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

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. –  Colorado School of Mines’ 4x400-meter relay team and Jenni Jarnagin are the Week 2 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week, presented by Genesee Nutrition. 
 
Track Athlete of the Week
4x400-meter Relay, Colorado School of Mines (Aani Hardesty, Elizabeth Prescott, Imani Fernandez-Gorbea, Violet Williams)
 
Colorado School of Mines 4x400-meter relay team set a new program record with a time of 3:43.38 at the Chuck Haering Classic in Pueblo, Colorado, winning the event with by nearly two seconds over second place. They beat the previous record by over a second, improving from the 3:44.45 set in 2023. The squad of Hardesty, Prescott, Fernandez-Gorbea, and Williams also holds the top time in the RMAC this season and the fourth-best in Division II. 

Others Nominated: Avery Marler, Black Hills State; Hannah Schissler, Colorado Mesa; Kathryn Rust, MSU Denver; Caitie Slattery, Regis; Emily Jones, South Dakota Mines; Krissie Sanders, UCCS; Myia Dantzler, Western Colorado. 
 
Field Athlete of the Week
Jenni Jarnagin, Colorado School of Mines (Redshirt Senior, Eaton, Colorado)
 
On the first day of the Chuck Haering Classic, Jarnagin delivered a dominant performance in the hammer throw, tossing an RMAC-leading distance of 55.89 meters to win the event with a four-meter gap between her and the rest of the field. Jarnagin currently holds the best mark in the conference with a four-meter cushion between her and second place, and has the sixth best mark in Division II this season. 

Others Nominated: Lauryn Bennett, Black Hills State; Ashlyn Tapio, Chadron State; Kaiya Graves, Colorado Mesa; Adisyn Schenck, South Dakota Mines; Dallis Robinson, UCCS; Emma Alford, Western Colorado. 
 
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 71 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.