ICCAC Competes at Grand View Open
This past weekend, the ICCAC competed in the season's first Cross Country meet which was the Grand View Open. Both Men and Women competed in Ankeny, IA on DMACC's Cross Country Course.
Men
Four ICCAC schools placed in the top 6 with Iowa Central coming out on top. Kelvin Bungei, Iowa Central freshman, finished first overall with a time of 15:17.0 and Pur Biel coming in a close second with a time of 15:58.5.
NIACC's team finished second and saw two top 5 finishers including Melvin Kipkemboi (16:01.5) and Jorge Ruiz. (16:15.3) Hawkeye came in third and their Sophomore, Sam Mickelson, finished in 4th overall with a time of 16:08.5. Rounding out the top six team standings was Southwestern. Josh Baudler represented the Spartans top finisher coming in at 13th overall with a time of 16:48.3.
Women
On the women's side, there was a similar first place team finisher as the Tritons of Iowa Central matched the men. The Tritons fill up the top 10 finishers with Chloe Lenoir crossing the line first. (18:40.0) Triton Sophomore, Eleonora Curtabbi, finished two seconds behind her teammate, Lenoir, at a time of 18:42.1. Hawkeye finished second overall with Freshman, Ryann Portch, leading her team with a time of 19:29.4. Notabally, Redtails Freshman, Kaylee Leicht, finished 8th overall. (20:45.2) Finishing fourth overall with a score of 122, NIACC's women contributed multiple top finishers, with Sarah Bertry leading her time coming in at 3rd. (19:12.3)