Reivers Win Men's Half Marathon Behind Ndiwa's Record Run

RICHMOND, VA  - Iowa Western Men's Half Marathon brought home the program's first distance team national championship on Tuesday morning, defeating Salt Lake CC by just four points. 

The 13.1 mile race came down to a photo finish as Barnabas Ndiwa and Odessa's Mohammed El youssfi were neck-and-neck at the finish line with Ndiwa edging out El youssfi by just .10 seconds. Ndiwa's mark of 1:03:37.1 set the NJCAA record, previously held by Tomas Vega of New Mexico JC in 2023.

Geofrey Ronoh ended the race in 4th place and Mohammed Kowa finished 7th to give Iowa Western the four point victory over the Bruins.

The full NJCAA recap and results can be found here.