Maylee Thompson earns All-American honors in Pentathlon and Long Jump as Aztecs Women’s Track takes 10th place at Indoor Nationals

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(Tucson, AZ)  The Pima Community College Women’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 10^th in the final standings with a total of 21.5 points.
• Sophomore Maylee Thompson (Willcox HS) earned NJCAA Indoor All-American status in two events. She finished fifth in the Pentathlon with 3239 points earning four team points, a new PR and is now second in Pima Indoor history. She also took eighth place in the Long Jump at 5.62 meters (18-feet, 5.25-inches). Freshman Hannah Droeg (Casteel HS) tied for eighth place in the Pentathlon with 2979 points earning 0.5 points.
• Sophomore Ja’Niya Ross (Desert Vista HS) tied for second place in the High Jump and earned seven points after finishing with a mark of 1.62 meters (5-feet, 3.75-inches) on her first attempt. Sophomore Izzy Green (McClintock HS) also earned All-American honors in the High Jump with three points. She took sixth place at 1.62 meters (5-3.75) on her second attempt.
• Sophomore Morgan Pepe (Ironwood Ridge HS) was awarded third place in the Pole Vault with a vault of 3.75 meters (12-feet, 3.5-inches) on her first attempt. She gained six team points.

Other Pima finishes at the Indoor National Championships:

• April Necaise – Tied for 9^th place in High Jump (1.57 meters, 5-1.75)
• Women’s Distance Medley Relay (Ella Allred, J’Layah Spellman-Collins, Linda Rivero, Reatta Danhof) – 9^thplace (12:44.34)
• Morgan Mosley – 10^th place in Weight throw (14.87 meters, 48-9.50)
• Alyssa Perez, Ella Allred, Linda Rivero, Reatta Danhof – 11^th place in 4×800 relay (9:57.44)
• Reatta Danhof – 13^th place in 1,000 meters (3:03.94)
• Layla Konski – 13^th place in Pentathlon 2660 points; 22^nd in Long Jump 5.10 meters (16-8.75)
• Linda Rivero – 16^th place in 1,000 meters (3:04.60)
• Ella Allred – 28^th place in 1,000 meters (3:10.30)

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