(Mesa, AZ) The Pima Community College men’s track & field team locked up its second NJCAA Region I Team Championship in three years after all was said and done on Thursday at Mesa Community College.
The Aztecs captured the championship with a team-score of 273.5. It didn’t get any closer as Mesa Community College took second place with a score of 273. Central Arizona College placed third with a score of 142.5. Paradise Valley Community College posted a score of 73 while Glendale Community College finished with 54 and Phoenix College had two points.
The Aztecs captured four more individual championships on Thursday and finished with a total of seven individual crowns. Sophomore Nathan Jones (Show Low HS) claimed the Region title in the Discus with a personal-best mark of 44.29 meters (145-feet, 3-inches) earning 10 team points. Jones also scored another eight team points after he placed second in the Shot Put at 14.78 meters (48-6).
Freshman Abraham Valenzuela (Palo Verde HS) scored a Region title in the 1,500 meters, fighting back in the final stretch to take the lead and claim the top spot with a personal-best time of 3:51.01. He won the race by 0.6 seconds.
Sophomore Trey Tintinger won his region championship in the High Jump after he cleared a jump of 1.97 meters (6-5.50).
The 4×100 relay team of Jacob Rosales (Walden Grove HS), Tristan Spalding (Palo Verde HS), Prince Conteh (McClintock HS) and Broden Cahoon claimed first place with a national qualifying time and personal-best time of 41.08.
Freshman Kaden Cockrell took second place in the Triple Jump with a mark of 14.47 meters (47-5.75). He earned eight team points for the Aztecs.
Freshman Brett Wynn (Corona del Sol HS) tied for second place in the High Jump with a personal-best mark of 1.92 meters (6-3.50).
The 4×400 relay team of Spalding, Cahoon, sophomore Nathan Plant and sophomore Orion Barger (Canyon del Oro HS) took second place in the race with a time of 3:15.46.
Sophomore Joel Gardner (Ironwood Ridge HS) was second in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 14:42.56.
Other finishes that earned team points:
Tristan Spalding (Palo Verde HS) – 3rd in 400 meters 47.61 (6 points); 3rd in 200 meters 21.67 (6 points).
Johnathon Lane (Walden Grove HS) – 3rd in the 5,000-meters 14.49.44.
Orion Barger (Canyon del Oro HS) – 4th in 400 meters 47.97 (5 points).
Brett Wynn (Corona del Sol HS) – 4th in Triple Jump 14.47 meters (47-5.75) (5 points)
Jacob Rosales (Walden Grove HS) – 4th in 100 meters 10.77 (5 points); 6th in 200 meters 22.12 (3 points).
Joel Gardner (Ironwood Ridge HS) – 4th in 1,500 meters 3:54.65 (5 points)
Anthony Avila (Show Low HS) – 4th in Discus 38.23 meters (125-5) (5 points); 7th in Shot Put 13.29 meters (43-7.25) (2 points)
Jesus Quintero – T-4th in High Jump 1.77 meters (5-9.75) (5 points); 6th in 400 hurdles 56.17 (3 points); 8th in 110 hurdles 15.54 (1 point).
Joshua Bowen – 5th in Shot Put 13.73 meters (45-0.50) (4 points); 6th in Discus 37.23 meters (122-1) (3 points).
Abraham Valenzuela (Palo Verde HS) – 5th in 5,000 meters 15:00.67 (4 points).
Jace Boren (Cienega HS) – 6th in Triple Jump 13.68 meters (44-10.75) (3 points)
Dillon Arvayo (Mountain View HS) – 5th in High Jump 1.77 meters (5-9.75) (3.5 points); 7th in Triple Jump 13.46 meters (44-2) (2 points)
Nicholas Patterson (Poston Butte HS) – 7th in 110 hurdles 15.44 (2 points); 8th in 400 hurdles 56.87 (1 point)
Nathan Plant – 7th in 800 meters 1:57.08 (2 points).
The NJCAA Division I National Tournament will be in Hobbs, NM from May 18-20.
See complete results from the NJCAA Region I Championships on WingFootFinish:
https://results.wingfootfinish.com/meets/23922
Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztec Athletics – Raymond Suarez
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