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Pima finishes in fourth at conference championship
Sports

Pima finishes in fourth at conference championship

By JOSHUA SHAVER The Pima Community College Cross Country Men and Women’s teams ran their hearts out at the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference in Mesa.  The women’s team tied for fourth with Glendale Community College with 120 points each.  Runner Iriana Sanchez received an All-ACCAC honorable mention after she placed 21st in the 5K race with a time of 21 minutes, 27 seconds.  Rainbow Hoss finished just 14 seconds behind Sanchez with a time of 21 minutes, 41 seconds and finished in 24th place.  Freshman Janae Quihuis showed her potential by finishing right behind Hoss in 25th place with a time of 21 minutes, 48 seconds.  Carolina Vega-Picos finished 31st with a time of 24 minutes, 52 seconds.  Alysa Canez rounded out the women’s race with a time of 26 minutes, 25 second...
A theater experience for all audiences
Arts & Entertainment

A theater experience for all audiences

Story by LEIGH MOYER  photos by JOSHUA SHAVER Pima Community College Theatre Arts’ program coordinator Todd Poelstra and theater faculty Chris Will see every moment with a theater full of people as a teachable moment.  Each season is structured to contain a children’s show in the fall, a musical in the spring, and either a contemporary piece or a classical piece rounding out each semester for a total of four productions per year.  While chatting, though, they quickly moved past these nominal constraints to the boundlessness of what theater offers. “We could do Disney or something very popular, but we don’t,” Will said, explaining why they are producing “The Sun Serpent,” the third installment of a bilingual (or in this case, trilingual) series by José Cruz González. “We’re d...
Sports

Pima cross country runs to Conference Championships

By JOSHUA SHAVER Pima Community College is running away from the competition.  Last season, Pima went all the way to the NJCAA Nationals. Pima eventually ended up losing to Iowa Community College, but it is on a fast track for similar, if not more, success.  Can Pima duplicate its success from last year, or can it at least improve from its 16th place showing?  At the Dave Murphy Invitational, women and men competed against a number of schools.  In the women’s 5K (3.1 miles), sophomore Iriana Sanchez finished in 28th place with a time of 23 minutes, 58 seconds.  Her friend and teammate Rainbow Hoss placed behind her at 24 minutes, 4 seconds.  While the women showed up, the men also showed their grit running the 7K (4.35 miles) race.  Sophomore Juan Miranda was the top finisher for th...