By: Cody Bush, Associate Commissioner / Strategic Communications

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Adams State University’s Romain Legendre is the 2024-25 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Year, the league announced Tuesday, along with its other major award winners and the All-RMAC roster.

Chadron State University sophomore Chayton Bynes and University of Colorado Colorado Springs senior Richard Safoh share the league’s Field Athlete of the Year honor. Adams State’s Harrison Boyd is the RMAC Freshman of the Year. Colorado School of Mines head coach Matt Sparks was selected by his peers as the league’s Coach of the Year.
The RMAC awards are selected and voted on by the league’s 13 men’s indoor track & field head coaches. Coaches are not permitted to vote for their players.

The All-RMAC Teams are based on results at the RMAC Championships, with first-, second-, and third-place finishers named First Team All-RMAC and fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-place finishers earning Second Team All-RMAC recognition. Additionally, members of the first-place relay teams earned First Team All-RMAC honors, while second-place relay teams received Second Team All-RMAC recognition.

 Ninety individuals earned All-RMAC recognition for 108 total honors. UCCS led all teams with 24 individuals earning 35 All-RMAC honors. Also earning All-RMAC honors were Adams State (13 individuals, 15 honors), Black Hills State (4/4), Chadron State (4/4), Colorado Christian (1/2), Colorado School of Mines (18/20), Colorado Mesa (4/5), CSU Pueblo (3/3), Fort Lewis (2/2), MSU Denver (5/6), South Dakota Mines (5/5), Western Colorado (7/7).

The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) named Legendre its Division II Men’s Indoor Track & Field National Athlete of the Year in March after winning both the 3,000 and 5,000-meter events at the NCAA Division II National Championships. The Carpentras, France native set Division II records in both events, completing the 3,000-meter run in 7:36.28 and the 5,000-meter run in 13:02.08.

Bynes, a Chadron, Nebraska native, finished fifth in the triple jump at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships with a leap of 15.32m (50’ 3.25”) and had the league’s top triple jump effort of the season at 15.71m (51’ 6.5”) earlier in the season. He also ranked No. 3 among the league’s long jumpers during the season.

Safoh, an Aurora, Colorado product, won the RMAC Indoor Champion in the long hump with a leap of 7.46m (24’ 5.75”) and went on to finish seventh in the event at the NCAA Division II Championships. He also added a third-place finish in the 60-meter dash and competed in the long jump at the RMAC Championship.

Boyd, from Bendigo, Australia, was the final leg on Adams State’s second-place distance medley relay team at the RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships last month. At the NCAA Division II Championships, he reached the finals of the mile run and ranked fourth among RMAC competitors in that event during the season.

Sparks completes a sweep of the RMAC Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year honors, having been named the Women’s Indoor Coach of the Year earlier. It is the third time he has won the Men’s Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year award in his 12 seasons as the Orediggers’ head coach.

2024-25 All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference: Men’s Indoor Track & Field

Adams State
Jake Beckwith, (2nd Team) 800-meter run
Awet Beraki, (1st Team) 3000-meter run
Harrison Boyd, (2nd Team) Distance Medley Relay
Julian Campos, (2nd Team) 3000-meter run
Sam Dirkes, (1st Team) Shot Put
Gavin Heyneman, (1st Team) 4x400 Relay
Oisin Lynch, (2nd Team) Distance Medley Relay
Andrew O'Keefe, (2nd Team) 800-meter run
Louis O'Loughlin, (2nd Team) Distance Medley Relay
Chris Rader, (1st Team) 4x400 Relay, (2nd Team) Distance Medley Relay
El-Mir Reale, (1st Team) 4x400 Relay, (2nd Team) 400-meter dash
Keirryse Simpson, (2nd Team) 200-meter dash
Ja'Warren Smith, (1st Team) 4x400 Relay
 
Black Hills State
Braden Anderson, (1st Team) 800-meter run
Chase Maher, (2nd Team) Pole Vault
Conor McGraw, (2nd Team) Heptathlon
Trennan Pearson, (2nd Team) High Jump
 
Chadron State
Ryan Clapper, (2nd Team) 200-meter dash
Christopher Jennings, (1st Team) Weight Throw
Keaton Mills, (2nd Team) High Jump
Creighton Trembly, (2nd Team) 60-meter Hurdles
 
Colorado Christian
Matthew Storer, (2nd Team) 3000-meter run, 5000-meter run
 
Colorado School of Mines
Daniel Appleford, (1st Team) 5000-meter run
Aidan Bennett, (1st Team) Pole Vault
Logan Bocovich, (1st Team) 5000-meter run
Max Bonenberger, (2nd Team) 3000-meter run
Alberto Campa , (1st Team) 3000-meter run
Everett Delate, (1st Team) 60-meter Hurdles
Brock Drengenberg, (1st Team) Mile Run
Jonah Fallon, (1st Team) 400-meter dash
Dawson Gunn, (2nd Team) 5000-meter run
Noah Kelly, (2nd Team) Pole Vault
Paul Knight, (2nd Team) 5000-meter run
Holden Murphy, (1st Team) Weight Throw, (2nd Team) Shot Put
Hunter Potrykus, (1st Team) Pole Vault
Elijah Quinby, (2nd Team) 400-meter dash
Franklin Rambo, (1st Team) Shot Put
Loic Scomparin, (1st Team) 3000-meter run, 5000-meter run
Nicholas Stade, (1st Team) Heptathlon
Tim Thompson, (1st Team) 800-meter run
 
Colorado Mesa
Aidan Brownell, (2nd Team) 60-meter Hurdles
Salem Brunk, (1st Team) Triple Jump
Marik Cummings, (2nd Team) 60-meter dash
Antone Higgs, (1st Team) Long Jump, (2nd Team) Triple Jump
 
CSU Pueblo
Tyrell Smith, (2nd Team) 60-meter dash
Jon Sweepe, (1st Team) Mile Run
Kaleb Tipton, (1st Team) 800-meter run
 
Fort Lewis
Zachary Gaumont, (1st Team) 60-meter dash
Payton Whitehead, (2nd Team) 800-meter run
 
MSU Denver
Josiah Billington, (2nd Team) Long Jump
Kenny Greene, (1st Team) 200-meter dash, (2nd Team) 400-meter dash
Perry Guidry, (2nd Team) Triple Jump
Sean Pecenka, (2nd Team) 60-meter Hurdles
Isaiah Williams, (1st Team) High Jump
 
South Dakota Mines
Augustus Fink, (2nd Team) Weight Throw
Cooper Stevens, (2nd Team) Shot Put
Cole Storlie, (2nd Team) Pole Vault
Aidan Thompson, (2nd Team) Heptathlon
Michael Thompson, (2nd Team) High Jump
 
UCCS
Dillon Arvayo, (2nd Team) Heptathlon
Evan Atkin, (1st Team) Heptathlon
Hayden Cuevas, (2nd Team) Weight Throw
Brett Davis, (1st Team) Distance Medley Relay, (2nd Team) Mile Run
Kyle Demos, (1st Team) Shot Put
Sean Donelson, (2nd Team) 4x400 Relay
Alex Emers, (2nd Team) High Jump
Kane Fobare, (2nd Team) Shot Put
Joey Hamilton, (1st Team) Distance Medley Relay
Luke Hard, (1st Team) Weight Throw
Thorben Hast, (1st Team) Heptathlon
Joseph Impellitteri, (2nd Team) Mile Run
Nigel James, (1st Team) 60-meter Hurdles, (2nd Team) 4x400 Relay
Sebastian Jean, (1st Team) 200-meter dash, 400-meter dash
Caiden Macktinger, (1st Team) Pole Vault
KJ McInnis, (1st Team) High Jump, Triple Jump, (2nd Team) Long Jump
Peyton Nelson, (1st Team) Distance Medley Relay, (2nd Team) 4x400 Relay
Daryn O'Kuragu, (1st Team) 200-meter dash, (2nd Team) 60-meter dash
Michael Roberts, (2nd Team) Weight Throw
Richard Safoh, (1st Team) 60-meter dash, Long Jump
Realiti Smith, (2nd Team) Triple Jump
Kymani Sterling, (1st Team) 60-meter dash, (2nd Team) 200-meter dash
Ashton Whisler, (1st Team) 400-meter dash, (2nd Team) 4x400 Relay
Jagger Zlotoff, (1st Team) Mile Run, Distance Medley Relay
 
Western Colorado
James Duncan, (1st Team) 60-meter Hurdles
Torrin Franklin, (2nd Team) High Jump
Scott Grable, (2nd Team) Long Jump
Zac Grable, (1st Team) High Jump
John Houdeshell, (2nd Team) Mile Run
Nolan Kemper, (1st Team) Triple Jump
Cullen McReynolds, (1st Team) Long Jump