NIACC's Schmidt earns two top-5 finishes
GRINNELL - The NIACC men's track team won four events at Grinnell College's Dick Young Invitational on Saturday.
NIACC's Brody Goos won the 200-meter dash in 22.75 seconds and ran the opening leg on the winning 4x100-meter relay team in a time of 43.68 seconds.
Other runners on the winning 4x100 team were Jakob Luna, Ethan Klasi and Andre McKinney.
Other winners for the Trojans on Saturday were Wal Khat in the 1500 (4:06.35) and David Carter in the 400 (52.78.
The NIACC men placed third in the team standings with 94 points. Waldorf University was the team champion with 165 points and host Grinnell was second with 101.5 points.
Also for the NIACC men on Saturday, the Trojans 4x400 team of Carter, Khat, Ben Van Horn and Klasi was second in 3:29.50. McKinney was third in the 100 (11.92) and third in the 200 (22.90), Luna was fourth in the 100 (11.51), Van Horn was third in the 400 hurdles (1:00.80) and John Kraft was fifth in the 800 (2:06.37).
The NIACC women placed sixth with 20 points. Grinnell was the women's team champion with 182 points.
The NIACC women were led by Kendra Schmidt, who was third in the 800 (2:33.08) and fifth in the javelin (18.22 meters).
NIACC's Amy Fullerton was fourth in the 800 (2:33.42) and Bryanna Lambert was seventh in the 100 (14.39).
