GUNNISON, Colo.— The Colorado Mesa University indoor track and field teams combined for eight event wins, and came home from Saturday's Western Colorado University Alumni Open with yet another school-record and several new personal bests.
 
That record came in the women's weight throw as senior Danielle Pickert uncorked a throw of 15.58 meters (51 feet, 1 ½ inches) to finish as the top collegiate finisher and second overall.  Her throw easily surpassed the 3-plus year old Maverick standard of 15.18 meters (49-9.75), which had been set on Jan. 22, 2016 by Deziree Lipsett.
 
Meanwhile, Caitlin Torgerson set a career-best mark of 11.11 meters (36-5.5) to win the triple jump and assure herself of a spot in next weekend's Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships.  She also moved up a spot to sixth in Maverick indoor history with the mark. 
 
Makenzie Kroupa also bettered her No. 9 position in CMU history finishing second with a PR of 10.67 meters (35-0.25).  Lauren Hall was third at 10.48 meters (34-4.75) while Mirando Garduno took fourth at 9.95 meters (32-7.75).
 
Torgerson also shared the event win in the long jump, leaping 5.15 meters, just off her season and career-best of 5.25 (17-2.75), which ranks her 10^th in Maverick history.
 
Meanwhile, in the high jump, Sarah Cerrone cleared 1.60 meters (5-3) to take the win.
 
In the pole vault, the Mavericks had three of the top four finishers with Gabriella Casey finishing second with a clearance of 3.45 meters (11-3.75) to finish just ahead of Spencer Elder (3.30m/10-10) and Morgan Badgley (3.00m/9-10).
 
On the track, the Mavericks celebrated a 60-meter win by Jazmyne Reining, who finished in a career-best 7.97 seconds.  Madi Bottin also ran, finishing seventh in 8.24.
 
Reining (26.33) and Bottin (27.94) also competed in the 200, taking fourth and seventh, respectively.
 
In the distance events, Abby Oglesby took third in the 800 at 2:26.61 while Kendra Eickleberry was fourth in 2:39.72.  Mary McCullough finished sixth in the mile (6:00.33) while Kenzie Mente placed eighth in 6:15.60.
 
Melissa Anderson was fourth in the 5,000 meters in 20:07.48 while teammate Lindsay Parsons finished fifth in 20:59.41.   Anderson now ranks seventh in program history.
 
Notably, Maverick school-record holder and 2018 NCAA Division II Championship qualifier Mekayla Winchester won the 60-meter hurdles in 8.72 seconds.  She was competing unattached and has redshirted this season.
 
The Maverick men also picked up a couple of wins on the track as freshman Max Carter-Kemp improved his No. 2 position in school history in the 400 meters with a time of 50.28 seconds.  Casey Sharpe (51.74) and Will Schmidt (51.98) also finished in the top eight.
 
The Mavs also went 1-2 in the 5,000 with Mako Watanabe claiming his first career indoor win in 16:21.47 ahead of Luke Spitz (16:27.15).  Hunter Thompson (17:16.34) and Mark Testa (17:21.82) were sixth and seventh, respectively.
 
Elsewhere, Ty Grant finished fourth in the 60 meters at 7.19 seconds while Jared Ammon took second in the 200 at 22.80 to move up to sixth in program history.  Sharpe was 10^th in 23.43 in that event.
 
Jacob Valdez was the lone Maverick in the 800.  He finished eighth in 2:07.83.  Jerod Kuhn finished third in the mile with a time of 4:31.27 while Tony Torres finished right behind in 4:33.30.
 
Walker Rudolph finished third in the 3,000 meters at 9:43.97.
 
Andy Bowles won the high jump with a season-best clearance of 1.97 meters (6-5.50) and also ran the 60-meter hurdles in 8.53 seconds to finish fifth as the Mavs' lone contestant in that event.
 
Already assured of a chance to defend his NCAA Division II Championship as an automatic qualifier, Nolan Ellis also won for the second straight week and third team in four meets this season, clearing 5.21 meters (17-1) to take the pole vault while Riley Ellsworth finished ninth at 3.61 meters (11-10) in just his second meet of his collegiate career.
 
In the throwing events, Marshall McKown finished second in the weight throw with a heave of 16.24 meters (53-3.5), just a centimeter off his season-best.  Angel Bautista was right behind, taking third at 16.13 meters (52-11), a substantial PR.  Ethen Besier also claimed a top five finish, taking fifth at 14.95 meters (49-0.75).
 
McKown also finished fifth in the shot put at 14.01 meters (45-11.75).
 
In the team scores, the Mavericks finished second with 130 men's points and 113 women's points.  The hosts had a much larger contingents to win.  Adams State, Westminster and Trinidad State Junior College also competed.
 
The Mavericks will now go through the declaration process for next weekend's RMAC Championships in Alamosa.  The top 18 declared athletes on the season-long performance lists in each individual event will qualify.