Topeka, KS – Sophomore All-American Dymonde Nave (Sioux Falls, SD/Sioux Falls Lincoln) broke her own school record in a dominant performance at the Washburn Open for the Indian Hills Women's Indoor Track & Field school.
The Warriors sent a number of individuals to Washburn University for the two-day event comprised of multiple four-year and National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) programs.
Nave starred for the Warriors once again, breaking her own school record in the 60-meter hurdles to take a first-place finish in a field of more than 40 participants. Nave posted a time of 8.43 after a prelim time of 8.51, breaking her previous school record time of 8.49. The sophomore has now recorded three first-place finishes in the event this season.
Nave also posted a 14th-place finish in the women's long jump with a mark of 5.38m, just 0.02m short of her personal best mark.
Nave currently owns the top 60mH mark in the nation this year and has posted five of the top nine marks among all NJCAA competitors this season.
Koonce was joined by teammate Tiffani Koonce (Prairie City, IA/Prairie City-Monroe) who posted another breakthrough performance for the Warriors. Koonce, a three-time school record holder through the early portions of her collegiate career, shattered her own program record in the 5,000m run on Friday. Koonce posted a time of 18:28.12, more than 50 seconds ahead of her previous best set earlier this season.
Koonce, who finished third among all NJCAA competitors in the event, ranks fifth in the nation this year with her new school record mark. The freshman has now set an Indian Hills school record in each of her six races this season.
Sophomore Arriana Johnson (Des Moines, IA/Roosevelt) led the Warriors in the women's pentathlon, posting an overall score of 2,783 points. Johnson placed 12th overall in both the 60mH and long jump pentathlon events.
Freshman Destiny Mitchell (Milwaukee, WI/Milwaukee Riverside) reached the semifinals of the 60m dash after posting a mark of 7.65, placing 11th overall out of 100 participants in the event.
Freshman Riley Vogel (Festus, MO/Festus) posted her second consecutive 3,000m personal record with a time of 12:00.17, nearly 14 seconds ahead of her previous personal best set last weekend at the Cyclone Open.
The women's 4x400m relay squad placed 10th overall for the Warriors with a time of 4:00.79. The quartet of Nyla Norman (Evansdale, IA/Waterloo East), Alexa Zanders (Waterloo, IA/Waterloo West), Avia Lane (Nashville, TN/Beech), and Laurie Louis (Miami, FL/North Miami) cracked the top-10 in a field of 26 programs and placed second among six NJCAA programs in the event.
Indian Hills returns to action February 8 with the Iowa State Classic in Ames, IA.
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