By: A.J. Vazquez, Strategic Communications & Marketing Intern
PUEBLO, Colo. – The final day of the 2026 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Chmpionship saw 15 champions, with the University of Colorado Colorado Springs claiming its second consecutive championship title.
The Mountain Lions scored 227.33 points to secure the team title, outscoring the rest of the field by more than 100 points. Their win was fueled by 17 podium finishes and five individual champions. Colorado Mesa University finished second with 107.33 points, while Colorado School of Mines placed third with 101 points.
At the conclusion of the meet, several athletes earned league honors for top performances in their respective event categories, as well as academic excellence. Madison Clause of Chadron State College earned the Summit Award, presented to the student-athlete with the highest grade-point average competing at an RMAC Championship. She also won the Indoor Summit Award earlier this year.
The Dr. Randy Rhine Track Performer of the Meet was Patreece Clarke of New Mexico Highlands, who totaled 20.5 points by winning the 100-meter hurdles with a new RMAC championship meet record of 13.02, finishing first in the 4x100-meter relay, and placing second in the 100-meter dash.
The Dr. Randy Rhine Field Performer of the Meet was New Mexico Highlands’ Rojrika Campbell, the meet’s top point scorer with 24 points. She won the long jump on day two with a final-attempt leap of 6.15 meters, followed by a victory in the triple jump with a mark of 12.51 meters, and a fifth-place finish in the high jump with a clearance of 1.62 meters.
The Freshman of the Meet honor went to Janelle Deboer, who totaled 14.25 points. She scored in the 400- and 200-meter dashes and the 4x100-meter relay, highlighted by a second-place finish in the 400-meter dash.
Krissie Sanders of UCCS broke an RMAC championship meet record in the 400-meter hurdles, finishing in 58.11 seconds to win the event.
Attention now turns to the 2026 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field National Championship in Emporia, Kansas, hosted by Emporia State University from May 21–23 for select qualifiers. The battle to qualify continues for many athletes on the cusp of making the cut, with qualifiers to be announced by the NCAA on May 12.
Awards
Dr. Randy Rhine Field Performer of the Meet: Rojrika Campbell, New Mexico Highlands
Dr. Randy Rhine Track Performer of the Meet: Patreece Clarke, New Mexico Highlands
Freshman of the Meet: Janelle Deboer, Colorado Christian
Summit Award: Madison Clause, Chadron State
RMAC Champions
4x100m Relay — New Mexico Highlands, 44.83
4x400m Relay — Colorado School of Mines, 3:43.38
100m — Ashley Barrett, New Mexico Highlands, 11.46
100m Hurdles — Patreece Clarke, New Mexico Highlands, 13.02
200m — Hannah Schissler, Colorado Mesa, 23.96
400m — Amoya Jameison, New Mexico Highlands, 54.89
400m Hurdles — Krissie Sanders, UCCS, 58.11
800m — Imani Fernandez-Gorbea, Colorado School of Mines, 2:08.91
1500m — Helen Braybrook, CSU Pueblo, 4:27.24
3000m Steeplechase — Sierra Wall, Colorado School of Mines, 10:39.31
5000m — Hannah Hartwell, Fort Lewis, 16:57.21
10000m — Kaya Pillivant, UCCS, 36:46.75
Discus Throw — Ayianna Johnson, UCCS, 47.72m
Hammer Throw — Jennifer Jarnagin, Colorado School of Mines, 54.34m
High Jump — Andrea Davis, MSU Denver, 1.70m
Javelin Throw — Keturah Templeman, CSU Pueblo, 46.98m
Long Jump — Rojrika Campbell, New Mexico Highlands, 6.15m
Pole Vault — Brooke Peterson, UCCS, 3.82m
Shot Put — Febe Wessels, CSU Pueblo, 15.29m
Triple Jump — Rojrika Campbell, New Mexico Highlands, 12.51m
Heptathlon — Maylee Thompson, UCCS<, 4962
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.
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