Ottumwa, IA – A pair of Indian Hills Track & Field standouts completed a clean sweep of the weekly national and conference awards on Wednesday. Sophomore Dymonde Nave (Sioux Falls, SD/Sioux Falls Lincoln) and freshman Raynier Galvez (Paterson, NJ/Passaic County) wrapped up the week with three individual honors apiece.
The duo were recognized for their efforts at the Iowa State Holiday Invitational in Ames over the weekend. Both Nave and Galvez were honored throughout this week with the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC), United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), and National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Athlete of the Week honors.
Nave, who was named both the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) Athlete of the Week last week, re-wrote the Indian Hills record books in the women's 60-meter hurdles event. Nave broke her own school record in the prelims with a time of 8.60 before running away in the finals with a blistering time of 8.49, 0.20 seconds ahead of the runner-up finisher.
Nave has now broken her own 60mH school record in four consecutive races to open the 2024-25 season. The sophomore is coming off a runner-up finish in last year's NJCAA DI Women's Track & Field Outdoor National Championship in the 100-meter hurdles.
Galvez, who captured both the USTFCCCA and the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) weekly awards last week, turned heads once again with a blistering performance in the men's 800-meter run. Galvez produced another electrifying performance with a first-place finish in the men's 800-meter run. The freshman ran the third-fastest time in program history with a mark of 1:49.77.
Galvez has now captured first-place finishes in back-to-back individual events for the Warriors.
Along with Galvez's effort in the 800m run, the freshman powered the men's 4x400-meter relay to close out the weekend with a first-place finish. Galvez teamed up with Marshae McDonald (Sanford, FL/Seminole), Jaquan Coke (Kingston, Jamaica/Kingston College), and Ainsley Brown (Portland, Jamaica) to run away with the team title, crossing the finish line with a time of 3:17.78.
The Warriors head into the holiday break before returning to action January 17 at the Nebraska Graduate Classic in Lincoln, NE.
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