COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado School of Mines’ Jenna Ramsey-Rutledge and Colorado Mesa University’s Kealea Gibson have been named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week, earning the third weekly honors of the season, presented by Genesee Nutrition. 
 
Track Athlete of the Week
Jenna Ramsey-Rutledge, Colorado School of Mines (Redshirt Senior, Hutchinson, Kansas) 
 
Ramsey-Rutledge delivered the second-fastest 10,000-meter run time in NCAA Division II history, clocking a time of 32:24.23 at the Stanford Invitational while competing against top Division I talent. She now owns both the No. 2 and No. 3 performances in the event in Division II. Ramsey-Rutledge smashed her previous Oredigger and RMAC record 10,000-meter time of 32:31.16 and currently holds a 46-second gap between her and the rest of the nation’s top runners. 
 
Others Nominated: Tristian Spence, Adams State; Evie Boyd, Black Hills State; Janelle Deboer, Colorado Christian; Brooke Miller, Colorado Mesa; CSU Pueblo 4x400 Relay; Odone Omofoma, MSU Denver; Allie Braney, Regis; Kat Tvrdy, South Dakota Mines; Molly Breuer, UCCS; Myia Dantzler, Western Colorado.
 
Field Athlete of the Week
Kealea Gibson, Colorado Mesa (Senior, Green River, Wyoming) 
 
Gibson recorded a series of three career-best clearances on her way to a winning mark of 1.70 meters (5-7) in the high jump at the High Desert Dental Maverick Invitational, hosted by Colorado Mesa. Her clearance currently leads the RMAC and is her first career NCAA provisional qualifying height. She ranks in a tie for seventh on the national performance list. Gibson also moved into second place in program history, trailing only multiple-time All-American Josie Coffey who holds the record with a mark of 1.81 meters (5-11.25) set in 2022.

Others Nominated: Gretchen Adamski, Black Hills State; Taylor Hindman, Colorado School of Mines; Keturah Templeman, CSU Pueblo; Adisyn Schenck, South Dakota Mines; Savannah Jorgens, UCCS; Gaby Huggins, 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.