Aztecs Men’s Track & Field come away with six NJCAA Indoor All-Americans and take 15th place at Indoor Nationals

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(Tucson, AZ)  The Pima Community College Men’s Track & Field team competed at the NJCAA Indoor National Championships on Friday and Saturday at the Sports Performance Center in Lubbock, TX.

• The No. 8 ranked Aztecs finished 15^th in the final standings with a total of 17.66 points.
• Sophomore Raekwon Weatherspoon earned All-American honors in the Long Jump as he finished in fourth place with a mark of 7.63 meters (25-feet, 0.5-inches) on his first attempt. He earned five team points for the Aztecs.
• Freshman Cedric Cade closed out the Heptathlon in fourth place with a total of 4988 points earned five points towards the team score. It is a new PR and he sits in second in Pima school history for the event.
• Sophomore Carter Huntsman and freshman Ketch Sulpizio (Gila Ridge HS) each tied for fifth place in the Pole Vault reaching a vault of 4.63 meters (15-2.25) on their first attempts. They each earned 3.5 points.
• Sophomores Tyler Rogers and Nathaniel Curtiss (Rincon/University HS) tied for eighth place in the High Jump as they both reached a height of 2.04 meters (6-feet, 8.25-inches) on their second attempts. They were part of a three-way tie so they each earned 0.33 points.

Other Pima finishes at the Indoor National Championships:

• Tayvien Biancuzzo, Hollace Neasham, Noah Brunet, Wyatt Preble – 10^th place in 4×800 relay (7:54.60)
• Nathan Romero – 13^th place in Triple Jump (14.65 meters, 48-0.75)
• Darlington Onsarigo – 14^th place in Triple Jump 14.59 meters, 47-10.50)
• Biancuzzo, Jake Applegate, Brunet, Evan Rasoumoff – 14^th place in Distance Medley Relay (10:24.78)
• Isaiah Jordan – 15^th place in Triple Jump (13.51 meters, 44-4)
• Cedric Cade – 16^th place in Long Jump (22-feet, 10-inches)
• Benjamin Morgan – 22^nd place in Weight Throw (13.85 meters, 45-5.25)

The Aztecs will open the Outdoor Season on Mar. 21-22 as part of the Willie Williams Invitational hosted by the University of Arizona. It will be held at the Roy P. Drachman Stadium.

Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztec Athletics – Raymond Suarez