TUCSON, Ariz. – Arizona Track and Field will return to Drachman Stadium for the Jim Click Multi's and Shootout this Thursday through Sunday after a week off. The Wildcats will compete against Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Minnesota, Nebraska, and UCLA, with some additional individual competitors sprinkled in as well.
The multi's portion of the competition will be held on Thursday and Friday with the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon. As of now, the events will begin at 10:30 a.m. MST on Thursday with the women's heptathlon 100m hurdles. On Friday, the men's 110m hurdles will get things started at 9:30 a.m. MST.
The rest of the events will occur on Saturday, with a start time currently scheduled for 1:00 p.m. MST with the women's hammer throw. Additionally, the running events will get started at 5:20 p.m. MST with the women's 100m hurdles. The meet will then finish up with the team trophy presentation at 9:30 p.m. MST. Live results for the entire weekend can be found
here.
After a week of rest and recovery, the Wildcats will be back in action at Drachman Stadium for the first time since the Willie Williams Classic. Although there were no team scores, the team still saw lots of individual success at that home opener, highlighted by
Talie Bonds winning the 100m hurdles and matching the Arizona school record in the event with a time of 12.96.
The Wildcats also saw top finishes from a multitude of competitors. Freshman
Tapenisa Havea won both the women's shot put and discus with personal best marks. Additionally,
Youssef Koudssi won the men's discus and
Zach Landa won the men's shot put for the throws squad with personal best marks as well. Bonds also finished her impressive outing with a win in the women's high jump.
In the running events,
Neysia Howard won the women's 200m with a near-PR time and
Carl Hicks set a new PR in the men's 400m to win the event. Additionally,
Alisa Lyesina won the women's 800m for the Wildcats. The men's relay teams also saw success, winning both the 4x100m relay and the 4x400m relay with season-best times.
The Wildcats also currently have nine individual student-athletes with top-25 marks in the NCAA this year.
Jordan Geist's school record throw in the men's hammer throw of 73.94m (242-7) from the Island Relays is still the best mark in the NCAA this year so far. Additionally on the men's side,
Carl Hicks ranks 17th in the 400m,
Zach Landa ranks 19th in the shot put,
Reinaldo Rodrigues ranks 20th in the long jump,
Youssef Koudssi ranks 21st in the shot put, and
Jared O'Riley ranks 24th in the javelin. For the women,
Talie Bonds ranks sixth in the 100m hurdles and 11th in the high jump,
Alexa Porpaczy ranks 13th in the high jump, and
Alisa Lyesina ranks 21st in the 800m. The men's 4x100m relay team also currently ranks 23rd in the event as well.
The Wildcats won't have anyone competing in the men's decathlon this weekend, but they do have two competitors in the women's heptathlon:
Hollan Powers and
Skylar Sieben. This will be the two's first heptathlon of the 2023 outdoor season.
A meet recap will be posted to ArizonaWildcats.com detailing the competition results. Live updates will also be posted to @ArizonaTrack on Twitter.
WHO'S COMPETING
MEN
Brandon Bounds,
Julius Cheek,
Isaac Davis,
Brennan Foody,
Jordan Geist,
Joseph Green,
Sam Hala'ufia,
Brayden Hasher,
Logan Hasher,
Carl Hicks,
Noah Jodon,
Jacorey Jones,
Jacob Kauffman,
Razeen Khaldun,
Tanner Kippes,
Youssef Koudssi,
Zach Landa,
Parker Lehmann,
Brian Limage,
Lyricc Lopez,
Logan Marek,
Diego Marquez,
Michael Ogbeiwi,
James Onanubosi,
Cooper Quigley,
Jake Reed,
Reinaldo Rodrigues,
Cade Russo,
Ian Sanchez Lopez,
Iker Sanchez Lopez,
Kristjan Sigfinnsson,
Jeffrey Sillers,
Evan Simmons,
Sir Jonathan Sims,
Josh Wade,
Trayvion White-Austin
WOMEN
Malaya Abueg,
Camila Aguilar-Perez,
Esther Akinlosotu,
Sophia Atchison,
Talie Bonds,
Jenica Bosko,
Mia Chavez,
Ava David,
Makenzie Dilworth,
Isa Evans,
Lauryn Ford,
Emma Gates,
Grace Hala'ufia,
Brigid Hanley,
Tapenisa Havea,
Beatrice Honebrink,
Neysia Howard,
Sailor Hutton,
Meggie Karp,
Ajaysha Lewis,
Lauryn Love,
Alisa Lyesina,
Kara Mickelson,
Paris Mikinski,
Johnnie Mitchell,
Presley Money,
Athena Montgomery,
Mackenna Orie,
Rylee Perkins,
Alexa Porpaczy,
Hollan Powers,
Morgan Rhett,
Antonia Sanchez Nunez,
Xahria Santiago,
Megan Schulhof,
Avery Segura,
Skylar Sieben,
Emarie Sooter,
Taylen Wise
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