Posted: May 16, 2018
Track and field sending 29 to NJCAA nationals
El Dorado, Kan. - The Mesa track and field programs will be sending 29 athletes to compete at the NJCAA Division I National Championships beginning Thursday.
The seventh-ranked MCC men have 21 particpants and the 20th-ranked women have eight.
Below are the atheltes, their events, qualifying marks and national rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Performance | National Rank |
| Men | |||
| Kyle Downey | Pole vault | 16-6 3/4 | 1 |
| Eric Cochran | Pole vault | 14-9 | 12 |
| Noah Lovato | Pole vault | 14-7 1/4 | 17 |
| Nikaeus Hale-Mercer | Shot put | 55-1 | 7 |
| Nikaeus Hale-Mercer | Discus | 156-3 | 11 |
| Cameron Lewis | Shot put | 55-11 1/4 | 5 |
| Cameron Lewis | Discus | 169-4 | 4 |
| Cameron Lewis | Hammer | 162-9 | 10 |
| Marcus Naisant | Javelin | 196-4 | 3 |
| Alex Kellybrew | 100 | 10.64 | 38 |
| Alex Kellybrew | 200 | 21.49 | 34 |
| Antwan Ross-Jones | High jump | 7- 1/2 | 4 |
| Carver Dumas | Decathlon | 6702 | 4 |
| 4x100 relay | 41.31 | 13 | |
| 4x400 relay | 3:17.80 | 19 | |
| 4x800 relay | 7:53.81 | 16 | |
| Women | |||
| Justice Angel | Pole vault | 10-11 3/4 | 7 |
| Miranda Worthen | Pole vault | 10-6 3/4 | 11 |
| Quinn Johnson | 1500 | 4:55.98 | 27 |
| Quinn Johnson | 800 | 2:17.15 | 13 |
| Rees Young | Heptathlon | 3895 | 9 |
| Jordan Alvarez | 3000 steeplechase | 12:22,93 | 26 |
| Madeline Ambrosio | 3000 steeplechase | 12:25.43 | 28 |
| 4x800 relay | 9:32.05 | 7 | |