EMPORIA, Kans. - Brody Kemble and Morgan Erler each competed in the 10,000m in the NCAA DII National Championships in Emporia, Kansas this afternoon. 

Brody Kemble ran strong, finishing in 14th place with a time of 30:18,94. This Kemble's third fastest time this season as he ran a 29:24.71 at the Bryan Clay Invitational and a 29:12.25 at the Linfield Erik Anderson Memorial Icebreaker Invitational. Kemble finished behind Fort Lewis' Elijah Smith who ran a 30:03.40 and ahead of Ricardo Vargos from Cal Poly Pomona who ran a 30:18.94.

Morgan Erler also competed in the 10,000m, finishing in 19th with a time of 36:41.85. Erler ran her third fastest time this year after running a 35:08.29 at the Bryan Clay Invitational and a 35:08.29 at the Linfield Erik Anderson Memorial Icebreaker Invitational.

Grand Valley State currently leads the men's championship with 29 total points through the first day of competition and Pittsburg State leads the women's championship with 27 points. NNU does not have a score for either men or women.

NNU will continue with Laurenz Waldbauer, Maddie Gebers, and Grady Mylander competing on Saturday.