10/27/2025 - This thread started well before anything was confirmed by Iowa State.
A volunteer moderator deleted several threads on this topic. That's not the way this should work. We believe in free expression and have reinstated them and merged them into this one thread.
As we wrote at the time, "If there is no truth to these rumors, please contact us at letsrun@letsrun.com or give us a call at 844-538-7786 and we will be happy to delete them and issue a statement."
It ends up appearing that the rumors had some teeth to them. Earlier today LetsRun.com co-founder Robert Johnson emailed head coach Jeremy Sudbury to let him know about this thread and asked if there was any truth to it.
At 3:31 pm ET, coach Sudbury emailed me the following:
Hello Robert, Thank you for reaching out directly. There were team rule violations. I have worked with our administration, and the involved athletes have been suspended and will not compete the remainder of this season. Have a nice rest of your weekend. Jeremy
Subsequently the Stride Report has written an article on the matter:
And coach Sudbury has confirmed to us that no one who ran in the A race at Missouri was impacted by the suspensions. We have asked him about the status of his #3 runner from Missouri as it appears he was arrested last week after leaving the scene of a traffic accident as shown here.
Previous thread titles included, "ALLEGED Doping Bust at NCAA Program. What Now?" and "Iowa State EPO"
You all know how this will end up since they are white American "boys" that doped instead of the Kenyans. It will be swept under the rug like nothing happened.
Test 'em all! Post race, from the finish line, through the chute, to the secure test tent. Every. Single. Athlete!
Umm, besides being impractical from a logistics standpoint this would be nearly impossible from a financial standpoint and ignores the fact that plenty of folks that get tested dope. So assume you are either being a troll or absurdly hyperbolic.
It will be the Coaches at Iowa State that will face the consequences Jeremy S and Cale Wallace. This is the biggest doping scandal in NCAA history for cross country.
The Iowa State athletic department announced today that football players Kennard Banks, Kevin Hamlin and Cleyon Laing have been suspended indefinitely for violation of team rules. The announcement came as result of potential...
I like the way the first few pages of this thread was just a bunch of people demanding for something to be done about "the Kenyan doping problem." Oops, turned out to be 4 white dudes.
The coaches had nothing to do with the biggest doping scandal in NCAA xc history? They're all getting fired. This is so much bigger than you think. They will clean house.