NIACC men place 5th at regional meet
COUNCIL BLUFFS - The NIACC men's track and field team placed fifth at the NJCAA Region XI championships on Sunday with 39 points.
Iowa Central was the regional champion with 258.5 points and Iowa Western was second with 250.5 points.
NIACC's Tinashe Chigudu placed fourth in the 100-meter dash in a time of 10.77 seconds. Chigudu also ran a leg on the Trojans' 4x100-meter relay team that placed sixthin 48.84.
Other members of the 4x100 team were Angelo Jackson, Titus Jackson and Jordan McKnight.
Jackson placed sixth in the 400 in a time of 48.64, which ranks second on NIACC's all-time list in the 400.
The Trojans picked up sixth-place finishes from Vicente Correia in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:22.65), Kameron Glasper in the discus (39.47 meters) and Marcel Smith in the high jump (1.80 meters).
NIACC's Michael Moore-Fondren was eighth in the high jump (1.70 meters).
Glasper placed seventh in the shot put (12.42 meters).
In the 1,500, NIACC's Richard Marcoux was 10th in a time of 4:17.26.
NIACC placed seventh in the 4x400-meter relay in a time of 3:40.04. The Trojans ran John Hunt, Melvin Kipkemboi, Bryden Juelsgaard and Pudens Kipkosgei.
