SIOUX FALLS, SD - The NJCAA 4^th ranked, Iowa Central Men's cross country team finished 8^th of 30 teams at the Augustana Twilight Cross Country Meet. The team was paced by freshman Mohamed Dahmouch and his 4^th place finish over the four mile course.  Dahmouch ran a time of 18:27.53 which is the fastest time in school history!  Sophomore Hamza Mohamed (18:48) and freshman Brian Kirwa (19:01) finished 12^th and 21^st respectively. Both runners ran times faster than the previous school record and now own the second and third fastest four-mile times in school history.  Finishing out the top seven for the Tritons were Chase Deiter (125^th – 20:42), Evan Paplow (149^th – 20:57.9), Rodney Maracle (184^th – 21:14) and Ben Reyes (187^th – 21:15). 

The NJCAA 5^th ranked women's team finished fourth overall out of 20 scoring teams. Marie Garret led the team with a personal best time of 17:55.48 to finish 23^rd overall. Garret's time is the 11^th fastest time in school history. Last week's ICCAC female Athlete of the Week, Yididiya Bifa finished in 31^st with a time of 18:12. The strength of the women's team so far is their tight pack. The next three runners for the Tritons, Abbi Hutchinson, Imane Jourji, and Maud Lambotte finished in 37^th, 41^st and 43^rd places, all under 19 minutes. Sophomore Natalie Bogdanova Kirilova finished in 86^th place with a time of 19:35, which was two and half minutes faster than her performance here last year. Aliva Edens (105^th – 19:57) and Darylinn Cook (238^th – 25:23) were the final two runners for the Tritons.

Iowa Central will return to action in two weeks at the Woody Greeno Invitational hosted by the University of Nebraska.