Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

1990: The Adams State Men’s Indoor Track & Field team was the first RMAC men’s track & field team to win a team national championship at the NAIA meet in Kansas City, Mo. Overseen by the legendary Joe Vigil and national Coach of the Year Tom Lionvale, the then-Indians boasted a number of indvidual champions while scoring 58 team points. Martin Johns took home the title in the 880 yards, winning in a time of 1:56:35. In the mile, Dan Maas was atop the podium with a time of 4:07:99. Three-time cross country national champion Rick Robirds won the three-mile run in 13:48:11. Adams State also won the Distance Medley Relay with a team of Johns, Maas, Stephan Flenoy and Pete Kilbarda (10:08:00). 

1992: ASC repeated the feat, this time led by Vigil and John Kernan, who was named national Coach of the Year, scoring 82 team points. Maas won another national title in the two-mile run (9:00:10). Shane Healy was victorious in the mile (4:05:64), setting a new national record, while Kevin Cunningham won the high jump championship with an impressive leap of 6-11. The Indians also won the two-mile relay with Johns, Brian Blazek, David Bell and Scott Smoot (7:44.49). ASC also captured another national title in the DMR with Healy, Blazek, Dan Caufield, and Jason Mohr (10:02.05). This was the third year in a row the Adams State DMR team won the national title. These are the only two men’s indoor track & field teams in RMAC history to win national team championships.