Iowa State Men Take Fourth at Big 12 Championship

AMES, Iowa – The USTFCCCA No. 17 Iowa State men’s cross country team ran to a fourth-place team finish behind three Top 10 teams at the 2023 Big 12 Championships on Saturday morning. It marks the 18th-straight season the Cyclones have posted a top-five team finish. Said Mechaal led Iowa State and earned All-Big 12 honors with a seventh-place individual finish. Mechaal ran his best race of the season, finishing the 8K in 23:03.7, just five seconds off his collegiate personal best (22:58.6). Following Mechaal was cluster of Cyclones. Gable Sieperda (26th, 23:41.0), Sanele Masondo (27th, 23:42.6), Ezekiel Rop (28th,…