SPEARFISH, S.D. – The Colorado State University Pueblo Men and Women's Indoor Track & Field teams opened the 2024 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Indoor Championships on Friday with strong performances.

The men's team sits in third place with 23 points, trailing the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs who sits in second place with 33.33 points, and Colorado School of Mines who leads with 71 points.

The women's team sits in fifth place with 18 points. UCCS sits in second place with 35 points, while Mines leads the women's events with 80 total points.

Head Coach Matt Morris and Throwers Coach Adam Lufkin alluded before the meet that the throwers would lead the charge into the conference championship did they ever live up to it.

Friday afternoon was spearheaded by grad student All-American Justin Jenks (Helena, Mont./Helena Capital) and by junior thrower Olivia Mikaelian (Albuquerque, N.M./El Dorado) who both broke school records, personal records, and became RMAC Champions on Friday in the weight throw.

Jenks threw a 19.55 in the weight throw to win the RMAC Championship, while Mikaelian threw an 18.41 to take home the weight throw RMAC Championship on the women's side.

 The men's distance medley relay team also had a strong showing as they finished second with a time of 10:10.173. Junior Kaleb Beloy (Anchorage, Alaska/South Anchorage), freshman Grant Young (Dallas, Texas/Shelton), freshman Nathaniel Swalley (Colorado Springs, Colo./Fountain-Fort Carson), and freshman Jon Sweepe (Peoria, Ariz./Liberty) brought home eight points for the Pack on the second place showing.

On the women's side of the distance medley, CSU Pueblo had another strong showing as they finished third with a time of 11:58.360. Junior Camille Renou (Chalonnes, France/AS Saint-Barthelemy), sophomore Gabrielle Dunich (Pueblo, Colo./Pueblo Central), sophomore Jadyn Herron-Jonap (Queen Creek, Ariz./Casteel), and junior Margot Thomas-Gatel (France/Notre Dame Les Oiseaux) scored six points for the Pack with the third place showing.

CSU Pueblo was also able to get a strong performance out of Sophomore Mary Scoggins (Rangely, Colo./Rangely) in the 800-meter pentathlon finals as she finished second with a time of 2:25.791.

UP NEXT FOR THE PACK
CSU Pueblo gears up for Day Two of the Indoor Championships as events begin at 8:00 AM on the campus of Black Hills State University and the Donald E Young Center. Fans can watch on the RMAC Network and can keep up with live results HERE.