniel Norris, Brandon Fischer, Lucas Morrison

Long Jump (M): Justin Gleason

Long Jump (W): Ava Cinnamo

Shot Put (W): Ella O'Neall

Shot Put (M): Cam Jones, Brandon Fischer

Javelin (M): Nathan Vincent