Emporia, KS – The Indian Hills Women's Track & Field squad opened up the outdoor season at the Emporia Relays with an 11th place finish in the 21-team field.
The Warriors saw four marks break into the top-five in school history, including sophomore Haleigh Hadley's (Gilbert, IA/Gilbert) school record in the high jump. Hadley broke her own school record to set a new standard a 1.69-meters to place first overall in the event. Hadley cleared 1.69 on her second attempt to score 10 team points for the Warriors. The three-time All-American currently ranks first in the nation with the performance.
Adalin Robinson (Riverdale, MD/Eleanor Roosevelt), an All-Region selection in the indoor season after setting the No. 2 all-time mark in the 400-meter for the Warriors, ran the second-fastest outdoor 400-meter mark in school history wit ha time of 56.18 to place third overall for the Warriors. Robinson's mark qualifies the freshman for the outdoor national championships.
Competing in her first collegiate event for the Warriors, Briana Green (Columbia, SC/Blythewood) posted a mark of 5.38-meters in the long jump to place sixth overall. The distance is the fourth-best outdoor mark in school history for the Warriors.
Zaniya King (Ecorse, MI/River Rouge) placed fourth overall in the women's 200-meter dash with a time of 24.35, the fifth-fastest mark in school history. King was followed by Robinson's fifth-place showing with a time of 24.97.
Zakiya Porter (Columbia, MO/Rock Bridge), Mya Hippolyte (Dennery, St. Lucia/Micoud Secondary), and King produced strong showings in the women's 100-meter dash, finishing 10th, 11th, and 12th, respectively.
Next up for the Warriors is the Friends University Invitational in Wichita, KS March 31 – April 1.
Chris Giles leads the Warriors on a rainy and cold day 1 of the Emporia State Relays.
— Indian Hills XC/TF (@IHCCrunning) March 25, 2023
Notable performers:
Giles, Men's 200m- 21.25
King, Women's 200m- 24.90
Robinson, Women's 200m- 24.97
Sizemore, Men's HJ- 1.90m pic.twitter.com/6tLyh9MYK9