Indian Hills Women’s Cross Country Secures Second Place at Region 11 Championship
For the second consecutive year, the Indian Hills Women’s Cross Country squad secured second overall at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 11 Championship, oskynews.org reported. All five individual runners for the Warriors finished within the top fifteen positions during the October 30, 2026 event held in Ottumwa, Iowa.
Freshman Aniqah Bailey of Diego Martin, Trinidad & Tobago, running for Advance Learning TT, set the pace for the Warriors by placing eighth overall. She crossed the finish line with a time of 18:25.8, marking the second-fastest time in school history and coming within 13 seconds of a school record that has stood since 2007.
Personal Bests Fuel Team Standings
The remaining four scoring runners for Indian Hills each posted personal-best marks, helping the team accumulate 58 total points. That performance edged out third-place Iowa Central Community College by a margin of three points.
Freshman Sophie Robertson-Dover from Pocklington, England, finished 11th overall with a time of 19:00.01. Local freshman Tierney Carter, running out of Oskaloosa, Iowa, took 15th place with a personal-best mark of 19:17.2. Sophomore Serene Thompson of Albia, Iowa, and freshman Florence Nafamba of Mandeville, Jamaica, representing Holmwood Technical, rounded out the scoring in 16th and 17th place respectively. Thompson posted a personal-best time of 19:21.6, while Nafamba added a season-best 19:57.6.
Prior to last season, the Indian Hills program had never finished higher than third place at the NJCAA Region 11 Championship. The team’s consistent showing earned postseason honors for all five competing athletes:
- Aniqah Bailey: 2nd Team All-Region, 2nd Team All-Conference
- Sophie Robertson-Dover: Honorable Mention All-Region, 2nd Team All-Conference
- Tierney Carter: Honorable Mention All-Conference
- Serene Thompson: Honorable Mention All-Conference
- Florence Nafamba: Honorable Mention All-Conference
The Warriors will now prepare for the NJCAA DI Men’s Cross Country National Championship, scheduled for November 14 in Huntsville, Alabama.
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