Posted: May 19, 2024

Mesa Track & Field finished their 2024 season at Outdoor Nationals over the weekend.

Sunday May 19, 2024 - 7:00 p.m. | Dylan DeVlieger

T-Bird Track & Field finished their outdoor season at the 2024 NJCAA Outdoor National Championship on Saturday.

Lady T-Birds:

The Lady T-Birds finished with 19.5 points as they finished 12th in the field of 35. New Mexico JC took home the crown as they scored 98 points, ACCAC foe Central Arizona finished in 7th with 45 points.

Maliyah Ross earned All-American honors in the Heptathlon as she finished in 3rd place with 4583 points. Anna Harmon finished 5th in the 10k as she clocked a time of 37:02.95 to earn All-American honors.

Maleah Tucker added All-American honors to her resume in two events as she finished 6th place in both the discus (42.66m) and hammer throw (48.82m). Raely Palmer became an All-American in the pole vault as she finished 8th (3.27m).

The Lady T-Birds had two relay teams earn All-American honors as their squad of Reanna Campbell, Deshay Turner, Taylor Jacobs, & Diane Ondobo finished 8th in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:48.96.

The 4x800 relay team of Maliyah Ross, Reanna Campbell, Kendra Guest, & Taylor Jacobs took home 7th place as they finished in 9:33.83.

T-Bird Men:

The Mesa men took home 15th place in the field of 35 as they scored 17 points over the course of competition. South Plains took home the hardware as they scored 116 points, ACCAC foe Pima took 12th, scoring 20.5 points.

Myles Larsen finished 10th in the Decathlon scoring 5965 points, Bradley Runge would not finish after competing in day one.

Ernest and Samuel Green each earned All-American honors in the 800m as Ernest took home 6th place with a time of 1:49.96, while brother Samuel finished in 7th place with a time of 1:50.63.

Craig Runge finished 4th in the javelin throw (60.16m) while Jeremiah Reed took 8th in the long jump (7.26m) as each would earn All-American honors.

The T-Birds 4x800m relay team of Samuel Green, Austin Rueff, Greyson Akers, Ernest Green took third place with a time of 7:36.15 to earn All-American honors.

All-American Lady T-Birds:

Maliyah Ross - Heptathlon

Anna Harmon - 10k

Maleah Tucker - Discus Throw

Maleah Tucker - Hammer Throw

Raely Palmer - Pole Vault

Reanna Campbell, Deshay Turner, Taylor Jacobs, Diane Ondobo - 4x400

Maliyah Ross, Reanna Campbell, Kendra Guest, Taylor Jacobs - 4x800

All-American T-Bird Men:

Ernest Green - 800m

Samuel Green - 800m

Craig Runge - Javelin Throw