By: Cody Bush, Associate Commissioner / Strategic Communications

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado School of Mines successfully defended its Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men’s Indoor Track & Field Championship Saturday at Mountain Lion Fieldhouse, winning the title for the third consecutive year.
 
The Orediggers scored 140.5 points to narrowly defeat championship host University of Colorado Colorado Springs, which finished with 131.5 points. Colorado Mesa University finished third with 87 points, followed by New Mexico Highlands (78.5 points) and Colorado State University-Pueblo (71 points).
 
Colorado School of Mines' Avery Wright claimed the Dr. Randy Rhine Women’s Indoor Track Performer of the Meet after earning 22.5 points. She won the women’s indoor pentathlon (3,561 points), finished second in the 60-meter hurdles (8.59), and sixth in the women’s shot put (12.89m, 42’ 3¼”), before joining the Orediggers’ third-place 4x400 meter relay group.
 
The Orediggers scored points in 14 of the championships’ 17 events, scoring 10 or more points in five events, including a 26.5-point haul in the pole vault and 22 points in the 5,000-meter run. Colorado School of Mines had three gold medalists: Wright in the pentathlon, Hayley Rayburn in the pole vault, and Jennifer Jarnagin in the weight throw,
 
CSU Pueblo’s Helen Braybrook broke the championships’ 800-meter run record on Saturday, finishing in 2:06.97. That record joined Rayburn’s record in the pole vault from Friday.

Saturday’s Champions

Women’s Champions
60-meter hurdles: Patreece Clark, New Mexico Highlands (8.42)
60-meter dash: Ashley Barrett, New Mexico Highlands (7.36)
Mile Run: Ava O’Connor, Adams State (4:57.72)
400-meter dash: Jordan Burnett, Colorado Mesa (56.22)
800-meter dash: Helen Braybrook, CSU Pueblo (2:06.97, RMAC Championship Record)
200-meter dash: Ashley Barrett, New Mexico Highlands (24.19)
3,000-meter run: Anna Fauske, UCCS (9:44.85)
4x400-meter Relay: Adams State (3:47.87)
High Jump: Samantha Bretz, Western Colorado (1,78m, 5’ 10”)
Triple Jump: Eireann Donohoe, Western Colorado (11.83m, 38’ 9½”)
Shot Put: Katherine Higgins, Colorado School of Mines (15.42m, 50’ 7”)
 
Friday’s Champions
Women’s Champions
5,000-meter: Anna Fauske, UCCS (17:13.91)
Distance Medley Relay: CSU Pueblo (11:44.85)
Weight Throw: Jennifer Jarnagin, Colorado School of Mines (18.99m)
Pole Vault: Hayley Rayburn, Colorado School of Mines (4.28m, RMAC Championship Record)
Long Jump: Paige Cordero, UCCS (5.79m)
Indoor Pentathlon: Avery Wright, Colorado School of Mines (3,561 points)
 
 
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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