NIACC's Khat wins 1,500 at Wartburg Select meet
WAVERLY - NIACC's Wal Khat won the 1,500-meter run in a time of 4 minutes, 2.45 seconds Saturday at the Wartburg College Select Invitational meet.
Khat also anchored the Trojans to a fifth-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay in a time of 3:32.43. Others running on the relay team for the Trojans were David Carter, Ethan Klasi and Scott Hengesteg.
NIACC, which placed sixth with 30 points, placed fourth in the 4x800 (8:21.90) running Blake Keller, Carter, John Kraft and Canyon Kuhlmann.
NIACC's Andre McKinney was seventh in the 200 (23.07).
Northern Iowa won the men's meet with 235.33 points.
The NIACC women were led by Kendra Schmidt, who was 11th in the 800 in a time of 2:30.57. Cassandra Bonsall was 12th in the 400 hurdles in 1:12.69.
NIACC returns to action April 8 at the Cornell College Invitational.