Trent Smith Invitational set for Friday

MASON CITY - The third annual Trent Smith Invitational is set for Friday on the NIACC campus.

The women's five-kilometer race starts at 4:30 p.m. with the men's 8K race to follow.

The teams competing will be Buena Vista, Concordia University-St. Paul, DMACC, Faith Baptist College, Grand View University, Hawkeye CC, Indian Hills, Iowa Central, Iowa Wesleyan, Minnesota State-Mankato, Minnesota-Duluth, NIACC, Southwest Minnesota State, Southwestern CC and Waldorf University.

LAST TIME OUT: No. 13 NIACC placed 25th in the II race at the Arkansas Chile Pepper Festival on Oct. 5. The Lady Trojans totaled 592 points as freshman Paula Jimenez led the way with a 30th place finish in 19 minutes, 08 seconds.

Other counting scores for NIACC were Emma Davison (75th in 19:58), Whitney Martin (164th in 21:06), Cecelia Hemsworth (193rd in 21:35) and Alana Wickering (214th in 21:56). Also for NIACC, Miricle Corbo was 229th in 22:12 and Ashley Kriener was 262nd in 23:00.