(Tucson, AZ) The Pima Community College men’s track & field team opened the 2025 season on Saturday as it hosted the Jim Mielke Multi’s and the Al Shirley Memorial Invitational at the West Campus Aztec Track.
Sophomore Raekwon Weatherspoon broke the Pima Indoor school record in the Long Jump as he took first place with a mark of 7.69 meters (25-feet, 2.75-inches). He broke Greg Foster’s jump of 25-feet, 1-inch set back in 1984.Weatherspoon’s jump also qualified for him for both the Indoor and Outdoor National Championships.
Sophomore Carter Huntsman took first place in the Pole Vault with a mark of 4.72 meters (15-feet, 5.75-inches) as he qualified for both national championships. Huntsman’s mark also put him second in the Pima Indoors all-time list.
Freshman Cedric Cade finished second in the Heptathlon with a total of 4460 earning a national qualifier. He took first place in the 60-meter dash, 60-meter hurdles, High Jump and Long Jump.
Sophomore Tyler Rogers secured his spot in both the Indoor and Outdoor National Championships as he took first place in the High Jump with a mark of 2.04 meters (6-8.25). Sophomore Nathaniel Curtiss (University HS) and freshman Malachi Keller (Tombstone HS) tied for third place at 1.99 meters (6-6.25) and earned national qualifying jumps.
Freshman Nathan Moreno claimed first place and qualified for both the Indoor and Outdoor National Championships in the Triple Jump with a mark of 14.90 meters (48-10.50) while freshman Isaiah Jordan qualified for Indoor nationals with his qualifier of 14.57 meters (47-9.50).
Freshman Taylor Brown took first place in the 400 meters with a national qualifying time of 48.18 seconds.
Freshman Ketch Sulpizio (Gila Ridge HS) earned second place in the Pole Vault and set his Indoor national qualifier with a vault of 4.33 meters (14-2.50).
See complete results of the Jim Mielke Multi’s and the Al Shirley Memorial Invitational on MileSplit:
https://milesplit.live/meets/650595
https://milesplit.live/meets/650596
Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztec Athletics – Raymond Suarez
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