Women's Track & Field

HART WINS TITLE, WARRIORS PLACE 4TH

Posted: May 07, 2023

Council Bluffs, IA – Freshman Jahzara Hart (Raleigh, NC/Southeast Raleigh) took home the 100-meter region championship to lead the Indian Hills Women's Track & Field squad to a fourth-place finish at the 2023 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XI DI Outdoor Track & Field championships.

Hart's first-place finish highlighted a number of impressive showings for the Warrior athletes as Indian Hills totaled 59 team points. The Warriors saw three additional second-place finishes. Indian Hills finished behind first-place Iowa Western Community College, Iowa Central Community College, and Hawkeye Community College.

Hart took home top honors in the 100m dash with a time of 11.92 after placing first overall in the prelims round with a time of 11.86. Hart edged Iowa Central's Adeyah Brewster by 0.01 in a thrilling finish. Hart now owns two region championships in her freshman campaign after collecting the 200m title in the indoor season.

Fellow teammates Shanice Cox (Minneapolis, MN/Minneapolis South) and Mya Hippolyte (Dennery, St. Lucia/Micoud Secondary) joined Hart in the team scoring in the 100m event. Cox placed third with a time of 12.29 while Hippolyte placed sixth overall with a time of 12.43.

Cox scored eight additional team points in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.16, a new personal best and tied for the second-fastest 200m time in school history. Adalin Robinson (Riverdale, MD/Eleanor Roosevelt) placed third overall in the event with a time of 24.59, also a personal best time and No. 4 all-time in school history.

Robinson, an All-Region honoree in the indoor season, made a splash in the 400-meter dash with a new school record performance. The freshman clocked a time of 56.03 to place second overall and scored eight team points for the Warriors.

Jadashia Catlin (Palm Coast, FL/Matanzas) placed fourth overall behind Robinson in the 400m while freshman Cheyenne McGhee (El Paso, TX/El Paso) added a sixth-place showing.

Sophomore Haleigh Hadley (Gilbert, IA/Gilbert) earned her fourth-career All-Region honor after placing second overall in the women's high jump. Hadley posted a mark of 1.68 meters to score eight team points for Indian Hills.

Sophomore Lizeth Flores (Harvard, IL/Harvard) placed seventh overall in the women's 800-meter run to score for the Warriors. Flores crossed the finish line in a time of 2:36.39.

The Warriors will now turn their attention to the NJCAA Outdoor National Championships in Hobbs, NM at the Ross Black Field of Champions. This year's national meet is set for May 18-19.