T-Bird Track & Field welcomes Nathan Estes as new Throws Coach
Thursday August 8, 2024 - 10:00 a.m. | Dylan DeVlieger
T-Bird Track & Field welcomes in Nathan Estes as their new Throws Coach for the upcoming season.
Estes is a Phoenix native who graduated from North High in 2009. Estes captured the state title in discus his senior year while taking fifth the year prior. After high school Estes would earn a mechanical engineering degree at Arizona State University from 2010-14 while throwing discus, hammer, & shot put. While at ASU, Estes posted PR in the shot put (17.11m), discus (46.31m), hammer throw (53.03m), & weighted throw (15.86m).
Estes enters MCC with 10 years of private coaching experience during that time he catapulted two individual athletes to a state championship. Estes is currently coming off a six year coaching stint with Northwest Christian.
Interim Track & Field Head Coach Daniel Pescador is excited to add Estes to the staff, hoping he will elevate the throws program to the elite level that is once was.
"I'm very excited to welcome Nathan to our staff to take over the throws program. Upon meeting with Nathan and discussing our program and vision, it was clear he is the right fit to get our throws program back to an elite level. Nathan's passion and enthusiasm, along with his success and experience makes him the perfect choice to lead our throws group. I'm very excited to see the success that Coach Estes will have here," said Pescador.
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