Women’s Track & Field Wins First Outdoor National Title; Men Earn Second Place

HUTCHINSON, Kan. – After three days of the NJCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Iowa Western Women's Track & Field finished at the top of the standings, winning the program's first outdoor national championship.

The Reivers accumulated 117 team points, defeating New Mexico Junior College by 19 to complete the sweep of the national indoor and outdoor team titles.  

Hilda Chebet led the way for Iowa Western, winning national championships in the 10k, 5k, and 1500m.  The Reivers would finish 1-2 in the long jump with Miracle Ailes earning the top spot and Alliyah McNeil finishing second.  McNeil would add the title in the high jump to give her 18 points for the tournament.

Antonia Sealy was victorious in the heptathlon, earning first-place finishes in the shot put, long jump, and javelin. Victory George would round out the national titles on the women's side, needing just one mark of 12.86m in the triple jump to come out on top.

Iowa Western scored in 16 of the 22 events to help claim the program's first outdoor national title.

Men's Track & Field earned their first outdoor trophy, finishing as the national runners-up with 85 team points.  Cortney Watkins took gold in the 110m hurdles and Shakiel Dacres finished at the top of the men's discus, with a school-record throw of 54.77m.

Iowa Western scored in 14 of the 22 events, including a third-place finish for Christian Turner in the shot put, setting a school record with a mark of 17.04m.

Iowa Western was the only school in the tournament with a top-three finish for both the men and the women.  South Plains and Barton finished in the top five on both sides.

The Reivers finished the 2021-22 season as the women's indoor and outdoor champions, runner-up for men's outdoor, and third-place for men's indoor.  The program added 17 individual national champions and 29 NJCAA All-Americans.

Hilda Chebet finished with six individual titles, Antonia Sealy won gold in both the indoor pentathlon and outdoor heptathlon, and Victory George swept both the indoor and outdoor triple jump titles.

Full Results of the 2022 NJCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships can be found here.