Trey Simons and his North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) Men’s Cross Country teammates placed third out of seven teams with 71 points at the Mount Mercy Mustang Gallop Friday.
Iowa Central Blue was the Men's Champion with 35 points and NIACC was second with 43 points.
NIACC freshman Simons placed third with a school record 5K time of 15:31. NIACC sophomore Jaime Zarate was fourth in a personal-best 5K time of 15:34.
Both Simons and Zarate topped the previous school record time of 16:01 by Trent Smith at the NJCAA Region XI Time Trial in 2012.
Also for the NIACC Men, freshman Colby Kraninger was 16th clocking 16:16, freshman Imod Amenzou was 19th with a time of 16:18 and sophomore Ricky Jeray was 33rd crossing the line in a time of 17:00. Kraninger, Amenzou and Jeray all record 5K Personal Bests.
