Tucson, AZ – The Pima Community College men’s and women’s track & field teams upped their national qualifying marks on Saturday at the Mesa Invitational.
The 4×400 relay team of sophomore Isaiah Martin (Empire HS), freshman Dariun Glover (Skyline HS), freshman Adrian Watson (Cienega HS) and freshman Robert Williams (South Moutain HS) set a new Pima record and national qualifying time after they took second place with a time of 3 minutes, 18.09 seconds.
Sophomore Victor Bustamante (Flowing Wells HS) set a national qualifier and personal record in the 1,000-meter race as he placed second with a time of 2:34.14.
Sophomore Gabe Atchley set his qualifier and a personal record in the 800-meter race with a time of 1:56.82.
Sophomore Collin Dylla (Ironwood Ridge HS) improved on two of his national qualifying times. He took second place in the 800-meter race and improved by two seconds with a time of 1:55.35. He also improved on his one-mile run qualifier as he took first place with a time of 4:24.89. His previous time was 4:25.13.
In other men’s action, sophomore Ben Anderson (Flagstaff HS) took first place in the triple jump for the fourth straight meet. He won with a jump of 45-feet, 7-inches. Freshman Tyler Bauer took first in the 3,000-meter race at 9:00.23. Watson earned first in the 400-meter race with a time of 50.10.
The Aztecs women’s team set three new qualifiers as the relay teams produced a great meet. The 4×400 relay team of freshman Annabella Spencer (Sahuaro HS), Jala Pinckney (Walden Grove HS), freshman Kaylen Fox (Sahuaro HS) and sophomore Tyra Yanez (Sahuaro HS) took first place with a time of 4:00.39.
The distance medley relay team of Spencer, freshman Cindy Corrales, sophomore Arianna Roche and freshman Katherine Bruno (Canyon del Oro HS) earned their qualifier with a time of 13:22.96.
Freshman Anahiramar Lopez (Tucson HS) placed second in the long jump and earned herself a qualifier with a mark of 17-feet, 10-inches. She also tied her national qualifier in the high jump as she took first place at 5-5.25.
The Aztecs set 16 national qualifying marks and will compete in the NJCAA Indoor National Championships on Mar. 2-3 in Lubbock, TX at Texas Tech University.
