The moment of night at Monday’s Little Hawkeye Conference cross country meet didn’t come during the varsity races as Norwalk’s boys and Indianola’s girls won league titles; it happened while those teams were receiving their medals after the sun set at Central College.

Pella’s Isaac Treimer told the Des Moines Register recently he wanted to finish a 5K. He’s a student with down syndrome who has been rather busy this fall — serving as a student manager for the football team, drummer for the Marching Dutch, and runner for the Pella JV Cross Country team.

His career goal was to finish a 5K by graduation; and Monday night, with some pacing help from Head Coach Doug Cutler and teammate Stephen Gaul, Treimer crossed the finish line for the first time at the Little Hawkeye Conference meet, with a cheering section made up of fans, athletes, and coaches from all eight schools pumping him up through the 3.1-mile trek and the finish line.

Hear more from Treimer on this week’s KNIA/KRLS Radio Sports Page, which airs every Wednesday at 6 p.m. and Thursday at 10 a.m. on 92.1 KRLS.