Sabino Class of 2027 standout track athlete Milo Mandolini placed first in the 800- and 1,500-meter runs and the 4 x 400-meter relay in the USATF Arizona Association Junior Olympics on June 14 and 15 at Mesa Community College.
Representing the Tucson Elite Athletic Club in the 17- and 18-year-old division, Mandolini recorded personal-best times in the 800 (1:58.25) and the 1,500 (at the time at 4:09.87).
The 4 x 400 relay team consisting of Mandolini, Vijay Carrier, Donovan Davidson and Cristiano Morales finished in a time of 3:25.2.
Mandolini also competed in the Nike Outdoor Nationals at Eugene, Ore., on June 19-22.
He finished with a personal-best 400-relay split time of 50.3 seconds and topped the 1,500 personal-best time he finished with in the Junior Olympics meet a week earlier, finishing in 4:05.32.
For his performance in June, Mandolini is the Jet Sports Training Male Athlete of the Month.
Mandolini is coming off a spring in which he set the school record in the 1,600-meter run at the AIA Division III-IV meet at 4:17.64.
He is also an accomplished jazz music artist who performs with the Tucson Jazz Institute despite his young age. Check out his performance with the saxophone in a performance last year:
2025 MALE ATHLETE OF THE MONTH HONORS
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February 2025: Desert Christian basketball player Tyson Dobbins
March 2025: Catalina Foothills volleyball player Jacob Martinez
April 2025: Canyon del Oro baseball player Francisco Rivero
May 2026: Salpointe baseball player Colton Raetzman
June 2026: Sabino track runner Milo Mandolini
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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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