HOW NADER STAYED PUT. Abdel Nader debated using the graduate transfer process after Fred Hoiberg left for Chicago, but a visit from Steve Prohm to Nader's parents helped the senior stay in Ames.
Iowa State Cross Country
BRIGHTEST DAY, DARKEST NIGHT. 30 years ago the Iowa State women's cross country team finished 2nd nationally, and one of the planes carrying members of the team crashed in Des Moines, killing everyone on board. Tom Kroeschell remembers what it was like in Ames during and after the crash.
PREPARING FOR NATIONALS.