Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Outdoor T&F Preseason Release | March 25, 2015 1SJNBSZ$POUBDU&SJD%BOOFS "TTPDJBUF$PNNJTTJPOFSt&NBJMFEBOOFS!SNBDQPSUTPSHt4FDPOEBSZ$POUBDU,BMFC$FOUFS %JSFDUPSPG.FEJB3FMBUJPOTt&NBJMLDFOUFS!SNBDTQPSUTPSH 2015 RMAC Men’s Outdoor TF 2015 RMAC Women’s Outdoor TF Preseason Coaches Poll Preseason Coaches Poll ‘14 RMAC ‘14 RMAC # School (1st Pl. Votes) Pts Finish # School (1st Pl. Votes) Pts Finish 1. Western State Colorado (8) 98 3rd 1. New Mexico Highlands (9) 141 2nd 2. Adams State (1) 86 1st 2. Adams State (3) 131 1st 3. Colorado Mines (1) 82 2nd 3. Western State Colorado 114 4th 4. Chadron State (1) 79 4th 4. Chadron State (1) 111 3rd 5. CSUPueblo 63 - 5. CSUPueblo 97 6th 6. Black Hills State 54 5th 6. Colorado Mines 88 9th 7. Colorado Mesa 49 6th 7. Colorado Mesa 86 5th 8. MSU Denver 33 7th 8. MSU Denver 63 10th 9. UCCS 25 8th 9. Black Hills State 62 7th 10. South Dakota Mines 24 - 10. UCCS 48 8th 11. Colorado Christian 12 - 11. Colorado Christian 26 - South Dakota Mines 26 - Coaches can’t vote for their own athletes or teams. This is SDSM&T’s 13. Fort Lewis 21 - rst year in the RMAC. This is CSUPueblo and Colorado Christian’s rst Coaches can’t vote for their own athletes or teams. This is SDSM&T’s year with men’s outoor track & eld. rst year in the RMAC. This is Fort Lewis’ and Colorado Christian’s rst year with women’s outdoor track & eld. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Western State Colorado is picked to win the RMAC in Men’s Outdoor Track & Field while New Mexico Highlands is the coaches’ choice for Women’s Track & Field for the 2015 season. On the men’s side, the Mountaineers captured the RMAC Men’s Indoor Track & Field championship in February. WSCU has not won the men’s outdoor title since 1999. Adams State, the fourtime defending RMAC men’s outdoor champions, and NCAA DII Men’s Indoor Track & Field champions are picked second. Highlands will be looking for their rst ever RMAC track & eld title, and feature the Women’s Preseason Athlete of the Year in Salcia Slack. Eleventime defending RMAC champion Adams State is picked second. CSUPueblo will host the RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships May 13 at the Neta and Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl. RMAC Men’s Preseason RMAC Women’s Preseason Outdoor TF Athlete of the Year Outdoor TF Athlete of the Year Tabor Stevens Salcia Slack Adams State New Mexico Highlands Graduate Student Senior Canon City, Colorado (Canon City HS) Kingston, Jamaica The defending national champion in the 3000m Slack won the pentathlon at the NCAA DII indoor steeplechase, an event in which Stevens set a championships in Birmingham, Ala., earlier this national record. He was also second in the 5K to month, nished second in the 60m hurdles and teammate Kevin Batt at the NCAA DII outdoor fourth in the triple jump. She is the defending championships in 2014. Last fall, Stevens won NCAA DII outdoor national champion in the hep- his second straight NCAA DII national title in cross country. tathlon and long jump. Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Preseason All-RMAC Team Preseason All-RMAC Team Alec Baldwin, Black Hills State (Jr., Spirit Lake, Iowa Distance) Shelby Bozner, Chadron State (Jr., Rock Springs, Wyo. Multi) Kevin Batt, Adams State (Sr., Sydney, Australia Distance) Chloe Gustafson, Colorado Mines (Jr., Lincoln, Neb. Distance) Chaz Butler, Adams State (Jr., Aurora, Colo. Sprints ) Breanna Hemming, MSU Denver (Sr., Kiowa, Colo. Mid Distance) Chris Cutcher, Chadron State (So., Colo. Springs, Colo. Multi) Mel Herl, Chadron State (Jr., Eaton, Colo. Throws) Bennie Kirkwood, Western State ( Sr., Ventura, Calif. High Jump) Lauren Martin, Adams State (Sr., Alamosa, Colo. Distance) Seun Ogunmodede, Colo. Mines (Sr., Castle Rock, Colo. Jumps) Shanice McPherson, N.M. Highlands (So., Manchester, Jamaica Multi) Damarcus Simpson, Chadron State (Fr., Lafayette, Ga. Jumps) Stachia Reuwsaat, Chadron State (So., Black Hawk, S.D. Sprints) # Tabor Stevens, Adams State (Gr., Canon City, Colo. Distance) Whitney Rowe, Colorado Mesa (Sr., Burnaby, B.C. Sprints) Patrick Weaver, Colorado Mines (So., Hugoton, Kan. Sprints) # Salcia Slack, N.M. Highlands (Sr., Kingston, Jamaica Multi) Derrick Williams, CSU-Pueblo (So., Columbia Falls, Mont. Mid) Sunayna Wahi, Adams State (Jr., Paramaribo, Suriname Sprints) StudentAthletes are listed in alphabetical order StudentAthletes are listed in alphabetical order # preseason outdoor track & eld athlete of the year # preseason outdoor track & eld athlete of the year "VTUJO#MVGGT1BSLXBZt4VJUFt$PMPSBEP4QSJOHT $PMP.