Trojans place 3rd at Trent Smith Invite
MASON CITY - Freshman Hailey Hanson placed 10th and led the NIACC women's cross country team to a third-place finish Saturday morning at the Trent Smith Invitational on the NIACC campus.
Hanson covered the 5-kilometer course in a time of 20 minutes, 56 seconds to earn her top 10 finish. DMACC's Ava Manning was the individual champion in a time of 19:43.
NIACC placed third with 88 points. Wartburg College was the team champion with 22 points and DMACC was second with 43 points.
DMACC's Ava Manning was the individual champion in a time of 19:43. It was the second straight year that a DMACC runner claimed the individual title as the Bears' Kayden Spencer was the individual champion in 2024.
Also for NIACC, sophomore Bridget Canton was 26th in 22:33, freshman Zoey Dreckman was 34th (26:45), freshman Jennifer Carranza was 36th (27:38) and Allison Lensing was 37th (29:16).
NIACC returns to action on Friday at the University of Minnesota's Roy Griak Invitational in St. Paul, Minn.
Team standings - Wartburg College 22, DMACC 43, NIACC 88, Bethany Lutheran 88, Faith Baptist Bible College (no team score).
TRENT SMITH INVITATIONAL HISTORY
WOMEN'S PAST TEAM CHAMPIONS
2017 - Iowa Western 22 points
2018 - Hawkeye CC 44 points
2019 - Minnesota State 22 points
2020 - Iowa Central 30 points
2021 - Indian Hills 24 points
2023 - DMACC 30 points
2024 - DMACC 19 points
2025 - Wartburg College 22 points
WOMEN'S PAST INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
2017 - Joanna Topham (Hawkeye CC) 19:20
2018 - Marissa Kuik (Waldorf) 18:44
2019 - Allyssa Reeves (Minnesota State) 18:48
2020 - Sarah Bertry (NIACC) 19:31
2021 - Sarah Bertry (NIACC) 18:32
2023 - Lacy Wolfram (unattached) 19:47
2024 - Kayden Spencer (DMACC) 20:04
2025 - Ava Manning (DMACC) 19:43
Top 10 Trent Smith Invitational women's times 5K (2017-25)
Sarah Bertry (NIACC) 18:32 (2021)
Marissa Kuik (Waldorf) 18:44 (2018)
Allyssa Reeves (Minnesota State) 18:48 (2019)
Joanna Topham (Hawkeye CC) 18:51 (2018)
Carisa Weyenberg (Minnesota State) 18:54 (2019)
Amanda Montplaisir (Minnesota State) 19:16 (2019)
Joanna Topham (Hawkeye CC) 19:20 (2017)
Ivy Glade (Minnesota State) 19:23 (2019)
Alayna Kollasch (unattached) 19:28 (2018)
Emma Davison (NIACC) 19:30 (2019)
