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PELLA — Racing to its highest conference finish in eight years, the Central College men’s cross country team closed in second place on its home course at the American Rivers
PELLA — Six of last year’s top seven runners are back. Two NCAA Division III meet qualifiers return. And a talent-laden freshman class has arrived.
The field events packed a punch for the Central College men’s indoor track and field team in winning a home triangular meet Saturday afternoon. Central tallied 116 points, outpacing Simpson’s 87 and Luther’s 74. Remaining undefeated this season in the long jump and triple jump, Brock Lewis won both events. His triple jump reached 46 feet, 5.5 inches and he long jumped 23-0.75. Central also had the winning pole vault (13-5.5) from Tanner Johnson and the top high jump (6-4) from Matt Riedemann. Joe Stein had another strong weekend, winning both the 60-meter dash and 200-meter dash for the...