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FORMER PUMAS IMPRESS IN OHIO Former Puma pitcher Brian King (2009-2011), now at Ohio State University, was named a Top Newcomer in Baseball America's 2012 Big Ten Conference Preview. While at PV, King threw a perfect game on Feb. 10, 2010 and received Second Team All-Region honors in 2011. Former PV catcher Greg Solomon, (2008-2010), entering his second season at Ohio State University, is featured on the team’s promotional poster this season. Last season at OSU Solomon batted .273 while starting in 46 games. He was named a Big 10 Player of the Week in April 2011 (4/4/2011). | |||
LOOKING FOR 1ST WIN The Paradise Valley Community College softball team is still looking for their first win. With a very tough start to their season, Coach Nick Candrea says, “We are a young team but we have a lot of team chemistry.” The team is comprised of 10 freshman and 4 sophomores. The team has a record of 0-6 but has competed against some of the best teams in the nation. The pumas have shown great effort in each of their match ups. Coach Candrea is looking forward to their next set of games. On February 7th the pumas will compete against Gateway Community College, who also competes in Division 2. “We are taking baby steps forward and improving with every game,” Coach Candrea stated. The games tomorrow will be hosted by GWCC at St. Agnes at 2pm/4pm. | |||
THE PUMAS ARE ON A RUN The PVCC track team completed another meet this past Saturday at Pima College. The Pumas are continuing to improve with each meet. Coach Todd Lehman said, “Overall, the team competed well and are beating their opponents on the track. The group continues to show heart and rankings will go up as the season progresses.” The Pumas has standout performances on both the men’s and women’s side. Men’s Recap: The men’s long distance runners continue to stay at the top of the rankings. National qualifier, Justin Secakuku, clocked a time of 2:37.36 in the 1,000m. Teammate, Jacob Naylor, also received a season best time of 2:39.05. In other events, Jesse Johnston had a season best Pole Vault Jump of 13’9.25”. He is currently ranked 15th and tied with teammate Michael Costello. Casey Foley had another season best this past weekend in the 60m. Foley completed the run in 7.26. In the 200m, Jean Welton-Richardson improved to a time of 23.17. With a time of 51.15, Phillip Garcia has a new season best in the 400m. With a new ranking of 51st, Connor Vincent did very well in the 60H m. He finished with a time of 9.30. Women’s Recap: Ashley Workman had another great showing. Workman had a season best time of 1:41.73 in the 600m. In Pole Vault, Ashley Groves and Devon Quick had season high vaults. Groves is currently ranked 3rd with a jump of 11’5.75”. Quick tied her jump last week with 10’6”. With a Shot Put distance of 36’9.75”, Tiea O’neil moved to a ranking of 21st. In the Triple Jump, Keona Jones had a season best jump of 34’3.5”. Audrey Hawthorne is tied with teammate Juliet Summers, with a High Jump of 5’1”. The team competes again this Saturday February 11th at Glendale Community College. Also this weekend, Coach Barney will be taking some long distance runners to Arkansas to compete at a high level meet. | |||
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.” | |||
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! | |||
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 | |||
DAVIDSON TABBED AS ALL-AMERICAN The post-season honors just keep on coming for Puma standout sophomore Jordan Davidson. Last week Davidson was named 1st team All-American by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). It has been quite a year for the forward. She was a team co-captain, led her team in scoring and was named the Player of the Year in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC). Davidson is also the most recent addition to an ever growing list of Puma NJCAA All-Americans. 2011 marks the 6th year in a row a PVCC women's soccer player has been so named. Davidson follows Ally Oelschlager (2010) and Nicole Acosta (2011) as 1st team selections. The list of PV's previous women's soccer All-Americans may be viewed HERE | |||
PUMAS HONORED The recognition and honors for the 2011 PVCC Men's Cross Country team continue to accrue. Last week student-athlete Jacob Naylor and coach Dave Barney were named Male Athlete of the Year and Coach of the Year, respectively, by the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC). Naylor led the Pumas to their 3rd National Championship two weeks ago in Hobbs, NM., with his 4th place finish overall. Naylor was the first of four Pumas to finish in the top 12 at nationals, earning him 1st Team All-American honors. He is currently being recruited by the University of Oklahoma and Arizona State University. Barney adds the ACCAC award to those previously won this year, including the "Men's Coach of the National Championships" and NJCAA Coaches Association Men's Cross Country "Coach of the Year." This year his Pumas captured their 3rd men's national championship and 8th overall cross country national title. | |||
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS !! Congratulations to the PVCC Men's Cross Country team and coach Dave Barney for winning the National Championship on Saturday in Hobbs, NM!! The Pumas dominated the meet, placing 4 runners in the top 12 en route to their wide margin of victory. Jacob Naylor led the Puma charge over the 8K (5.1 mile) course finishing in fourth place overall (26:23.35). Alejandro Valencia was seventh (26:56.01), Ryan Norton was eighth (27:01.94) and Matthew Whitlatch finished 12th (27:09.65). Those four All-American performances, along with Ruganza Mugisha's 26th place finish (27:40.66) comprised PV's team score. PVCC tallied just 54 team points to finish 59 points ahead of second place Garden City Community College, Kan. (113). Carl Greene (32nd) and Justin Secakuku (66th) completed the championship performance for PV. PV's women ran quite well also finishing in 16th place (474 points), 5 spots higher than their pre-race national ranking. Ashley Workman was the first to cross the finish line for the women in 56th place. Taylor Als, Wyndham Gardner, Leanna Morrison and Sabrina Polanco rounded out the top 5 team scorers. Katlyn Davis finished 2 places behind Davis. This is the 3rd National Championship for the PV men (2004, 2008, 2011) and 8th national cross country title. PV teams have won 9 total national championships. | |||
PUMAS AND US WOMEN'S SOCCER For a handful of the members of the PV Women's Soccer team, last Wednesday proved to be a serendipitous day. An unrelated though well timed phone call, offered a chance for the Puma women to watch, meet and interact with members of the USA Women's National Soccer team. Abby Wombach, Megan Rapinhoe and their cohorts were training that day, at the Reach 11 Sports Complex, for this week's friendly against Sweden. After their training session concluded, the US Women posed for pictures, autographed soccer balls and talked soccer with the Puma players. "It was one of the greatest experiences of my life," said sophomore Lara Doescher, "to have a chance to meet and talk with your heroes was something I will never forget." PHOTOS | |||
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