Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Adams State’s Miguel Coca and Colorado Mesa‘s Eddie Kurjak are the Week Five Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men’s Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week, respectively, the league announced Wednesday.
 
Men’s Track Athlete of the Week: Miguel Coca, Adams State – Sr. – Las Vegas, N.M.
Coca was a blur on the track for the Grizzlies as he ran a mile time that garnered attention from every spectator in attendance. The senior ran his mile in 4:00.31, altitude-adjusted to 3:55.08, a mark that stands as the ninth-fastest performance in NCAA Division II history. Coca was followed by teammates Romain Legendre and James Dunne, who placed second and third, respectively. Legendre (4:01.30) and Dunne (4:01.60) now hold the 17th and 18th fastest mile performances in NCAA DII history. Not only did Coca etch his name in the NCAA record books, but he also recorded the fastest mile performance in the history of Albuquerque, N.M., edging the city’s previous record holder and 1500-meter world champion, Josh Kerr. The Grizzlies will be back in action on Saturday, Feb. 2, at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic in Albuquerque, N.M.
 
Honorable Mention: Ryan Clapper, Chadron State; Teo Casados, Colorado Mesa; Daniel Beam, CSU Pueblo; Brady Burrough, Fort Lewis; Ty Schauer, MSU Denver; Jagger Zlotoff, UCCS; John Houdeshell, Western Colorado.
 
Men’s Field Athlete of the Week: Eddie Kurjak, Colorado Mesa – Jr. – Longmont, Colo.
Kurjak claims his second RMAC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week honor of the season after an impressive outing in Golden, Colo., over the weekend. The junior broke a long-standing high jump record at Steinhauer Fieldhouse and a Colorado Mesa record with a leap of 2.20 meters. His record-setting mark now leads the RMAC by 10 centimeters (3 inches) and is tied for the second-best jump in all of Division II this season. Kurjak also set a personal record and NCAA provisional qualifying effort of 7.33 meters in the long jump, moving up to second all-time in Colorado Mesa program history. The junior has now set NCAA qualifying marks in all three jumping events this year and currently leads the RMAC in both high and triple jumps this season.
 
Honorable Mention: Brett Glaser, Black Hills State; Morgan Fawver, Chadron State; Hunter Potrykus, Colorado School of Mines; Keith McInnis, CSU Pueblo; Brandon Simpson, MSU Denver; Richard Safoh, UCCS.