Women's Track & Field

HART SHINES, HADLEY SETS NEW RECORD AT ISU

HART SHINES, HADLEY SETS NEW RECORD AT ISU
Posted: Dec 10, 2022

Ames, IA – The Indian Hills Women's Track & Field team sent a number of competitors to the Iowa State Holiday Invitational in Ames on Saturday for the team's second competition of the year.

Sophomore Haleigh Hadley (Gilbert, IA/Gilbert) came home with a school record mark in the women's high jump, clearing a height of 1.70 meters for the first time in her career. Hadley cleared her first three jumps on her first attempt. The returning All-American failed the first two attempts at 1.70, but hit the new personal best mark on her third attempt to break her own school record.

Freshman Jahzara Hart (Raleigh, NC/Southeast Raleigh), this week's United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) and Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) Athlete of the Week, brought home her first collegiate victory in the women's 60-meter dash. One week removed from nearly breaking a school record in the event, Hart cruised to a 7.62 time to win by 0.24 seconds. Hart posted a 7.59 mark in the prelim round.

As a team, the Warriors took five of the top six spots in the event as Zakiya Porter (Columbia, MO/Rock Bridge) placed third with a time of 7.90 followed by Shanice Cox (Minneapolis, MN/Minneapolis South) with a personal best to finish in fourth place and Zaniya King (Ecorse, MI/River Rouge) in fifth place. Zyaire Robinson (Kansas City, MO/Winnetonka) hit a new personal best to place sixth overall.

Hart continued an impressive showing in Ames with the second-fastest time in school history in the women's 200-meter dash. Hart checked in at 24.78 to place third overall and hit a national qualifying mark.

Former Warrior Aliyah Simmons, the 2022 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Indoor 800-meter National Champion, competed unattached on Saturday, finished second overall in the 1,000-meter run.

The Warriors are back in action at the Hawkeye Invitational on January 14 in Iowa City, IA.

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