TUCSON, Ariz. – Arizona Track & Field opened the 2024 outdoor season on Saturday at Drachman Stadium with the Arizona Spring Break Fiesta. It was the first time the meet has been held by the Wildcats and the team took advantage with a very strong season opener. The Wildcats finished the day with six event wins, 15 top-three finishes, and a flurry of personal bests.
“We were super excited about this opening competition for us today,” said Head Coach Fred Harvey. “We’ve never opened up as a full team this early in the season, so to watch them all grow through the training aspect of it was really exciting. The number of PRs we had today was huge and it tells me a lot about where we are going as a team this year. The future looks really good, we’ve just got to stay focused and keep training.”
TOP-THREE FINISHES
Tapenisa Havea – First, Women’s Shot Put
Cooper Quigley – First, Men’s 1500m
Antonia Sanchez Nunez – First, Women’s 400m Hurdles
Yan Vazquez – First, Men’s 400m Hurdles
Trayvion White-Austin, Tyson Tippett, Brian Limage, James Onanubosi – First, Men’s 4x100m Relay
Isaac Davis, Christian Simmons, Yan Vazquez, Trayvion White-Austin – First, Men’s 4x400m Relay
Ava David – Second, Women’s Hammer Throw
Paris Mikinski – Second, Women’s High Jump
Jenica Bosko – Third, Women’s 200m
Isaac Davis – Third, Men’s 400m
Lauryn Ford – Third, Women’s Long Jump
Emma Gates – Third, Women’s High Jump
Tyler Michelini – Third, Men’s Shot Put
Tyson Tippett – Third, Men’s 100m
Antonia Sanchez Nunez, Keilee Hall, Camila Aguilar-Perez, Ava Simms – Third, Women’s 4x400m Relay
FIELD HIGHLIGHTS
Ava David got the day started for the Wildcats in the women’s hammer throw. She finished runner-up in the event with a heave of 192-0 (58.52m). Tapenisa Havea also made the event’s final round and placed ninth. In the men’s hammer throw, Michael Ogbeiwi finished fourth overall with a mark of 190-2 (57.96m).
After winning three shot put competitions during the indoor season, Tapenisa Havea continued her dominance in the event, winning with a big personal best heave of 55-2.75 (16.83m). That mark now moves her up to seventh all-time in school history. Lauryn Love finished sixth in the event as well.
The Wildcats had two top-three finishers in the women’s high jump: Paris Mikinski and Emma Gates….
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