Iowa City, IA – Defending national champion and national record holder Rivaldo Marshall (Kingston, Jamaica/Calabar) opened up 2023 with another dominant performance on the track as the Indian Hills Men's Track & Field squad competed at the Hawkeye Invitational on Saturday.
Marshall, who set the all-time, all-conditions 800-meter run National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) record in December helped set two new Indian Hills school records at the University of Iowa on Saturday. The sophomore standout dashed to the 600-meter school record and a first-place finish with a time of 1:17.94, 0.62 seconds off his previous top mark. The time is the ninth-best mark in NJCAA history.
Along with his individual performance, Marshall teamed up with the men's 4x400 relay squad to set another school record and took home first-place honors with a time of 3:12.56, 0.53 seconds ahead of the University of Iowa squad that featured former Warrior Nick O'Connor. Marshall was joined by teammates Woyn Chatman (Little Rock, AR/Little Rock Central), Tyrice Taylor (Linstead, Jamaica / Linstead), and Chris Johnson (Houston, TX/Cypress Park) to set the new record.
Marshall was joined by a series of impressive performances from fellow teammates in the 600m event that rewrote the record books. Taylor placed second overall with a time of 1:18.92 while Mohammed Al-Yafaee (Doha, Qatar/Aspire Academy) placed fourth overall with a time of 1:20.11. Taylor and Al-Yafaee's times rank second and third all-time in school history behind Marshall's performance.
In the men's 200-meter dash, the Warriors five individuals in the top-10, including three in the top-five. Chris Giles (Columbia, MO/Rock Bridge) placed third overall with a national qualifying time of 21.56 followed by Khalid Hornsby (Greenbelt, MD/Eleanor Roosevelt), and Nehemiah Ray (Chicago, IL/Brother Rice).
Hornsby also produced a strong showing in the men's 60-meter dash with a fourth-place finish. Hornsby crossed the finish line with a time of 6.85.
Sophomore Jorge Becerra (Lawrenceville, GA/Mountain View) clocked a personal best time in the men's 800-meter run to place second overall for the Warriors. Becerra posted a time of 1:58.29 while Brody Lucas (Norwalk, IA/Norwalk) placed fourth overall and Jacchaeus Taylor (Kansas City, MO/Raytown) came in fifth.
Troy Johnson (Lancaster, PA/J.P. McCaskey) hit a new personal best in the men's triple jump to place fifth overall with a mark of 13.91 while Wilson Alljabu (Kansas City, MO/Winnetonka) placed seventh overall. Johnson also placed third overall in the long jump with a mark of 7.13 meters. Freshman Cadence Bass (Kansas City, MO/Park Hill) stood in the high jump for the Warriors with a mark of 1.95 meters to place fifth overall.
Along with O'Connor, former Warrior Damoy Allen placed second overall in both the 60-meter and 200-meter events while Kalen Walker.
The Warriors are back in action January 20-21 at a pair of competitions. The Larry Wieczorek Invitational in Iowa City will run on Friday and Saturday while the Iowa State Cyclone Open is set for Saturday.
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Iowa Hawkeye Invite Recap
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3️⃣ National Qualifiers
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