IOWA LAKES CROSS COUNTRY ADVANCES TO NJCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Two Iowa Lakes Community College students will travel to Ina, Ill., later this week to compete in the National Junior College Athletic Association Cross Country Championships, hosted by Rend Lake Community College.

This will be the fifth year Iowa Lakes students have competed nationally.

“This should be a great race for Tyler and Candace.  They have been training extra hard the past couple weeks, in hopes of dropping a few seconds on their personal best times,” said Molly Struve, head cross country coach. “This meet gives them the opportunity to run against the other community colleges in the nation, as well as those in our region.  It will be a great experience for them to build on for next year.”

The women will compete in a 5K event while the men will run an 8K, both at Rend Lake Golf Course in Whittington, Ill. The event will be on Saturday, November 10, starting at 10 a.m. for the men with the women following at 11 a.m. There will be an awards ceremony following the meet at 1:00 p.m.

The Laker women’s cross country representative is Candace Klepper, a freshman from Terril, and the Laker men’s representative is Tyler Nolte, a freshman from Sherburn, Minn.

Cross country is open to both men and women at Iowa Lakes Community College. To find out more information on athletics at Iowa Lakes, visit www.iowalakes.edu and click on ‘athletics’ in the left menu bar.