MASON CITY, Iowa – Sophomore member of NIACC men’s cross country and track and field Marquez Hobson has signed on with Eastern New Mexico University.
Hobson, a native of Minneapolis, helped NIACC’s men’s cross country team to a fourth-place finish at the NJCAA National Championships, a Region XI title, and earned a 1st-Team All-Region XI choice in last fall.
Hobson placed second at the Region XI Championships with a time of 25:49, which was three seconds off the winning pace. At the national meet, he placed 59th in the field of 288.
He also was a member of NIACC’s distance medley team that placed seventh at the NJCAA National Indoor Championships on March 2.
Eastern New Mexico is a NCAA Division II school in the Lone Star Conference.
