NIACC's Petersen places 17th

EL PASO, Texas - NIACC freshman Jalen Petersen placed 17th at the NJCAA half-marathon championships on Saturday.

Petersen covered the 13.1 miles in 1 hour, 17 minutes and 32 seconds. Petersen's time was the third best half-marathon time in school history.

Also for NIACC on Saturday, Dawson Schmidt was 26th in 1:20.40; Stephen Ringo was 39th in 1:26.18 and Ellis Regan was 42nd in 1:28.28.