Posted: Mar 01, 2024

Maylee Thompson takes fifth place in the Pentatlon in first day at NJCAA Indoor Nationals

Freshman Maylee Thompson (Willcox HS) took fifth place and earned four team points in the Pentatlon with a score of 3002 points. It was a personal-best and also placed her fourth in the Pima Indoor all-time school records. The Aztecs are tied for 18th place in the team standings with four points. The Aztecs close out the competition on Saturday in Gainesville, FL. Photo courtesy of Chad Harrison

The Pima Community College women's track & field team closed out the first day of competition at the NJCAA Indoor National Championships on Friday at the Alachua County Sports and Events Center in Gainesville, FL.

The No. 20 ranked Aztecs sit tied for 18^th place with a score of four points.
Freshman Maylee Thompson (Willcox HS) earned the four team points after she finished in fifth place for the Pentathlon with 3002 points. She set a personal-best and put herself fourth on the all-time Pima Indoor school records list.

Other finishes:

Linda Rivero, Tayler Crane, Alyssa Perez, Reatta Danhof – 10^th place in Distance Medley Relay 12:43.25 (personal-record)
Brianne Roberts – 15^th place in Pole Vault 2.96 meters (9-feet, 8.5-inches).
Tianna Moseley – 17^th in Long Jump 5.29 meters (17-4.25).
Maylee Thompson – 21^st in Long Jump 5.10 meters (16-8.75).

The Aztecs will close out competition at the NJCAA Indoor National Championships on Saturday in Gainesville, FL. Events begin at 9:00 a.m. (EST). Follow results here:

http://live.halfmiletiming.com/meets/619/events