By: Cody Bush, Associate Commissioner / Strategic Communications

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Colorado Mesa University sophomore distance runner Chase Brown is the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Summit Award winner, the league announced Sunday during the 2025 RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
 
Brown, a Bloomingdale, Michigan product, entered the championship with a 4.00 grade-point average as a civil engineering major at Colorado Mesa. He was selected to compete in the 1500 and 5000-meter events at this year’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Earlier this year, he was the Summit Award winner for Men’s Indoor Track & Field.
 
The RMAC’s Summit Award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA competing at the finals site of their respective sport’s championship. Summit Award winners must have competed in 20 percent of available competitions throughout the current season. All GPAs are based on a straight grading scale to ensure consistency among nominees. All ties are broken by the total number of credit hours completed through the most recently concluded semester.
 
To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must be sophomores or above and have participated in their sport at their institution for at least two years. They must also be active members of their teams and travel to and compete at the RMAC championship event.
 
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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