TUCSON, Ariz. – As the outdoor season gets underway this weekend at Drachman Stadium, Arizona Track & Field’s 30 newcomers will begin to make their Wildcat outdoor debuts. The Wildcats added 19 women and 11 men prior to this outdoor season’s start, with the majority of the crew competing during this year’s cross country and indoor track and field seasons. The first outdoor home meet of the season, the Arizona Spring Break Fiesta, will give the newcomers their first opportunity to compete at Drachman Stadium in front of a home crowd on Saturday, March 16.
“The 2024 track and field newcomers will prove to be one of the all-time bests in my tenure,” said the Director of Cross Country and Track & Field Fred Harvey. “In every event area of the program, we have added potential Pac-12, and NCAA scorers that will push the best athletes in the conference, as well as the NCAA. They are very young, and very talented.”
Of the newcomers, 23 are freshmen and seven are transfers. These newcomers include seven sprinters, five throwers, five jumpers (three horizontal, two vertical), four cross country and distance runners, four pole vaulters, four hurdlers, and one multi’s competitor.
Catch all the newcomers and the rest of the Arizona Track & Field team this outdoor season at their five home meets. Tickets can be purchased here.
MEET THE NEWCOMERS
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Jesse Avina
Junior | Throws | Sierra Vista, Ariz. | Buena High School | Paradise Valley CC
Leo Davis
Freshman | Pole Vault | Newport Beach, Calif. | Newport Harbor High School
Indoor PRs – PV: 15-3 (4.65m)
Pierce LaCoste
Senior | Jumps | Eugene, Ore. | Marist Catholic High School | Oregon
Indoor PRs – 60m: 6.81, LJ: 25-0.75 (7.64m)
Outdoor PRs – 100m: 10.69, LJ: 25-4.5 (7.73m)
Richard Legarra
Freshman | Throws | Tucson, Ariz. | Flowing Wells High School
Tyler Michelini
Freshman | Throws | Roselle, Ill. | Lake Park High School
Indoor PRs – SP: 61-2.25 (18.65m)
Noah Ray
Freshman | Distance | Clovis, Calif. | Buchanan High School
XC PRs – 8k: 27:18.6, 4.5-mile: 26:18.4
Indoor PRs – 800m: 1:52.79
Jacob Samford
Junior | Sprints | Gilbert, Ariz. | Campo Verde High School | Mesa CC
Indoor PRs – 60m: 6.90, 200m: 21.52, 400m: 47.15
Christian Simmons
Sophomore | Sprints | Duncanville, Texas | Duncanville High School | Texas…
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