When Iowa rolled to the Big Ten Conference indoor championship in men’s track and field in late February, it seemed to be a safe prediction that the Hawkeyes would hoist another trophy in mid-May. But those Hawkeyes on the track then weren’t the same ones that made it to the track in Minneapolis this past weekend at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships. Minus three elite runners, short-handed Iowa’s 103 points finished runner-up to champion Ohio State’s 124. The Hawkeyes were trying to become the first Big Ten program since Wisconsin in 2004-07 to win at least three straight (contested) outdoor conference championships. “We didn’t have a bad meet at all,” Iowa director of track and field Joey Woody said Sunday, as the Buckeyes were being awarded the championship trophies. (Ohio State won the women’s side, too.) “We actually had a good meet for the guys we were able to put on the track.…
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