ISU AD Jamie Pollard: Groundbreaking for CyTown is “truly a historic date”

Cyclone Fanatic · Sep 2, 2026

ISU president David Cook and athletics director Jamie Pollard and others pose Wednesday at the groundbreaking for CyTown. Photo by Rob Gray.

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AMES — Jamie Pollard stood at a podium Wednesday, flanked by a well-positioned pile of dirt and several shovels as the long-awaited groundbreaking for CyTown loomed.

Iowa State’s longtime direct of athletics — who will retire when the university’s president, Dr. David Cook, completes a search for his…