Mesa Men's Track & Field Dominate, Win Region 1 Championship

MEZA, AZ – Building on their first ACCAC championship in 28 years, the Mesa men's track and field team followed that accomplishment by capturing the Region I title Thursday at John D. Riggs Stadium.  

The T-Birds used a sweep of the top four places in the hammer, as well as the top three in the pole vault, and saw its outstanding depth make the difference as MCC scored 223.5 points to easily outdistance Central Arizona (198) and Pima (197) in the five-team field.  

The Mesa women placed third in their championship with 149 points. CAC won with 309 and Pima was second at 206.  

In the hammer, Jacob McBride took first place with a toss of 185-11. He was followed by Josh Hamberlin in second at 180-9 ¼, Clay Campbell who was third with a 175-11 ¼ and Jordan Rezac, fourth at 156-0.  

Hamberlin also won the javelin with a 173-2 ½ effort and was second in the shot at 51-4 ½.  

Treston Slater captured the pole vault with a leap of 15-7. Leonard Bellgardt, IV, had the same height but placed second based on more misses. Riley Korcuska was third at 13-7 ¼.  

D'Angelo Foster took the 400 hurdles with a time of 54.75 and also won the decathlon last week.  

Among the women, Calla Reed won the pole vault with a jump of 10-11 ¾ and Allyson Girard captured the 5000 with an 18:04.50 clocking.  

The two teams now move on to the NJCAA National Championships May 17-19 in Levelland, Texas.