Freshman Orion Barger (Canyon del Oro HS) set a new Pima Indoor Record in the 400 meters after he took first place with a time of 47.87 seconds. Photo by Ben Carbajal.
Freshman Orion Barger (Canyon del Oro HS) set a new Pima Indoor Record in the 400 meters after he took first place with a time of 47.87 seconds. Photo by Ben Carbajal.

Sprinter Orion Barger sets Pima Indoor Record in 400 meters at NAU Tune-Up

The Pima Community College men's track & field team competed at the NAU Tune-Up Meet on Friday in Flagstaff, AZ.

  • Freshman Orion Barger (Canyon del Oro HS) took first place in the 400-meter race and set a new Pima Indoor Record finishing with a time of 47.87 seconds.
  • Freshman Joel Gardner (Ironwood Ridge HS) took third place in the mile race with a time of 4 minutes, 25.40 seconds and also placed fifth in the 800 meter race with a time of 1:59.91; which put him ninth in school history.
  • Freshman Jacob Rosales (Walden Grove HS) is now eighth in Pima Indoor school history after he finished the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.01.
  • Freshman Terrion Amicks (Peoria HS) finished fourth in the Long Jump with a mark of 6.75 meters (22-feet, 1.75-inches).
  • The Aztecs will compete in the NJCAA Indoor National Championships on Mar. 4-5 at the Robert W. Plaster Center in Pittsburg, KS.
  • See complete results of the NAU Tune-Up meet on WingFootFinish