By: Anthony Moscaret, External Communications Assistant

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Jordan Staniszewski of Colorado Mesa University is the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week, being the team’s top finisher and guiding the Mavs to their first win this season for the 20th-ranked Mavs since 2015 at the High Desert Dental Maverick Cross Country Invite.

The senior captured her first collegiate win with a career-best 6K time of 21:09.5, and it was the first since the start of the 2022 season. She won the race by 36.4 seconds over teammate Autumn McQuitty as the Mavs took five of the top six spots to win over No. 5 Western Colorado, 17-45.

She is back in action at the 2026 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Women’s Cross Country Championship on Nov. 7.

Others Nominated: Clara Keddy, Adams State; Allie Braney, Regis; Kailey Winter, South Dakota Mines; Eliana Angelion, Fort Lewis; Kaley Fergus, 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.