Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Announces Men’s Indoor Track and Field Major Awards

3/8/2023 12:00:00 PM

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference announced its 2022-23 Men’s Indoor Track and Field Major Awards along with its all-conference rosters Wednesday morning. University of Colorado Colorado Springs’ Evan Graff is the RMAC Men’s Track Athlete of the Year, while Colorado State University Pueblo’s Nate Miller is the RMAC Men’s Field Athlete of the Year. Western Colorado’s Tyler Nord claims the RMAC Men’s Freshman of the Year title and UCCS head coach Ross Fellows is the league’s Men’s Coach of the Year.

Graff claims RMAC Track Athlete of the Year distinctions after a successful indoor season where he earned United States Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Region honors in three events, including the mile, 3,000-meter and distance medley relay races. He was named the RMAC Track Athlete of the Week (Jan. 24) for his performance at the Colorado Running Company UCCS Invite, where he broke the facility record in the mile with an altitude and track-adjusted time of 4:00.22. Graff took second place at the RMAC Indoor Track and Field Championships in the 3,000m with a time of 8:29.14.

Miller claims RMAC Field Athlete of the Year honors after earning USTFCCCA All-Region honors in both the shot put and the weight throw. The senior enters the 2023 NCAA Division II Championships ranked second in the nation in the shot put after launching a 19.35m (63-6 ft) provisional mark earlier this season at the New Mexico Team Open (Jan. 27) in Albuquerque, N.M. Additionally, Miller ranks 19th nationally in the weight throw with an effort of 19.22m (63-.75) at the RMAC Indoor Track and Field Championships (Feb. 24).

Nord earns Freshman of the Year honors after a stellar freshman campaign where he claimed USTFCCCA All-Region honors in the 3,000m. Ahead of nationals, he ranks sixth in the 3,000m race after clocking a first-place time of 7:57.34 at the RMAC Championships. He also ranks 12th as a part of the Mountaineers distance medley relay squad that posted a time of 9:45.07 at the Mines Winter Classic and Multi (Feb. 3).

UCCS head coach Ross Fellows was named the RMAC Coach of the Year after leading the Mountain Lions to their fourth consecutive indoor conference championship in February. Fellows has 11 all-region selections among his men’s roster and nine qualifiers, among eight events, for the 2023 NCAA DII Indoor Track and Field Championships. Ahead of the national meet, Fellows and his UCCS men’s program rank fifth in the nation, according to the latest USTFCCCA rankings.

RMAC Indoor Track and Field Major Awards are voted on by the league’s head coaches. Coaches are not permitted to vote for themselves or their student-athletes. The league’s all-conference teams are determined by finishes at the RMAC Indoor Championships. Top-three finishers in each race are named first-team selections, while the fourth, fifth and sixth-place finishers are tabbed second-team selections. For relay events, the first-place team is named the first team and the second-place team is named the second team.

RMAC Indoor Men’s Track and Field Track Athlete of the Year: Evan Graff, UCCS
RMAC Indoor Men’s Track and Field Field Athlete of the Year: Nate Miller, CSU Pueblo
RMAC Indoor Men’s Track and Field Freshman of the Year: Tyler Nord, Western Colorado
RMAC Indoor Men’s Track and Field Coach of the Year: Ross Fellows, UCCS

2022-23 RMAC Men’s All-Conference First Team

Event	Name	Name	Name
60m Dash	Brian Mosley Jr., UCCS	Jonah Vigil, ASU	Justice Mendoza, UCCS
60m Hurdles	Everett Dalate, Mines	Zayden Davis, CMU	Jordan Spencer, ASU
200m Dash	Justice Mendoza, UCCS	Tyler Bradley, CCU	Mateo Casados, CMU
400m Dash	Jonah Fallon, Mines	Dayne Ortega, CMU	Osvaldo Cano, CSC
800m Run	Reece Sharmen-Newell, CSU Pueblo	Kaleb Tipton, CSU Pueblo	Tim Thompson, Mines
Mile	Miguel Coca, ASU	Clement Duigou, ASU	Jagger Zlotoff, UCCS
3,000m Run	Tyler Nord, WCU	Evan Graff, UCCS	Afewerki Zeru, UCCS
5,000m Run	Yonas Haile, ASU	Noel Lopez, MSU Denver	Dayton Brown, ASU
4x400m Relay	T.Smith, K.Tipton, C.Schmidt, R.Sharmna-Newell, CSU Pueblo
Distance Medley Relay	C.Allan, C.Jackson, D.Cardenas, M.Coca, ASU
Weight Throw	Daniel Reynolds, CSC	Nate Miller, CSU Pueblo	Luke Hard, UCCS
Pole Vault	Hunter Potrykus, Mines	Tim Ellis, WCU	Noah Kelly, Mines
Long Jump	Malcom Wesley, WCU	Justin Thompson, CMU	Peterson Bohannon, UCCS
High Jump	Jade Cass, SDM	Grant Redmond, Mines	Justin Thompson, CMU
Triple Jump	Dakota Abbott, UCCS	Camwrin Harris, ASU	Jordan Spencer, ASU
Shot Put	Nate Miller, CSU Pueblo	Justin Jenks, CSU Pueblo	Sam Dirkes, ASU
Heptathlon	Thorben Hast, UCCS	Jade Cass, SDM	Terrel Johnson, CSU Pueblo

2022-23 RMAC Men’s All-Conference Second Team

Event	Name	Name	Name
60m Dash	Mateo Casados, CMU	Ja’Warren Smith, WCU	Kade Christensen, CMU
60m Hurdles	Creighton Trembly, CSC	Carl Schmidt, CSU Pueblo	Anthony Martinez, MSU Denver
200m Dash	Kymani Sterling, UCCS	Mason Pastorello, UCCS	Dayne Ortega, CMU
400m Dash	Ryan O’Neal, UCCS	Andrew Muncy, UCCS	Dillon Andrews, UCCS
800m Run	Andrew Gebhardt, Mines	Ethan Coyhis, WCU	Nick Nowlen, MSU Denver
Mile	Davonte Jett-Reynolds, ASU	Patrick Jirele, WCU	Hudson Majeski, CCU
3,000m Run	Cameron Allan, ASU	Alexander Vance, CCU	Awet Beraki, ASU
5,000m Run	Michael Gradowski, WCU	Jacob Hernandez, WCU	Marcus Graham, UCCS
4x400m Relay	J.Smith, E.Coyhis, D.Allen, K.Martinez, WCU
Distance Medley Relay	M.Virey, T.Smith, K.Tipton, R.Sharman-Newell, CSU Pueblo
Weight Throw	Justin Jenks, CSU Pueblo	Sully Mack, BHSU	Justyn Loper, UCCS
Pole Vault	Becker Ell, CMU	Shane Conley, Mines	Eli Barbot, SD Mines
Long Jump	Peyton Turnage, UCCS	Daryon Wilson, UCCS	Ismael Dembele, WCU
High Jump	Keith McInnis, CSU Pueblo	Skye Ciccarelli, UCCS	Zace Buckhold, CMU
Triple Jump	Peyton Turnage, UCCS	Ismael Dembele, WCU	Papay Glaywulu, ASU
Shot Put	Hayden Riley, CMU	James Hochanadel, ASU	Brody Welch, Mines
Heptathlon	Aidan Thompson, SDM	Harley Rhoades, CSC	Travis Kleinsasser, SDM