By: Cody Bush, Associate Commissioner / Strategic Communications

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Adams State University senior Ava O’Connor is the 2025 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Women’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year, the league announced Tuesday, along with the other major award winners and the All-RMAC roster.

New Mexico Highlands’ sophomore Rojrika Campbell is the 2025 Track Athlete of the Year after also winning the Dr. Randy Rhine Women’s Outdoor Track Performer of the Meet at this year’s RMAC Championships. Colorado School of Mines’ Emily LaMena is the league’s Freshman Track & Field Athlete of the Year. University of Colorado Colorado Springs head coach Ross Fellows, who led both the men’s and women’s teams to RMAC titles, is the Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year.

The RMAC awards are selected and voted on by the league’s 15 women’s outdoor track & field head coaches. Coaches are not permitted to vote for their players.

O’Connor, from  Emo, Ireland, is the RMAC Track Athlete of the Year after posting Division II’s best times in the 1,500-meter run and the 3,000-meter Steeplechase and the third-best time in the 5,000-meter run. She is scheduled to compete in both the 3,000-meter Steeplechase and 5,000-meter run at this week’s NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

Campbell, of  St Elizabeth, Jamaica, posted the RMAC’s best marks in the long jump and triple jump this season and was selected to compete in the triple jump at the National Championships this week. At the RMAC Championships, she was the Dr. Randy Rhine Women’s Outdoor Track Performer of the Meet after winning both the long jump (5.94m, 19’ 6”) and triple jump (12.19m, 40’ 0”) and finishing second in the high jump with a personal best of 1.67m (5’ 5¾”). During the outdoor season, she won the triple jump three times and the long jump twice.

LaMena, a Huntington, New York product, won the 3,000-meter Steeplechase at the RMAC Championships by more than 14 seconds. She also set a personal best three weeks earlier at the Stanford Invitational. Her 10:21.58 is the seventh-best time in Division II this season, earning her a spot at the National Championships.

Fellows, in his ninth season leading the UCCS track and field program, led the Mountain Lions to their fifth RMAC Outdoor Track and Field Championship in the past six championships. UCCS will have four individuals competing in the Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships this week, led by senior Anna Fauske, who is set to compete in the 10,000-meter and 5,000-meter runs, junior Savannah Jorgens in the hammer throw, senior Victoria Malaki in the discus throw, and senior Rachel Richtman in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase.

Ninety-six individuals earned All-RMAC recognition for 130 total honors, with 14 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: Women’s Outdoor Track & Field

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

Adams State (7/8)

Isila Apkup, (First Team) 4x400-meter relay;
Fiona Hawkins, (Second Team) 1500-meter run;
Lieke Hoogsteen, (First Team) 4x400-meter relay;
Clara Keddy, (Second Team) 800-meter run;
Lauren O'Campo, (First Team) Javelin;
Alese Sartain, (First Team) 400-meter dash, 4x400-meter relay;
Jessica Simon, (First Team) 4x400-meter relay;

Black Hills State (2/2)

Kendall Tietjen, (Second Team) 400-meter hurdles;
Erin Weibel, (First Team) Pole Vault;

Chadron State (1/1)

Camila Salvucci, (Second Team) Triple Jump;

Colorado Christian (2/2)

Shannon King, (Second Team) 3,000-meter Steeplechase;
Ashley Vil, (Second Team) Triple Jump;

Colorado Mesa (11/15)

Serenity Burnett-Perry, (Second Team) 4x100-meter relay;
Megan Hodges, (Second Team) 5000-meter run;
Gaby Horton, (First Team) 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, (Second Team) 4x100-meter relay;
Sylvia Johansen, (Second Team) 4x100-meter relay;
Kylie Mayer, (Second Team) Discus;
Kammi Merritt, (Second Team) 4x100-meter relay, 400-meter hurdles;
Brooke Miller, (First Team) 800-meter run;
Atahlia Mills, (Second Team) 100-meter hurdles;
Christina Palmer, (Second Team) Shot Put;
Kaitlyn Pearson, (First Team) Heptathlon, (Second Team) 100-meter hurdles;
Katie Thomson, (Second Team) Heptathlon;

Colorado School of Mines (17/20)

Avary Catchings, (First Team) 800-meter run;
Arabella Chen, (Second Team) Pole Vault;
Allison Comer, (First Team) 400-meter hurdles;
Abigail Gillespie, (First Team) Hammer Throw;
Aani Hardesty, (First Team) 400-meter hurdles;
Lexi Herr, (Second Team) 5000-meter run;
Taylor Hindman, (Second Team) Pole Vault;
Jennifer Jarnagin, (First Team) Hammer Throw;
Claire Kintzley, (First Team) Triple Jump;
Emily LaMena, (First Team) 3,000-meter Steeplechase;
Callen Nash , (Second Team) 10,000-meter run;
Kitt Rupar, (First Team) Discus, Shot Put (Second Team) Hammer Throw;
Jenna Ramsey-Rutledge, (First Team) 5000-meter run;
Grace Strongman, (First Team) 1500-meter run;
Lisa Sutherland, (First Team) Heptathlon;
Dale Thompson, (First Team) Pole Vault;
Avery Wright, (First Team) Heptathlon, 100-meter hurdles;

CSU Pueblo (11/15)

Helen Braybrook, (First Team) 1500-meter run;
Janise Everett, (First Team) 400-meter dash;
Jadyn Herron, (First Team) 1500-meter run;
Katherine Higgins, (First Team) Shot Put, Discus;
Leah Keisler, (First Team) 800-meter run;
Sarah Renberg, (Second Team) 10,000-meter run;
Camille Renou, (Second Team) 3,000-meter Steeplechase;
Kyla Ruzich, (Second Team) Heptathlon;
Mary Scoggins, (Second Team) Heptathlon;
Margot Thomas, (First Team) 3,000-meter Steeplechase, (Second Team) 5000-meter run;
Febe Wessels, (First Team) Shot Put, Discus, Javelin;

Fort Lewis (1/1)

Alliyah Molina, (First Team) 10,000-meter run;

MSU Denver (3/3)

Marissa Bruno, (Second Team) 10,000-meter run;
Brooklynn Jones, (Second Team) Javelin;
Naleia Sowell, (First Team) 400-meter dash;

New Mexico Highlands (7/20)

Ashley Barrett, (First Team) 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 4x100-meter relay, (Second Team) 4x400-meter relay;
Rojrika Campbell, (First Team) Long Jump, Triple Jump, High Jump;
Patreece Clarke, (First Team) 100-meter hurdles, 4x100-meter relay, 100-meter dash;
Amoya Jameison, (Second Team) 400-meter dash, 4x400-meter relay;
Rujeko Munetsi, (First Team) 4x100-meter relay, (Second Team) 100-meter dash, 4x400-meter relay;
Chisom Obioha, (Second Team) Long Jump;
Kacian Powell, (First Team) 4x100-meter relay, 200-meter dash, (Second Team) 100-meter dash, 4x400-meter relay;

Regis (2/2)

Lindsey Cure, (First Team) Javelin;
Bryn McNair, (First Team) High Jump;

UCCS (20/28)

Audrey Brunken, (Second Team) 3,000-meter Steeplechase;
Zane Bullock , (Second Team) Long Jump, 200-meter dash;
Lilyana Delagarza, (Second Team) High Jump;
Phia Edwards , (Second Team) Pole Vault;
Anna Fauske, (First Team) 10,000-meter run, 5000-meter run;
Rachel Goodrich, (Second Team) 400-meter dash;
Chelsea Howard, (Second Team) Long Jump;
Savannah Jorgens, (First Team) Hammer Throw, (Second Team) Shot Put;
Danaya Kinnard, (First Team) Long Jump, (Second Team) 200-meter dash;
Victoria Malaki, (Second Team) Discus, Hammer Throw;
Madissyn Moore, (First Team) Long Jump;
Kseniya Nikanorov, (First Team) 10,000-meter run;
Dyanna Parra, (Second Team) Javelin;
Brooke Peterson, (First Team) Pole Vault;
Rachel Richtman, (First Team) 3,000-meter Steeplechase;
Dallis Robinson, (Second Team) High Jump;
Payton Rodgers, (First Team) Triple Jump, (Second Team) 100-meter hurdles;
Krissie Sanders, (First Team) 100-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles;
Olivia Sargent, (Second Team) 800-meter run;
Bailey Young, (Second Team) Shot Put, Hammer Throw;

Western Colorado (10/11)

Emma Alford, (Second Team) Triple Jump;
Allison Beasley, (First Team) 5000-meter run;
Samantha Bretz, (Second Team) High Jump;
Emma Kjellsen, (Second Team) 1500-meter run;
Nykole Meshew, (First Team) High Jump;
Kelia Portis, (Second Team) 400-meter hurdles;
Katrina Trahan, (Second Team) Discus;
Nellie Wartanian, (Second Team) 200-meter dash, 100-meter dash;
Peyton Weiss, (Second Team) 800-meter run;
Lauren Willson, (Second Team) 1500-meter run;

Westminster (2/2)

Alivia Preston, (Second Team) 400-meter dash;
Sophia Prieto, (Second Team) Javelin.