NIACC men place third at regionals
STORM LAKE - The NIACC men's track and field team placed third at the NJCAA Region XI meet with 44 points on Saturday.
The Trojans were led by sophomore Imad Amenzou, who won the 1,000-meter run in a time of 2 minutes, 34.73 seconds. Amenzou also ran a leg on the Trojans' 4x800-meter relay team that placed second in 7:58.98.
Other members of the 4x800 team were John Enright, Mark Maddox and Jose Aguilera.
The Trojans also won the distance medley relay in 10:44.66. Team members were Zach Freund, Rayvon Gray, Maddox and Jacob Day.
Also for the Trojans, John Enright placed third in the 600 (1:24.58) and the 4x400 team of Maddox, Enright, Gray and Dennis Elms Jansson was third (3:33.25), Day was fifth in the 5,000 (15:33.84).
Iowa Central won the men's regional meet with 309.33 points.
The NIACC women placed fourth in the regional meet with 44 points. Iowa Central was the women's team champion with 190.66 points.
The Lady Trojans won the distance medley relay in a time of 14:23.64 running Jordan Lane, Annemarie Morris, Michaela Foster and Kendra Schmidt.
Also for the NIACC women, the 4x800 team of Lane, Schmidt, Foster and Taylor Glawe was third in 11:12.42, Schmidt was fourth in the 1,000 (3:36.32) and Lane was fifth in the 1,000 (3:40.10).
Indoor season bests
Women:
55 – Chione Brooks 8.16 (Sol Butler Classic, Dubuque); 60 - Brooks 8.68 (Jack Jennett Invite, Cedar Falls); 200 - Annemarie Morris 29.52 (South Dakota State Invite, Brookings, S.D.); 400 - Sola Stephenson 1:03.45 (South Dakota State Invite, Brookings, S.D.); 600 – Sola Stephenson 1:41.09 (South Dakota State Invite, Brookings, S.D.); 800 - Jordan Lane 2:36.54 (South Dakota State Invite, Brookings, S.D.); 1,000 - Kendra Schmidt 3:28.37 (South Dakota State Invite, Brookings, S.D.); Mile - Schmidt 6:00.26 (Chelsey M. Henkenius Open, Waverly); 3,000 - Jordan Lane 12:00.00 (South Dakota State Invite, Brookings, S.D.); 55 hurdles – Stephenson 10.10 (Sol Butler Classic, Dubuque); 60 hurdles - Stephenson 10.55 (Grinnell Invitational); High jump – Taylor Glawe 1.55 meters, twice; Long jump – Steinunn Atladottir 5.27 meters (Sol Butler Classic, Dubuque); Triple jump - Atladottir 10.67 meters (NJCAA Region XI meet, Storm Lake); Shot put – Sarah Snavely 11.83 meters (Grinnell Invitational); Weight throw – Snavely 13.95 meters (Grinnell Invitational); 4x800 – 10:58.23 (Maribel Zamago, Jordan Lane, Michaela Foster, Kendra Schmidt at Sol Butler Classic, Dubuque). DMR - 14:23.64 (Lane, Morris, Michaela Foster, Schmidt at NJCAA Region XI meet.)
Men:
55 – Finn Nightingale 6.80 (Sol Butler Classic, Dubuque); 60 - Rayvon Gray 7.27 (Jack Jennett Invite, Cedar Falls); 200 - Finn Nightingale 22.87, twice; 400 – Mark Maddox 52.49 (Jack Jennett Invite, Cedar Falls); 600 – John Enright 1:24.22 (South Dakota State Invite, Brookings, S.D.); 800 - Amenzou 1:54.83 (South Dakota State Invite, Brookings, S.D.); 1,000 - Imad Amenzou 2:34.73 (NJCAA Region XI meet, Storm Lake); Mile – Jose Aguilera 4:25.64 (South Dakota State Invite, Brookings, S.D.); 3,000 – Zach Freund 9:00.16 (Jack Jennett Invite, Cedar Falls); 5,000 - Jacob Day 15:33.84 (NJCAA Region XI meet, Storm Lake); 55 hurdles – Alex Vanderploeg 9.24 (Sol Butler Classic, Dubuque); 60 hurdles - Vanderploeg 9.33 (Jack Jennett Invite, Cedar Falls); High jump – Alex Vanderploeg 1.80 meters, twice; Long jump – Devon Webster 6.29 meters (Chelsey M. Henkenius Open, Waverly); Triple jump - Ruben Dorsey 12.58 meters (Chelsey M. Henkenius Open. Waverly); Shot put – Gabriel Antonio 12.38 meters (Jack Jennett Invite, Cedar Falls); Weight throw – Matt Stiles 12.88 meters (NJCAA Region XI meet, Storm Lake); 4x800 – 7:58.98 (Enright, Maddox, Amenzou, Aguilera at NJCAA Region XI meet, Storm Lake); Distance medley relay - 10:40.12 (Aguilera, Maddox, Enright, Freund at Chelsey M. Henkenius Open, Waverly). 4x200 - 1:36.33 (Maddox, Nightingale, Blake Blickenderfer, Dennis Elms Jansson at Grinnell Invitational; 4x400 - 3:30.80 (Maddox, Enright, Gray, Amenzou).