By: Cody Bush, Associate Commissioner / Strategic Communications

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado Mesa University senior Teo Casados is the 2025 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year, the league announced Monday, 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 KJ McInnis share the league’s Field Athlete of the Year honor. Colorado Mesa’s Aidan Brownell and Chadron State University’s Trace Hanchett shared the league’s Freshman Outdoor Track & Field Freshman of the Year honor. UCCS head coach Ross Fellows is the Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year after leading the Mountain Lions to their fifth consecutive RMAC title.  

Casados, a Thornton, Colorado product, was the RMAC Champion in the 100- and 200-meter dashes last month, posting a personal best in the 200-meter final, and was a member of the Mavericks’ second-place 4x100-meter relay team. He was selected to compete in the 200-meter dash at the NCAA Division II Championships this week thanks to his 20.42 mark at the RMAC Championships, which is the third-best mark in Division II this season.

Bynes, from Chadron, Nebraska, finishes his 2024-25 season as the Co-Field Athlete of the Year in both the indoor and outdoor seasons. During the RMAC Outdoor Championships, he was the winner of the long jump event and finished second in the triple jump. It capped a strong outdoor season, which saw him win both the long and triple jumps in all three competitions he entered before the RMAC Championships. He will compete in the triple jump at this week’s NCAA championships after posting the 10th-best mark in Division II (15.54m, 51’ 0”) at the Jack Christiansen Invitational in late March.

McInnis’ 2024-25 Track & Field season, capped by his Co-Field Athlete of the Year nod, included earning the Dr. Randy Rhine Performer of the Meet during both the indoor and outdoor RMAC Championships. During the outdoor championships, the Denver, Colorado, product won the high and triple jumps and finished third in the long jump. The win in the high jump completed a sweep of both the indoor and outdoor titles in the event by McInnis.

Brownell, of LaSalle, Colorado, made the finals in both the 110-meter and 400-meter hurdle events at the RMAC Championships, finishing fifth in the 400-meter event and seventh in the 110-meter competition. He closed his outdoor campaign by posting the RMAC’s fourth-best mark (52.35) in the 400 hurdles at the APU Franson Last Chance earlier this month.

Hanchett, from Philipsburg, Kansas, made his mark at the RMAC Championships with a fifth-place finish in the javelin throw. However, the freshman made a big leap in the event with an RMAC season best of 66.93m (219’ 7”) at the Loper Twilight, earning him a spot at the NCAA Division II Championships this week.

Fellows sweeps the RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year honors this season by claiming the men’s crown. He led the Mountain Lions to their fifth consecutive RMAC Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship. The UCCS men’s team will send 11 individuals to compete in six individual events and two relay competitions at this week’s NCAA Championships.

Ninety-seven individuals earned All-RMAC recognition for 130 total honors, with 12 institutions represented. 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.

2025 All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference: Men’s Outdoor Track & Field

Numbers in parentheses after team names indicates individuals recognized / total event honors.

Adams State (3/4)

Sam Dirkes, (1st Team) Shot Put, (2nd Team) Discus;
Chris Rader, (2nd Team) 100-meter dash;
Keirryse Simpson, (2nd Team) 200-meter dash.

Black Hills State (5/6)

Braden Anderson, (2nd Team) 800-meter run.
Ryan Baker, (2nd Team) Discus;
McKalester Johns, (2nd Team) Pole Vault;
Chase Maher, (1st Team) Pole Vault;
Conor McGraw, (2nd Team) Decathlon;
Trennan Pearson, (2nd Team) High Jump.

Chadron State (6/7)

Chayton Bynes, (1st Team) Long Jump, Triple Jump;
Christopher Cormier, (2nd Team) 400-meter dash;
Parker Gonser, (2nd Team) Hammer;
Trace Hanchett, (2nd Team) Javelin;
Nicquaine Henry, (2nd Team) 400-meter hurdles;
Creighton Trembly, (1st Team) 110-meter hurdles.

Colorado School of Mines (23/30)

Daniel Appleford, (2nd Team) 5000-meter run;
Aidan Bennett, (1st Team) Pole Vault;
Logan Bocovich, (2nd Team) 5000-meter run, 10,000-meter run;
Max Bonenberger, (1st Team) 3000-meter Steeplechase;
Alberto Campa, (2nd Team) 1500-meter run;
Liam Currie, (2nd Team) 400-meter dash;
Everett Delate, (1st Team) 110-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles;
Kolby Denke, (2nd Team) Javelin;
Brock Drengenberg, (2nd Team) 1500-meter run;
Dawson Gunn, (2nd Team) 10,000-meter run;
Vaughn Hafner, (2nd Team) High Jump, Decathlon;
Paul Knight, (1st Team) 5000-meter run, (2nd Team) 10,000-meter run;
Kai Miller, (2nd Team) Pole Vault;
Holden Murphy, (1st Team) Discus, Hammer, (2nd Team) Shot Put;
Andreas O'Malley, (2nd Team) 5000-meter run;
Elijah Quinby, (1st Team) 400-meter hurdles;
Franklin Rambo, (2nd Team) Shot Put;
Loic Scomparin, (1st Team) 10,000-meter run;
Alex Shaw, (1st Team) 3000-meter Steeplechase;
Nicholas Stade, (2nd Team) Decathlon;
Braden Struhs, (1st Team) 10,000-meter run;
Tim Thompson, (1st Team) 800-meter run;
Jeremiah Vaille, (1st Team) 5000-meter run, 10,000-meter run.

Colorado Mesa (9/12)

Aidan Brownell, (2nd Team) 400-meter hurdles;
Salem Brunk, (2nd Team) Triple Jump;
Teo Casados, (1st Team) 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, (2nd Team) 4x100-meter relay;
Marik Cummings, (2nd Team) 4x100-meter relay;
Quentin Hartel, (2nd Team) 4x100-meter relay;
Antone Higgs, (1st Team) Triple Jump, (2nd Team) Long Jump;
Amaris Mora, (2nd Team) 4x100-meter relay;
Seth Sherwood, (1st Team) Javelin;
Izaak Siefken, (1st Team) Javelin.

CSU Pueblo (12/18)

Moosah Alsaffar, (2nd Team) Javelin;
Tim Anstett, (2nd Team) 800-meter run, 4x400-meter relay;
Kaleb Beloy, (2nd Team) 3000-meter Steeplechase;
Xavier Freeman, (1st Team) Shot Put, Discus;
Caleb McLeod, (1st Team) 800-meter run;
Emil Meggle, (1st Team) 800-meter run, (2nd Team) 4x400-meter relay;
Lukas Moran, (1st Team) Hammer;
Reece Sharman-Newell, (1st Team) 1500-meter run, (2nd Team) 4x400-meter relay;
Tyrell Smith, (1st Team) 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, (2nd Team) 4x400-meter relay;
Jon Sweepe, (2nd Team) 1500-meter run;
Ian Thomas, (1st Team) Javelin;
Kaleb Tipton, (2nd Team) 800-meter run;
Fort Lewis (2/2)
Zachary Gaumont, (2nd Team) 100-meter dash;
Brody Hubbard, (1st Team) 1500-meter run.

MSU Denver (4/6)

Josiah Billington, (1st Team) Long Jump, (2nd Team) Triple Jump;
Kenny Greene, (1st Team) 200-meter dash, 400-meter dash;
Sean Pecenka, (2nd Team) 110-meter hurdles;
Isaiah Williams, (1st Team) High Jump.

South Dakota Mines (3/3)

Cole Dobberstein, (1st Team) 400-meter hurdles;
Merek Ranstrom, (2nd Team) 110-meter hurdles;
Aidan Thompson, (1st Team) Decathlon.

UCCS (23/35)

Dillon Arvayo, (1st Team) Decathlon;
Evan Atkin, (1st Team) Decathlon;
Logan Cole, (1st Team) 5000-meter run;
Hayden Cuevas, (2nd Team) Hammer;
Kyle Demos, (1st Team) Shot Put, Discus;
Sean Donelson, (1st Team) 4x400-meter relay, (2nd Team) 400-meter dash;
Alex Emers, (1st Team) High Jump;
Kane Fobare, (2nd Team) Shot Put;
Luke Hard, (1st Team) Hammer;
Joseph Impellitteri, (2nd Team) 3000-meter Steeplechase;
Nigel James, (2nd Team) 110-meter hurdles;
Sebastian Jean, (1st Team) 400-meter dash, 4x100-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay;
Caiden Macktinger, (1st Team) Pole Vault;
KJ McInnis, (1st Team) High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump;
Donovan Mini, (1st Team) 4x100-meter relay;
Peyton Nelson, (1st Team) 4x400-meter relay;
Daryn O'Kuragu, (1st Team) 4x100-meter relay, (2nd Team) 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash;
Michael Roberts, (2nd Team) Discus, Hammer;
Realiti Smith, (2nd Team) Triple Jump;
Kymani Sterling, (1st Team) 100-meter dash, 4x100-meter relay, (2nd Team) 200-meter dash;
Willie Tran, (2nd Team) Long Jump;
Ashton Whisler, (1st Team) 400-meter dash, 4x400-meter relay;
Jagger Zlotoff, (1st Team) 1500-meter run.

Western Colorado  (6/6)

James Duncan, (1st Team) 110-meter hurdles;
Scott Grable, (2nd Team) Long Jump;
Maximiliano Kittsteiner, (2nd Team) Pole Vault;
Kyle Partin, (2nd Team) 3000-meter Steeplechase;
Edwin Siuda, (1st Team) 3000-meter Steeplechase;
Will Stone, (2nd Team) 400-meter hurdles.

Westminster (1/1)

Brock Lloyd, (2nd Team) High Jump.