NIACC's Kipkemboi sets school mark in 5K
DES MOINES - Another meet, another school record for NIACC's Melvin Kipkemboi.
Kipkemboi set the NIACC school record in the 5,000-meter run on Friday at the Jim Duncan Invitational by placing second in a time of 14 minutes, 30.52 seconds. He broke the old mark of 14:36.89 by Jordan Anderson at the 2008 Penn Relays.
Kipkemboi's previous best time in the 5,000 was 14:49.26 at the Wartburg College Outdoor Select meet on April 1, 2022.
Drake's Connor Visnic won the Jim Duncan 5K in a time of 14:26.06.
On April 9, Kipkemboi set the school record in the 3,000 steeplechase in a time of 9:29.98.
Kipkemboi also owns the school record in the 10,000-meter run in 31:50.99 at the 2021 NJCAA Division I national outdoor track and field championships.
Also on Friday for NIACC, Tinashe Chigudu placed second in the 100-meter dash in a time of 10.67 seconds and Bernard Bell was fourth in the 200 (22.41).
NIACC's Matt Seberson placed fourth in the long jump with a leap of 19 feet, 1 1/4 inches and was fifth in the triple jump with a leap of 40-0 3/4. Braden Powers was fifth in the 400 (50.93) and sixth in the 200 (22.79). Michael Moore-Fondren was sixth in the high jump (5-10).
NIACC's Daqwan Sanders was seventh in in the 110-meter high hurdles in 16.58. Walker Sobolik was fifth in the long jump (17-10 3/4).
For the NIACC women, Jordan Swenson was fifth in the high jump (4-11) and Lynn Hoeft was sixth in the 100 hurdles (16.75).
