TUCSON, Ariz. – With the track & field season on the horizon, get to know Arizona’s 14 newcomers who will make their Wildcat debuts this indoor and outdoor season. During the offseason, the Wildcats added eight men and seven women to their 2025 roster.
“This 2024-25 newcomer class is small; however, it fills a number of needs we have going into our first season in the Big 12 conference,” said the Director of Cross Country/Track & Field Fred Harvey. “We’ve added potential point scorers in every event area, and they will have a major impact in our team goals this upcoming season.”
Of the newcomers, 11 are freshmen and three are transfers. In terms of event groups, the Wildcats added five distance runners, three pole vaulters, two high jumpers, two multis/vertical jumpers, one hurdler, and one sprinter. The five distance Wildcats competed for the team during the 2024 cross country season. The majority of the remaining newcomers will kick off their Wildcat careers at the Red-White-Blue Challenge/All Comers Meet on December 14 at Drachman Stadium.
MEET THE NEWCOMERS
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Ousman Jagne
So. / Sprints / Mankato, Minn. / Chandler High School (AZ) / Mesa CC
Prior to Arizona: Attended Hamilton High School in Chandler, Ariz. … Lettered in basketball, football, and track & field… Graduated Cum Laude from Hamilton HS in 2021… Attended Central Arizona College and Mesa CC before transferring to Arizona… Named to Mesa CC President’s List in 2022 and 2023.
Personal: From Mankato, Minn. … Son of Abdoulie and Stephanie… Has one brother, Lamin… Pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering… Likes to box, ski, and snowboard in his free time… Chose Arizona because of the coaching staff and family-oriented program.
Kaleb Kimaita
Fr. / High Jump / Thornton, Colo. / Horizon High School
High School: Attended Horizon High School in Thornton, Colo. … Lettered in basketball, cross country, and track & field… 2x First Team All-State in the high jump… First Team All-Conference in the long jump… Second Team All-Conference in the high jump and the triple jump… 2x High Jump State Champion… 1x Triple Jump State Runner-Up… Finished sixth in the long jump at state twice… U20 US Olympic Trials participant… Holds school records in the long jump (22-9), triple jump (46-0), and high jump…
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