ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Arizona Track & Field will return to New Mexico on Friday and Saturday for the New Mexico Collegiate Classic. The competition will feature some of the top teams in the nation and will be the first team scoring competition of the season for the Wildcats.
 
The meet will be hosted at the Albuquerque Convention Center where the Wildcats competed earlier this season for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational. On Friday, the competition begins at 11:00 a.m. MST for field events and 3:30 p.m. MST for track events. On Saturday, both field and running events begin at 10:00 a.m. MST. Both days of competition can be streamed on FloTrack ($) here. Live results can also be found here.
 
"This weekend will be the toughest challenge of the season for our program," said the Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Fred Harvey. "We will see top 16 rated athletes in every event. We are peaking at the right time so this will be great opportunity to truly measure our program prior to the conference championship."
 
The Wildcats are coming off a weekend full of exceptional performances. The team posted 24 personal bests, 11 top-three finishes, and three individual event wins at both the Stan Scott Invite and Multis and the Razorback Invitational. The majority of the team competed at the Stan Scott Invite and Multis, and Hollan Powers was the lone wildcat to compete at the Razorback Invitational, where she placed third in the heptathlon.
 
Emma Gates (high jump), Tapenisa Havea (shot put), and Zach Landa (shot put) were the three Wildcats to win events at the Stan Scott Invite and Multis. Gates and Havea both posted personal best marks in their wins. Along with his shot put victory, Landa also finished runner-up in the weight throw with a personal best mark. Additionally, McKenna Watson finished runner-up in the 200m, clocking a time just 0.02 seconds off the school record in the event. The other podium finishers for the Wildcats were Isaac Davis (600y), Olivia Dillon (pole vault), Youssef Koudssi (shot put), Michael Ogbeiwi (weight throw), and Trayvion White-Austin (60m).
 
NCAA AND BIG 12 PERFORMANCE LISTS
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Zach Landa – ranks fifth in the NCAA and first in the Big 12 in the shot put; ranks fourth in the Big 12 in the weight throw.
Zach Extine – ranks 16th in the NCAA and sixth in the Big 12 in the 60m hurdles.
Tyler Michelini – ranks 17th in the NCAA and fifth in the Big 12 in the shot put.
Youssef Koudssi – ranks 25th in the NCAA and eighth in the Big 12 in the shot put.
Trayvion White-Austin – ranks fourth in the Big 12 in the 200m; ranks sixth in the Big 12 in the 60m.
Michael Ogbeiwi – ranks seventh in the Big 12 in the weight throw.
 
WOMEN
Emma Gates – ranks sixth in the NCAA and second in the Big 12 in the high jump.
Paris Mikinski – ranks 11th in the NCAA and fourth in the Big 12 in the high jump.
Hollan Powers – ranks 17th in the NCAA and second in the Big 12 in the pentathlon; ranks ninth in the Big 12 in the 60m hurdles.
Jade Brown – ranks 19th in the NCAA and fifth in the Big 12 in the 60m.
McKenna Watson – ranks 23rd in the NCAA and seventh in the Big 12 in the 200m.
Tapenisa Havea – ranks third in the Big 12 in the shot put.
Antonia Sanchez Nunez – ranks sixth in the Big 12 in the 400m.
Taylen Wise – ranks seventh in the Big 12 in the 60m hurdles.
Jenica Bosko – ranks eighth in the Big 12 in the long jump.
Ava Simms – ranks 10th in the Big 12 in the 400m.
 
USTFCCCA RANKINGS
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Regional Track & Field Rating Index (West Region) – #8
Conference Track & Field Rating Index (Big 12) - #10
Event Squad Rankings:
               Shot Put - #2
               Weight Throw - #8
 
WOMEN
Regional Track & Field Rating Index (West Region) – #6
Conference Track & Field Rating Index (Big 12) - #7
Event Squad Rankings:
               400m - #14
               60m - #15
               60m Hurdles - #15
 
A meet recap will be posted here detailing the competition results. Live updates will also be posted to @ArizonaTrack on X.
 
WHO'S COMPETING
MEN
Julius Cheek, Isaac Davis, Zach Extine, Sam Hala'ufia, Ousman Jagne, Youssef Koudssi, Zach Landa, Richard Legarra, Brian Limage, Diego Marquez, Tyler Michelini, Michael Ogbeiwi, James Onanubosi, Sylvan Osman, Reinaldo Rodrigues, Christian Simmons, Evan Simmons, Tyson Tippett, Yan Vazquez, Bogdan Vidojkovic, Trayvion White-Austin
 
WOMEN
Camila Aguilar-Perez, Jenica Bosko, Jade Brown, Kelly de Jong, Olivia Dillon, Keilee Hall, Tapenisa Havea, Charli Koseoglu, Lauryn Love, Ena McMahon, Dakota Minor, Presley Money, Brooke Nordman, Mackenna Orie, Hollan Powers, Antonia Sanchez Nunez, Ava Simms, McKenna Watson, Taylen Wise, Cecelia Woods
 
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