Council Bluffs, IA – Coming off an impressive showing against some of the top NCAA DI programs in the nation, the Indian Hills Track & Field squads are set for the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) DI Region XI Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

DETAILS: 2023 NJCAA DI Region XI Outdoor Track & Field Championships

May 5-7  |  Council Bluffs, IA  |  Reiver Athletic Complex

LIVE RESULTS: Live Scoring

SCHEDULE: Schedue of Events

FORECAST: Saturday - 82 degrees, partly cloudy | Sunday - 89 degrees, partly cloudy

The men's and women's nationally ranked programs will head to Council Bluffs, IA this weekend to compete in the NJCAA Region XI Championships. The men's squad will send 30 athletes with 42 individual entries and a pair of relay squads while the women will send 11 athletes and 18 individual entries along with one relay squad.

WOMEN'S NOTES

The Indian Hills women enter the weekend ranked No. 18 in the nation, up two spots from its previous rank. The Warriors are ranked No. 5 in the USTFCCCA Midwest Region rankings and own a pair of top five event squads as the 100-meter and 200-meter groups are both ranked No. 5 nationally.

• NJCAA indoor All-American Jahzara Hart has posted the fifth-fastest 100-meter dash time in the nation this year and will set her sights on a region title in both the 100-meter and 200-meter events. Hart won the 200m indoor region title and placed third in the indoor 100m event.
• Three-time NJCAA All-American Haleigh Hadley will look to become a four-time All-Region honoree in the high jump after earning a runner-up finish in the indoor season and a pair of third-place showings as a freshman.
• Shanice Cox will join Hart in both the 100m and 200m events. Cox enters the weekend with the second-fastest time on the team in both events, including the fourth-fastest 100m time in school history (12.04).
• Adalin Robinson, an honorable mention All-Region honoree in the indoor season, will compete in the 400-meter dash and enters the weekend with the third-fastest time among all ICCAC athletes.

MEN'S NOTES

The Warriors enter the weekend ranked No. 9 in the latest USTFCCCA national rankings, No. 3 in the USTFCCCA Midwest Region rankings, and sport four top-four event squad marks.

• The Warriors own the No. 2 ranked 200-meter, 400-meter, and 800-meter squads and the No. 3 ranked 100-meter teams in the nation.
• Indian Hills captured three indoor region titles and earned 11 All-Region performances back in March.
• Sophomore Rivaldo Marshall, the 2023 ICCAC Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year, will look to repeat as the 800m champion for the fourth consecutive region meet. Marshall won the 2022 indoor and outdoor titles as well as the 2023 indoor championship.
• Marshall will be pushed by fellow teammate Tyrice Taylor who ranks No. 3 in the nation with a time of 1:49.14 in the 800m. Taylor captured the 2023 600m indoor region title.
• Freshman Chris Giles enters the weekend as one of the top competitors in the nation and will have his sights set on the 200-meter dash. Giles enters with the fifth-fastest time in the nation, and the top mark of any ICCAC athlete.
• Traunard Folson will enter the weekend in both the 100m and 200m events and owns the second-fastest 100m time of ICCAC competitors, behind only Giles' mark of 20.68.
• The school record men's 4x400-meter relay squad, consisting of Giles, Marshall, Taylor, and Chatman enter the weekend with the second-fastest time in the nation at 3:07.28.
• CJ McFerrin, Dean Clarke, and Damien Lewis will highlight the Warrior hurdlers in.
• School record holder Troy Johnson will represent the Warriors in the long jump while Cadence Bass and Chris Sizemore look to earn All-Region honors in the high jump. Raphael Akinyemi and Wilson Alljabu will comete in the triple jump.

EWING'S NOTES

"I'm really excited about this weekend's meet. The forecast looks like it could be our warmest weather yet. Between the work that our team has been putting in and the weather, we could be set up to see some school records fall.

For us, this meet is really about trying to win as many individual region titles as we can and continue to improve our marks heading into the national meet. We also have our eyes on a few region meet records."

WHAT'S NEXT?

Indian Hills will take on the NJCAA DI Outdoor Track & Field National Championships in Hobbs, NM May 18-20.