By: Cody Bush, Associate Commissioner / Strategic Communications
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Colorado School of Mines won both the men’s and women’s team titles at Metropolitan State University Denver’s Roadrunner Invitational on Saturday behind redshirt junior Paul Knight and redshirt senior Jenna Ramsey-Rutledge’s performances, who claimed the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s Cross Country Runners of the Week awards, Wednesday.
Ramsey-Rutledge also was the USTFCCCA NCAA Division II National Athlete of the Week after winning the women’s 6-kilometer competition at the Roadrunner Invitational with a course record time. Knight was the top collegiate finisher in the men’s 8-kilometer event.
Men’s Runner of the Week
Paul Knight, Colorado School of Mines (RJr., Durango, Colorado)
Knight powered Colorado School of Mines to a dominating team title at the Roadrunners Invitational Saturday, leading all collegiate runners with a time of 24:26.9. That mark was third, trailing only two professional runners. The Orediggers scored 20 points in the event and won y an impressive 77 points.
Honorable Mention: Gavin Kuhlenbeck, Black Hills State; Wyatt Bly, Chadron State; Kameron Eustace, CSU Pueblo; Noel Lopez, MSU Denver; James Kurui, New Mexico Highlands; Tristan Enders, South Dakota Mines
Women’s Runner of the Week
Jenna Ramsey-Rutledge, Colorado School of Mines (RSr., Hutchinson, Kansas)
Ramsey-Rutledge, who also was the USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week, made quite the statement at the Roadrunners Invitational Saturday, running a 20:59.0 to break the course record and win the 6K race against a field that included five nationally-ranked Division II teams and a nationally-ranked Division I squad. Behind her first-place finish, which saw her cross the line 28.8 seconds ahead of the next close competitor, Colorado School of Mines won the team title by six points against nationally-ranked Division I Colorado.
Honorable Mention: Sylvia Brown, Black Hills State; Samantha Rodewald, Chadron State; Kirstin Williams, Colorado Mesa; Mia Salas, MSU Denver; Summer Abeyta, New Mexico Highlands; Rachel Richtman, University of Colorado Colorado Springs.
About the RMAC
The RMAC is a premier NCAA Division II conference located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with 15 member schools. The RMAC sponsors 22 varsity NCAA sports and has produced 65 NCAA Division II national champions and 52 national runners-up since 1992.
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