By: A.J. Vazquez, Strategic Communications & Marketing Intern

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Megan Hodges earns the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week award after leading all Division II and RMAC runners at the Roadrunner Invitational, hosted by Metropolitan State University Denver.  

The redshirt senior finished the competition in third place with a 6k time of 21:58.09, narrowing in on her personal best of 21:58.07 from last year’s RMAC Cross Country Championship. This is her second top five performance this season, with her first coming from the Gig Leadbetter Maverick Stampede on September 5. Hodges led the Mavericks to a strong second place finish among nationally ranked and Division I opponents.   

Colorado Mesa next competes on October 11 at the Lewis Crossover Invite in Romeoville, Illinois, and will be their final competition before the 2025 RMAC Cross Country Championship in Colorado Springs on October 25.  

Others Nominated: Evie Boyd, Black Hills State; Avary Catchings, Colorado School of Mines; Allie Braney, Regis; Lundi Ferrier, South Dakota Mines; Audrey Brunken, UCCS.  

About the RMAC 

The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, headquartered in Colorado Springs, is a premier NCAA Division II conference with 15 institutions located in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Utah. The RMAC currently competes in 22 NCAA Division II sports and has earned 67 national championships and 53 national runners-up since 1992. Founded in 1909, the RMAC is the most historic athletic conference in the western United States and Division II. 

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