Citizen Staff Report
The Bounce
Citizen Staff Report
The nation’s top high school high jumper, a pair of local athletes and the younger brother of a present Arizona All-American candidate highlight the University of Arizona track and field’s recruiting class.
Arizona will sign a total of 15 male and female athletes Wednesday.
Included is Nick Russ of Vista Murrieta (Calif.) High School, who has the highest jump in the country among high school athletes this year at 7 feet, 2 1/4 inches.
Edgar Rivera-Morales of Agua Prieta, Mexico, has a high jump of 7-1 1/4 in addition to a triple jump of 48 feet.
He is the brother of Luis Rivera-Morales, a UA junior who leads his team in the long jump and triple jump this season.
Local products are Donovan Grant of Mountain View High School and Melanie McGrath of Catalina.
Grant won this year’s Willie Williams Classic triple jump title at 44-6 1/2. His 23-6 1/4 mark won the 2008 Region 5A-II Arizona state long jump title.
McGrath has personal bests of 11 minutes, 41 seconds in the 3,200 meters, 5:04 in the 1,600 and 2:19 in the 800.
UA women’s tennis
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The Arizona women’s doubles team of senior Danielle Steinberg and freshman Sarah Landsman has earned a No. 63 national ranking in the Campbell’s/ITA tennis poll this week.
Steinberg is ranked No. 92 in singles, Landsman is No. 111, freshman Natasha Marks is No. 109 and the doubles team of Marks and junior Claire Rietsch is No. 75.
Pima baseball
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The Pima Community College baseball team swept visiting Mesa Community College on Tuesday afternoon, winning 4-1 and 14-4.
Marc Damon (Tucson High) won the opener for the Aztecs, while Kody Johnson (Cienega) hit a two-run homer.
Richie Sandoval (Amphi) won the second game. Justin Zumwalde (Sabino) was 4 for 5 and drove in six runs.
Pima (29-18-1) visits Arizona Western at noon Saturday.
Pima softball
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The Aztecs split a doubleheader with host Central Arizona College on Tuesday, losing 9-5 and winning 4-0.
Jordan Trujillo (Sierra Vista Buena) improved to 16-6 on the year with the win in the second game. She struck out nine in going the distance.
Kaity Ingram (Catalina Foothills) was 4 for 4 with a run and RBI in the win.
No. 10 Pima hosts No. 2 Yavapai for a doubleheader at 2 p.m. Saturday.