Pusch Ridge junior swimmer Alexander Edquid posted the best September times among boys in Southern Arizona in the 100 butterfly (52.71 seconds) and 200 individual medley (1:59.86).
He is the only Southern Arizona boys swimmer to have the top times in more than one event.
His performance merits him the Jet Sports Training Athlete of the Month for September.
MALE ATHLETE OF THE MONTH HONORS
January 2022: Mountain View wrestler Austin Scott
February 2022: Sunnyside wrestler Sergio Vega
March 2022: Walden Grove baseball player Milo Rushford
April 2022: Cienega volleyball player Derrick Vargas
May 2022: CDO baseball player Austin Madsen
June 2022: CDO and Central Arizona College baseball standout Kiko Romero
July 2022: Nogales infielder Demetrio Crisantes
August 2022: Mountain View LL slugger Jason Veit
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ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He is a former Arizona Daily Star beat reporter for the Arizona basketball team, including when the Wildcats won the 1996-97 NCAA title. He has also written articles for CollegeAD.com, Bleacher Report, Lindy’s Sports, TucsonCitizen.com, The Arizona Republic, Sporting News and Baseball America, among many other publications. He has also authored the book “The Highest Form of Living”, which is available at Amazon. He became an educator five years ago and is presently a special education teacher at Gallego Fine Arts Intermediate in the Sunnyside Unified School District.
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