NIACC's Droll places 2nd in 5,000 at regionals
COUNCIL BLUFFS - NIACC's Juliana Droll placed second in the 5,000-meter run Sunday at the NJCAA Region 11 track and field championships.
Droll, who is from Mason City, earned her second-place finish in a time of 20 minutes, 5.79 seconds, which ranks fifth on NIACC's all-time outdoor 5,000 list.
NIACC's Kit Byers placed third in the hammer throw with a toss of 122 feet, 3 inches (37.26 meters), which ranks ninth on the school's all-time hammer list.
The Trojans' Cloey Usher was third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 14:07.02, which ranks third on the school's all-time steeplechase list.
Also for the Trojans, Lilly Radcliffe was fifth in the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 1:09.37, which ranks sixth on the school's career best list. Taja Conley was eighth in 1:13.99.
Conley also placed seventh in the 100 hurdles in a time of 15.88, which is the second best 100 hurdle time in school history.
NIACC placed fourth in the 4x100-meter relay in a time of 51.73 running Gift Gonpue, Tenisha Herbert, Emily Usher and Conley.
The Trojans also placed fourth in the 4x400 in a time of 4:36.65 running Gonpue, Herbert, Radcliffe and Conley.
NIACC placed sixth with 44 team points. Iowa Western was the team champion with 261 points and Iowa Central was second with 221 points.
Team standings - Iowa Western 261, Iowa Central 221, Indian Hills 118, Hawkeye CC 55, Southeastern 55, NIACC 44, Southwestern 12.
