NIACC track teams win 3 events at Grand View Invite

DES MOINES - The NIACC men's track and field team won two events and the women's team won one event at the season-opening Grand View Invitational on Saturday.

NIACC's Blake Keller won the men's 10,000-meter run in a time of 33 minutes, 16.71 seconds. Also, the Trojans' 4x400-meter relay team of David Carter, Ethan Klasi, Ben VanHorn and Wal Khat won in 3:35.42.

NIACC's Kendra Schmidt won the women's 1,500 in a career-best time of 5:23.17. Keisha Gonzague was second in the 1,500 (5:28.19).

Schmidt's previous career best in the 1,500 was 5:34.15 on April 9, 2016.

Also for the NIACC men Saturday, John Kraft was second in the 10,000 (33:41.57) and Carter was third in the 400 (53.88).

For the NIACC women, Amy Fullerton was second in the 400 hurdles (1:12.70) and Cassandra Bonsall was third in the 400 hurdles (1:14.65).

Patricia Sahr was second in the high jump (1.35 meters) and the 4x800 team of Schmidt, Gonzague, Fullerton and Guadalupe Diaz was second in 10:46.28.