HATTIESBURG – Hinds Community College Track and Field started out their 2022 outdoor season with a bang in Hattiesburg at the Southern Miss Invitation Friday and Saturday. Similar to the start of indoor season, the Eagles boasted nine individual and two relay National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) qualifiers.
 
Head coach Reginald Dillon is pleased with his team's performance but wants them to focus on the long season ahead.
 
"I'm pleased with how we did in the first outdoor meet," Dillon said. "We got three NJCAA National Leaders. We've got to correct some things on the men's relays."
 
The three NJCAA leaders after the first outdoor meet include Breanna Brown-Marshall (Birmingham, Ala.) in the high jump, Jerricka Ambus (Brandon) in the 100-meter hurdles and the women's 4x100-meter relay team. That relay team consists of Diandrenique Gaines (Natchez), Briana Charles (Guyana), Jerricka Ambus and Brooke Gray (Brighton, MI).
 
Below are the full results from the Southern Miss Outdoor:
 
Women's Team
 
Women's 4x100m relay team 
#1 in NJCAA with time of 45.39
Diandrenique Gaines, Briana Charles, Jerricka Ambus, Brooke Gray
 
Womens 4x400m relay team
#3 in NJCAA with time of 3:48.99
Diandrenique Gaines, Brooke Gray, Briana Charles, Mikeibra Morris (Shelby)
 
Jerricka Ambus - 100m hurdles
#1 in NJCAA with time of 13.44
 
Breanna Brown-Marshall - Highjump 
#1 in NJCAA with height of 5'8
 
Kayla Jemison (Hoover, Ala.) - Highjump
#5 in NJCAA with height of 5'4
 
Jodyann Dixon (Jamaica) - 400m hurdles
#4 in NJCAA with time of 1:02.86
 
Justyce Thomas (Dallas, TX) - 400m hurdles
#7 in NJCAA with time of 1:04.84
 
Men's Team 
 
Aaron Fortenberry (Brandon) - Pole-Vault
#3 in NJCAA with height of 15'1 
 
Dapriest Hogans (Opelousas, La.) - 400m
#14 in NJCAA with time of 48.08
 
Chandler Love (Mobile, Ala.) - 400m hurdles
#7 in NJCAA with time of 54.40
 
Alfonso Hale (Fayetteville, Ga.) - 400m hurdles
#8 in NJCAA with time of 54.41
 
"Our next meet is the Hinds Relays on April 6^th," said Dillon. "We are going to open up in some more individual sprint events at that meet. We got a long season and we got to manage our races to be the best when it counts."

Click to see meet results HERE
 
Up next
 
The Eagles are set to host the Hinds Relays on Wednesday, April 6 in Raymond. Field events are set to begin at 12:30 p.m. and running events start at 2:30 p.m.