NIACC qualifies 3 events for nationals at Wartburg
WAVERLY - The NIACC men's and women's track teams qualified three events for the NJCAA national indoor meet Saturday at the Wartburg College Chelsey M. Henkenius Open.
NIACC sophomore Imad Amenzou won the 800-meter run in a time of 1 minute, 56.38 seconds to qualify for the national meet as the Trojans placed eighth with 43 points.
Amenzou's time of 1:56.48 was just off his school record time of 1:56.05 set at last year's national meet where he placed third.
Wartburg was the men's overall team champion with 149.3 points.
The Trojans' distance medley relay team of Jose Aguilera, Mark Maddox, John Enright and Zach Freund placed second and qualified for nationals in a time of 10:40.12.
Also for the NIACC men, sophomore Jacob Day won the mile in 4:31.51. Sophomore Ruben Dorsey was third in the triple jump in a school record 12.58 meters and Maddox was fifth in the 600 (1:25.12).
Dorsey broke his old triple jump record of 12.45 meters at last year's regional meet on Feb. 21, 2015.
In the women's meet, NIACC freshman Steinunn Atladottir placed second in the triple jump with a leap of 10.54 meters to qualify for nationals. Atladottir also was fourth in the long jump (5.06 meters).
The NIACC women placed eighth with 26 points. Wartburg won the meet with 219.33 points.
Also for the NIACC women, freshman Kendra Schmidt was fourth in the 1,000 (3:31.98) and sixth in the mile (6:00.06). Freshman Jordan Lane was sixth in the 1,000 (3:36.33).
NIACC returns to action Friday at the Jack Jennett Invitational on the Northern Iowa campus in Cedar Falls.
Indoor season bests
Women:
55 – Chione Brooks 8.16 (Sol Butler Classic, Dubuque); 60 - Brooks 8.73 (Chelsey M. Henkenius Open, Waverly); 200 - Brooks 30.24 (Chelsey M. Henkenius Open, Waverly); 600 – Sola Stephenson 1:45.18 (Sol Butler Classic, Dubuque); 1,000 - Kendra Schmidt 3:31.98 (Chelsey M. Henkenius Open, Waverly); Mile - Schmidt 6:00.26 (Chelsey M. Henkenius Open, Waverly); 55 hurdles – Stephenson 10.10 (Sol Butler Classic, Dubuque); 60 hurdles - Stephenson 11.32 (Chelsey M. Henkenius Open, Waverly); High jump – Stephenson 1.45 meters (Sol Butler Classic, Dubuque); Long jump – Steinunn Atladottir 5.27 meters (Sol Butler Classic, Dubuque); Triple jump - Atladottir 10.54 meters (Chelsey M. Henkenius Open, Waverly); Shot put – Sarah Snavely 11.38 meters (Chelsey M. Henkenius Open, Waverly); Weight throw – Snavely 13.19 meters (Chelsey M. Henkenius Open, Waverly); 4x800 – 10:58.23 (Maribel Zamago, Jordan Lane, Michaela Foster, Kendra Schmidt at Sol Butler Classic, Dubuque).
Men:
55 – Finn Nightingale 6.80 (Sol Butler Classic, Dubuque); 60 - Nightingale 7.30 (Chelsey M. Henkenius Open, Waverly); 200 - Rayvon Gray 23.51 (Chelsey M. Henkenius Open, Waverly); 400 – Mark Maddox 53.38 (Sol Butler Classic, Dubuque); 600 – Imad Amenzou 1:24.79 (Sol Butler Classic, Dubuque); 800 - Amenzou 1:56.38 (Chelsey M. Henkenius Open, Waverly); 1,000 - Jose Aguilera 2:40.18 (Chelsey M. Henkenius Open, Waverly); Mile – Jacob Day 4:31.51 (Chelsey M. Henkenius Open, Waverly); 3,000 – Zach Freund 9:19.88 (Sol Butler Classic, Dubuque); 55 hurdles – Alex Vanderploeg 9.24 (Sol Butler Classic, Dubuque); 60 hurdles - Vanderploeg 9.67 (Chelsey M. Henkenius Open, Waverly); High jump – Alex Vanderploeg 1.80 meters (Sol Butler Classic, Dubuque); 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 11.40 meters (Chelsey M. Henkenius Open, Waverly); Weight throw – Stiles 11.86 meters (Sol Butler Classic, Dubuque); 4x800 – 8:18.23 (John Enright, Keisuke Ohtani, Mark Maddox, Amenzou at Sol Butler Classic, Dubuque); Distance medley relay - 10:40.12 (Aguilera, Maddox, Enright, Zach Freund at Chelsey M. Henkenius Open, Waverly).