Dan Pescador was named the 2024 NJCAA DII Women’s Cross Country National Coach of the Year. Pescador coached Mesa (Ariz.) CC to the team title at the 2024 NJCAA DII Cross Country Championships this past weekend in Mechanicsville, Virginia. Led by individual sixth-place finisher Kinley Jackson, the Thunderbirds scored 51 points to win by 16 points as all five scorers finished in the top-19. Mesa also won the Region 1 Championships with 27 points.