NIACC's Sarah Bertry won the ICCAC athlete of the week award for the fourth time this season.
NIACC's Sarah Bertry won the ICCAC athlete of the week award for the fourth time this season.
October 20, 2020

NIACC's Bertry wins ICCAC weekly honor for 4th time

MASON CITY - For the fourth time this season, NIACC's Sarah Bertry has been selected as the ICCAC Division II women's cross country athlete of the week for the week of Oct. 12-18.

Bertry also won the ICCAC weekly award for the weeks of Aug. 31-Sept. 5, Sept. 21-27 and Oct. 5-11.

Last Friday, Bertry placed second at the Indian Hills Invitational in a personal-best time of 18 minutes, 26 seconds. Iowa Western's Faith Chepengat won in a time of 17:10.

Bertry's time is the third-best in school history behind Hannah Palmeter's 17:51 in 2014 and Anna Buenneke's 18:15 in 2011.
Bertry's previous best time was 19:12 at the Grand View Open on Sept. 5.
NIACC returns to action Nov. 1 at the NJCAA Region XI Championhsips in Fort Dodge.
Bertry's 2020 season:

Season highlights: Bertry was selected as the ICCAC Division II women's cross country athlete of the week for the week of Aug. 31-Sept. 5 ... Bertry was selected as the ICCAC Division II cross country women's athlete of the week for the week of Sept. 21-27 ... Was selected as the USTFCCCA NJCAA Division II cross country female athlete of the week on Sept. 29 ... Bertry was selected as the NJCAA Division II cross country female athlete of the week for the week of Sept. 21-27 ... Bertry was selected as the USTFCCCA NJCAA Division II cross country female athlete of the week on Oct. 13 ... Bertry was selected as the ICCAC Division II women's cross country athlete of the week for the week of Oct. 5-11 ... Bertry was selected as the ICCAC Division II women's cross country athlete of the week for the week of Oct. 12-18.

Grand View Open (5K) - 19:12 (3rd). Grand View Viking Invitational (5K) - 19:40 (4th). Southwestern Spartan Classic (5K) - 19:39 (1st). Trent Smith Invitational (5K) - 19:31 (1st). Indian Hills Invitational (5K) - 18:26.5 (2nd).

Bertry's season best

5K - 18:26 (Indian Hills Invitational) (10-16-20)