LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- Iowa State ran 1-2-3 in the 10,000 meters to take the men's team lead over Nebraska heading into Saturday's finals in the Big Eight Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Steve Brooks won in a 1994 conference-best 29:37.75, ahead of teammates John Kihonge and Ian Robinson.
Gogo Peters won the long jump at 25 feet, 4 inches for the Cyclones, who are seeking their fourth straight men's team title. Kansas freshman Marcus Scheid was second at 24-9 ¼.
Iowa State led Nebraska 46-33 with Kansas third with 23 points after four final events on Friday. But Nebraska qualified 15 runners and hurdlers for Saturday's finals to 12 for the Cyclones.
The Nebraska women's team, seeking its 15th consecutive team title, trailed Colorado 52-37 after five finals. Oklahoma was third with 29 points and Kansas fourth with 23.
Five-time All-American Kwani Stewart led the way for Nebraska,winning her third straight outdoor long jump title and qualifying for today's finals in two other events. Nebraska qualified nine for the finals and Colorado qualified seven.
Stewart tied the Memorial Stadium record of 21-10 ½ in the long jump, with Kim Roland second at 21-4. Stewart matched the mark set in 1982by four-time conference champion Halcyon McKnight of Kansas.
Stewart, also the defending champion in the 100 meters and the 100-meter hurdles, posted the fastest qualifying time in each. She ran 11.36 in the 100, followed by teammate Kathy Travis at 11.56. Stewart's time was the fastest of the year in the conference. She also ran 13.54 for the best time in the hurdles.
Kansas State's Schultz twins took first and third in the women's javelin, with Kirsten throwing 156-11 to score a rare victory over Kristen at 143-11. Melisa Weis of Colorado was second at 148-4.
In the men's javelin, the Wildcats' Dennis Nelson repeated with a throw of 208-8, just 1 inch short of last year's winning effort but well short of his season's best of 227-3.
Because of its NCAA probation, no team score was kept for Kansas State. Weis beat defending champion Paulette Mitchell of Colorado with her season-best toss of 54-0.
In other finals, Oklahoma won the women's 3,000- and 10,000-meter runs. Kay Gooch took the 3,000 in 9:36.9 and Liz Scanlon won the 10,000 in 35:40.76. Both women came into the meet with the conference's fastest times in their events.
The women's conference meet began in 1974, with Iowa State winning the first six team titles and Nebraska every championship since then.
The Kansas men's team has won 32 outdoor meet titles, the last in 1982. Since then Iowa State and Nebraska have dominated, with Nebraska winning three championships and Iowa State eight, including the last three.
Isaac Carson of Nebraska ran 13.94 to post the fastest qualifying time in the 110-meter hurdles and the year's best time by a Big Eight athlete.
Kristi Kloster of Kansas led qualifiers in the women's 800 with 2:09.30. David Oaks of Oklahoma, the defending champion in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, turned in the fastest qualifying times in both events at 10.22 and 20.53.
Darwin Vande Hoef of Iowa State took the first-day lead in the decathlon with 4,005 points, with Mike Bailey and Jim Garnham of Nebraska following with 3,928 and 3,783. Vande Hoef and Bailey shared the best individual performance with 986 points each from a 2.11 meter high jump.
Dawn Huff of Missouri led the heptathlon after the first day with 3,119 points. Sandy Wilder of Kansas was second with 2,990 and Heather Sterlin of Colorado was third with 2,890.
The top individual effort was Huff's 14.55 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles. Huff entered the meet with the year's best conference performance, a career-high 4,910 points at the Penn Relays.
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