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BASEBALL RANKED #19 IN PRE-SEASON POLL

Puma baseball has been ranked #19 in the NJCAA DII pre-season poll released on January 26. Other ACCAC schools also ranked include GateWay at #9 and Mesa at #12.

The team opens its 2012 season today at 3pm. The Pumas host Pima in a three game series. Friday is a single game. Saturday's double header begins at 11am.

Admission will not be charged this weekend but will be charged at subsequent weekend home games. All MCCCD and PVCC Faculty/Staff with ID are admitted free of charge. Beginning February 11, admission for others will be $5 Adults and $3 students. Children under 12 are free.

GO PUMAS!

Track & Field

2012 HOME TRACK MEET INFORMATION

PVCC track and Field will host three meets in 2012. They will host two indoor meets and one outdoor meet.

For information on these meets please click the following.

January 21, 2012 – Puma Indoor

January 27-28, 2012 – Puma Indoor

March 29-30, 2012 – PVCC Outdoor

Track & Field

OFF TO THE RACES

The PVCC track team is young but has high goals for this season. After two meets, the Pumas are off to a great start. Coach Todd Lehman said, “We are a team that works hard and is very goal orientated. It’s early but we are training hard and are expecting big results this year.” The Pumas qualified 10 members for the National Championship and had several Personal Records(PR) on this past weekend meet.

Men’s Recap:
The men have a great group of distance runners, who just recently won an NJCAA Cross Country National Championship in the fall of 2011. This group is led by Jacob Naylor, Alejandro Valencia, Phillip Garcia, Ryan Norton, and Matthew Whitlatch. Naylor(6th) and Valencia(7th) are both qualifiers for the 1 mile. Naylor had a time of 4:21.60. Valencia’s time was 4:22.23. Garcia had a PR in the 600m(1:21.69). In the 1,000m Norton finished in 2:35.59 and his own PR. Another qualifier, Witlatch clocked a time of 2:37.10 in the 1,000m.
In other events, returner Akintunde Adeyemi, is expected to be a qualifier this year in the Triple Jump(46’8.75”). He is also expected to improve in the long jump and high jump. Adeyemi is currently ranked 8th in the Triple Jump and Coach Lehman said, “He is performing well.”
Other young talent includes Casey Foley, Johnathan Cooks, and Shawn Moore. Foley competed in the 200m and clocked 22.57, which was a PR. Cooks and Moore both performed well in the 60m. Cooks finished in 9.05. While Moore finished in 9.17.

Women’s Recap:
The women are also shining early in the season. Ashley Workman had a great showing in the first meet. Workman is expected to continue to improve and had times of 2:29.62 in the 800m and 3:13.89 in the 1,000m.
Juliet Summers is currently 5th in the Pentathlon. She is competing in the 200m(27.42), 800m(2:45.54), Long Jump(15’8.75”), High Jump(5’1”), and 60m Hurdles(9.34). Summers had standout performances in all events and is a qualifier for the National Championships.
In Pole Vault, Ashley Groves, Devon Quick, and Cara Dielman all had season high vaults. Dielman had a personal record of 10’0”. Groves and Quick both vaulted 10’6”.
In the 60m Hurdles Keona Jones is ranked 7th nationally after a time of 9.19.
Audrey Hawthorne is ranked 13th, along with teammate Juliet Summers, with a High Jump of 5’1”.
The team competes again this Saturday February 4th at Pima College. Coach Lehman believes, “This is another opportunity to qualify more kids for the National Tournament.”

Track & Field