(Hobbs, NM) The Pima Community College men’s track & field team finished up the 2026 season on Saturday in the final day of the NJCAA Division I National Championships in Hobbs, NM.
The Aztecs finished in 14th place with a total of 23.50 points. New Mexico Junior College took first place in the final standings with 97 points.
Sophomore Jake Applegate capped off his Pima career with a fifth place finish in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 51.60 seconds. He earned four team points and NJCAA All-American recognition.
Applegate broke the 110-meter hurdles Pima Outdoor school record in Friday’s prelims race and owns the school records for all three hurdle events: 60-meter hurdles (8.23), 110-meter hurdles (14.32) and 400-meter hurdles 51.44.
Sophomore Mason Heisser gained his All-American status after he placed sixth in the Triple Jump with a personal-best of 14.93 meters (48-feet, 11.75-inches).
He claimed the ACCAC Conference Championship in the Triple Jump on April 3.
Other Pima finishes in the final day at the NJCAA Division I National Championships:
Wyatt Nicholas – 10th place in Triple Jump 14.66 meters (48-feet, 1.25-inches)
Jackson Koontz – 17th place in 5,000 meters 15:45.33
Pima Men’s Track & Field competitors who earned NJCAA Outdoor All-American:
Cedric Cade – Decathlon (Third place) 6pts
Noah Brosier – Long Jump (Fourth place) 5pts
Jake Applegate – 400-meter Hurdles (Fifth place) 4pts
Ketch Sulpizio – Pole Vault (T-Fifth place) 3.5pts
Mason Heisser – Triple Jump (Sixth place) 3pts
Andrew Schmier – Decathlon (Seventh place) 2pts
The Aztecs captured their fourth straight Region I Team Championship (fifth in six years) and also secured the ACCAC Conference Team Championship.
See complete results of the NJCAA Division I National Championships on Mile Split:
Press Release https://milesplit.live/meets/757366/schedule
Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztecs Athletics – Raymond Suarez
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