(Tucson, AZ) The Pima Community College women’s track & field team opened the 2024 season on Saturday and set a total of seven NJCAA National Qualifying marks at the Jim Mielke Memorial Invitational held at the West Campus Aztec Track.
Sophomore Tianna Moseley set two national qualifiers as she took first place in the Triple Jump with a mark of 11.74 meters (38-feet, 6.25-inches) and tied for third place in the Long Jump at 5.54 meters (18-2.25). Her mark in the Triple Jump landed her No. 3 in Pima school history.
Freshman Maylee Thompson (Willcox HS) also closed out the day with two national qualifying marks. She tied for third place in the Long Jump with Moseley at 5.54 meters (18-2.25) as both are tied for eighth in Pima history. Thompson also placed fourth in the Pentathlon with a qualifying total of 2869 points.
The Aztecs also got two athletes setting qualifiers in the High Jump event. Freshman Izzy Green (McClintock HS) tied for first place with a final jump of 1.67 meters (5-5.75). Fellow freshman April Necaise finished tied for third place and closed out competition with a qualifying mark of 1.62 meters (5-3.75). Green’s jump put her No. 8 all-time and Necaise’s is now No. 9 in Pima history.
Freshman Brianne Roberts earned her qualifier in the Pole Vault as she finished with a vault of 9-feet, 8-inches putting her mark in the top 10 all-time in Pima history.
Sophomore Trinity Bethea placed third in the 400-meter race and set a new Pima school record with a time of 58.36 seconds.
The Aztecs will compete at the PVCC Indoor Invitational next Saturday in Phoenix.
See complete results of the Jim Mieke Memorial Invitational on Athletic Live:
https://live.athletic.net/meets/29729/events/1065478/results
Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztec Athletics – Raymond Suarez
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