Posted: Mar 25, 2023

Tristan Spalding sets two national qualifiers, Orion Barger and Brooke Peterson improve previous qualifiers

Sophomore Tristan Spalding (Palo Verde HS) set two national qualifiers at the Willie Williams Classic on Saturday. He set a qualifier in the 400-meters with a time of 47.89 seconds. Spalding, along with Broden Cahoon, Nathan Plant and Orion Barger, set a national qualifier in the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:17.11. Freshman Brooke Peterson improved her national qualifier in the Pole Vault with a mark of 3.68 meters (12-0.75). Photos by Stephanie van Latum

The Pima Community College men's and women's track & field teams competed in the final day of the Willie Williams Classic on Saturday as the Aztecs set two new national qualifying times at the Roy P. Drachman Stadium.

Sophomore Tristan Spalding (Palo Verde HS) set a national qualifying time in the 400-meter race as he took ninth place with a time of 47.89 seconds. He fell just short of his career-best time of 47.83 in the event.
Spalding, along with freshman Broden Cahoon and sophomores Nathan Plant and Orion Barger (Canyon del Oro HS), took fifth place in the 4x400-meter relay and earned a national qualifying time at 3 minutes, 17.11 seconds.
Barger improved on his national qualifier in the 400-meter race as he took sixth place with a time of 47.50. He set his qualifier at 47.78 last week at the GCU Invitational.
In women's competition, freshman Brooke Peterson (Mingus HS) improved on her national qualifying mark in the Pole Vault. She placed fifth with a vault of 3.68 meters (12-feet, 0.75-inches). She set her original qualifier last week at the GCU Invitational with a mark of 3.67 meters (12-0.50).

The Aztecs will compete in the ACCAC Conference Championships on Saturday, April 1 at Glendale Community College.

See the complete results of the Willie Williams Classic on Finished Results