Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Indoor Track & Field Men’s Week 2 Release | January 21, 2015 Primary Contact: Kaleb Center, Director of Media Relations • E-mail: [email protected] • Secondary Contact: Laila Wani • E-mail: [email protected] Track Athlete of the Week Field Athlete of the Week Alec Baldwin Austin Roup Black Hills State Colorado Mines Junior/Distance Senior/Throws Spirit Lake, Iowa / Spirit Lake-Park HS Littleton, Colo./Dakota Ridge HS Baldwin competed in two meets the last two weeks. Roup marked his second provisional in the weight On Jan. 10 he won the 3000-meter run in 8:15.33, a throw, finishing as the top Division II thrower and fifth time that ranks first in the nation. This past Saturday, of 17 overall at the Potts Indoor Invitational at 56- Baldwin ran the mile and dominated the race in a 11.50 (17.36m). The school record holder in the event, time of 4:09.7, a mark ranking second in the RMAC Roup leads the RMAC and ranks 10th in Division II and fourth in the NCAA. Both times are provisional NCAA qualifying with a toss of 60-2.5 (18.35m) at the Alumni Open in December. marks. Honorable Mention RMAC Athletes of the Week Track January 21 Carson Aberle, UCCS Track: Alec Baldwin, BHSU Patrick Weaver, CSM Field: Austin Roup, CSM Field Jacob Johnson, BHSU December 17 Zach Baxter, ASU Track: Patrick Weaver, CSM Field: Seun Ogunmodede, CSM Upcoming Meets Jan. 23-24 CSM Twilight Open All Day Colorado Mesa, Colorado Mines, CSU-Pueblo, UCCS Air Force Invitational All Day Adams State, MSU Denver, Western State Jan. 24 ASU Open All Day Adams State 2014-15 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Qualifiers RMAC Men’s Automatic Qualifiers NAME SCHOOL CL. EVENT TIME/DISTANCE RMAC Men’s Provisional Qualifiers NAME SCHOOL CL. EVENT TIME/DISTANCE Chaz Butler Adams State Junior 60-Meter Dash 6.78 Jurgen Themen Adams State Junior 60-Meter Dash 6.80 Kossi Tchenawou Western State Freshman 60-Meter Dash 6.90 Patrick Weaver Colorado Mines Sophomore 800-Meter Run 1:50.04 Garrett Hoch Colorado Mines Senior 800-Meter Run 1:51.40 Derrick Williams CSU-Pueblo Sophomore Mile 4:08.87 Alec Baldwin Black Hills State Junior Mile 4:09.70 Adam Sinda Western State Senior Mile 4:11.27 Dawid Konieczek Western State Sophomore Mile 4:11.70 Alec Baldwin Black Hills State Junior 3000-Meter Run 8:15.33 Phil Schneirder Colorado Mines Junior 5000-Meter Run 14:08.80 Ian Butler Western State Senior 5000-Meter Run 14:11.94 Chris Cutcher Chadron State Sophomore 60-Meter Hurdles 8.21 Bennie Kirkwood Western State Senior High Jump 7-0.25 (2.14m) Justin Bethea Adams State Senior High Jump 6-10.75 (2.10m) Tristan Anastas SD Mines Freshman High Jump 6-8 (2.03m) Luke Arnold Western State Senior Pole Vault 15-7.75 (4.77m) Harley Korte CSU-Pueblo Freshman Pole Vault 15-5 (4.70m) Colton Berkery Western State Senior Pole Vault 15-5 (4.70m) Skylar Hoopes Chadron State Junior Pole Vault 15-5 (4.70m) Seun Ogunmodede Colorado Mines Senior Long Jump 24-8.25 (7.52m) Damarcus Simpson Chadron State Freshman Long Jump 24-8.25 (7.52m) Ron Sweeten CSU-Pueblo Freshman Long Jump 23-5.5 (7.15m) Dezant Burks Colorado Mesa Freshman Long Jump 23-3.25 (7.09m) TJ Frison Western State Senior Long Jump 23-2 (7.06m) Zach Baxter Adams State Junior Shot Put 54-7.5 (16.65m) Kyle McArthy Chadron State Senior Shot Put 52-2 (15.90m) Jonathan Millar Adams State Sophomore Shot Put 51-11.25 (15.83m) Austin Roup Colorado Mines Junior Weight Throw 60-2.5 (18.35m) Jacob Hollister Colorado Mines Junior Weight Throw 56-8.75 (17.29m) 2014-15 RMAC Indoor Track & Field Preseason 2014-15 RMAC Men’s Indoor T&F 2014-15 RMAC Women’s Indoor T&F Preseason Coaches Poll Preseason Coaches Poll ‘14 RMAC ‘14 RMAC # School (1st Pl. Votes) Pts Finish # School (1st Pl. Votes) Pts Finish 1. Adams State (9) 81 1st 1. Adams State (11) 121 1st 2. Chadron State (1) 68 2nd 2. New Mexico Highlands (1) 104 3rd 3. Colorado Mines 65 4th 3. Western State Colorado 101 2nd 4. Western State Colorado 62 3rd 4. Chadron State 81 4th 5. Colorado Mesa 45 8th 5. Colorado Mines 76 8th 6. Black Hills State 36 5th 6. Colorado Mesa 70 5th 7. MSU Denver 29 7th 7. CSU-Pueblo 64 6th 8. UCCS 27 6th 8. MSU Denver 51 7th 9. CSU-Pueblo 24 - 9. Black Hills State 48 10th 10. South Dakota Mines 13 - 10. UCCS 41 9th 11. Fort Lewis 18 - Coaches can’t vote for their own runners or teams. This is SDSM&T’s 12. South Dakota Mines 17 - first year in the RMAC. This is CSUP’s first year with men’s indoor track & field. Coaches can’t vote for their own runners or teams. This is SDSM&T’s first year in the RMAC. This is Fort Lewis’ first year with women’s indoor track & field. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Adams State is picked to win the RMAC in both Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track & Field for the 2014-15 season. On the men’s side, the Grizzlies have won the last three conference titles in a row and five of their last six. ASU features three presason all-con- ference perfomers including Kevin Batt, who was selected as the RMAC Preseason Men’s Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year. In Women’s Indoor Track & Field, Adams State will be looking for their 14th RMAC title in a row. ASU has three athletes on the Preseason team. New Mexico Highlands’ Salcia Slack is picked as the Preseason Athlete of the Year. Western State will host the RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships on February 27-28 in Gunnison, Colorado. RMAC Men’s Preseason RMAC Women’s Preseason Indoor T&F Athlete of the Year Indoor T&F Athlete of the Year Kevin Batt Salcia Slack Adams State New Mexico Highlands Senior Senior Sydney, Australia Kingston, Jamaica The defending national champion in the 5K in- At the 2014 RMAC Indoor Track and Field Cham- doors, Batt is coming off a third place finish at pionships, she won the pentathlon (breaking the the NCAA DII cross country championships. He RMAC record) and triple jump while taking fifth helped ASU to their third straight NCAA team in the shot put. She went on to finish third in both cross country championship. Batt was the 2013- the pentathlon and triple jump at the NCAA Indoor 14 RMAC Men’s Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year. Championships to score 12 points to help the Cowgirls finish a pro- gram-best sixth with 22 points. Men’s Indoor Track & Field Women’s Indoor Track & Field Preseason All-RMAC Team Preseason All-RMAC Team # Kevin Batt, Adams State (Sr., Sydney, Australia - Distance) Shelby Bozner, Chadron State (Jr., Rock Springs, Wyo. - Multi) Justin Bethea, Adams State (Sr., Azusa, Calif. - High Jump) Lauren Martin, Adams State (Sr., Alamosa, Colo. - Distance) Chaz Butler, Adams State (Jr., Aurora, Colo. - Sprints) Shanice McPherson, N.M. Highlands(So., Manchester, Jamaica - Multi) Ian Butler, Western State (Sr., Lakewood, Colo. - Distance) Maura O’Brien, Adams State (Jr. Evergreen, Colo. - Mid Distance) Jon Clarke, MSU Denver (Sr., Paterson, N.J. - Sprints) Stachia Reuwsaat, Chadron State (So., Black Hawk, S.D. - Sprints) Chris Cutcher, Chadron State (So., Colo. Springs, Colo. - Hurdles) Chante Roberts, Adams State (So., Clarendon, Jamaica - Mid ) Bennie Kirkwood, Western State (Sr., Ventura, Calif. - High Jump) Whitney Rowe, Colorado Mesa (Sr., Burnaby, B.C. - Sprints) Seun Ogunmodede, Colo. Mines (Sr., Castle Rock, Colo. - Jumps) # Salcia Slack, N.M. Highlands (Sr., Kingston, Jamaica - Multi) Patrick Weaver, Colorado Mines (So., Hugoton, Kan. - Sprints) Bacall Sterling, Colorado Mesa (Jr., Chandler, Ariz. - Multi) Derrick Williams, CSU-Pueblo (So., Columbia Falls, Mont. - Mid) Kelsy Wood, Chadron State (So., Hemingford, Neb. - Multi) Student-Athletes are listed in alphabetical order Student-Athletes are listed in alphabetical order # - preseason Indoor track & field athlete of the year # - preseason Indoor track & field athlete of the year 2014-15 RMAC Indoor Track & Field Schedules ADAMS STATE UNIVERSITY COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY-PUEBLO Date Meet Location Date Meet Location Dec. 12 AFA Holiday Open USAF Academy, Colo. Dec. 12-13 CSM Alumni Open Golden, Colo. Jan. 16 Western State Opener Gunnison, Colo. Jan. 16 Western State Opener Gunnison, Colo. Jan. 22-23 Air Force Pentathalon-Heptathalon USAF Academy, Colo. Jan. 30-31 CSM Division II Invite Golden, Colo. Jan. 24 ASU Open Alamosa, Colo. Feb. 6-7 New Mexico Collegiate Classic Albuquerque, NM Jan. 30 The Shootout Gunnison, Colo. Feb. 13 GVSU Big Meet Allendale, Mich. Feb. 6-7 New Mexico Collegiate Classic Albuquerque, NM Feb. 27-28 RMAC Championships Gunnison, Colo. Feb. 13-14 Husky Invitational Seattle, Wash, Mar. 13-14 NCAA Championships Birmingham, Ala. Feb. 14 ASU NCAA Qualifier Alamosa, Colo. Feb. 27-28 RMAC Championships Gunnison, Colo. Mar. 13-14 NCAA Championships Birmingham, Ala. METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER Date Meet Location BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY Dec. 12 Air Force Holiday Open USAFA, Colo. Date Meet Location Jan. 9 Air Force All-Comers Meet USAFA, Colo. Dec. 6-7 Yellow Jacket Holiday Open Spearfish, S.D. Jan. 17 Potts Invitational Boulder, Colo. Jan. 10 Myrle Hansen Memorial Open Spearfish, S.D. Jan. 23 Air Force Invitational USAFA, Colo. Jan. 17 Dave Little Alumni Mile Spearfish, S.D. Jan. 23-24 CSM Twilight Collegiate Open Golden, Colo.