GUNNISON, Colo.— Hayden Riley broke his own school-record with an improved NCAA Division II Championship provisional qualifying throw of 17.00 meters (55 feet, 9 ¼ inches) to highlight the performances of the Colorado Mesa University track and field team at Friday's Western Colorado University Alumni Open here in the Mountaineer Field House.
 
Riley was one of six event winners for the Mavericks, who also had a multitude of other season-best marks in the meet, the Mavs' last of the regular season.
 
The redshirt sophomore from Fort Collins improved to as high as 23^rd on the national performance list with his effort that was 20 centimeters (7 ¾ inches) greater than his former school-record of 16.80 meters (55-2.5) set two weeks ago in Golden.
 
Fellow thrower Jameson Moore also won an event while setting a pair of new career-bests.  He claimed the weight throw with a heave of 15.97 meters (52-4.75), moving up a spot to eighth in CMU history and to as high as a tie for 13^th on the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference performance list, likely securing a spot in next week's conference championship meet which will also be here. 
 
Moore, a first time collegiate event-winner, also finished fourth in the shot put with a mark of 13.07 meters (42-10.75) while Riley tied for second behind Moore in the weight throw with a throw of 15.55 meters (51-0.25).
 
The Mavs' other four event wins came on the women's side Haley Golden and Brooke Miller raced to victory in 60 and 800 meters, respectively, while Kiana Jackson won the triple jump for the third time in as many efforts this season.  Returning all-American Josie Coffey also won the high jump, claiming her second win of the season.
 
Golden and Miller's victories were the first collegiate individual event wins of their respective careers although both had been on winning relay teams previously.
 
Golden took the 60 meters in a personal best time of 7.85 seconds to crack the top 10 in Maverick history for track & field's quickest event.  Maverick freshman Victoria Eversley took second in 7.88 seconds.
 
Both sprinters also fared well in the 200 as Eversley finished third in 26.13 seconds while Golden was fourth in 26.18.  Both set new altitude and track-sized converted times of 25.87 and 25.96 seconds although they may just miss out on qualifying for the RMAC Championships in that discipline as only the top 18 declared athletes after this weekend's competitions are guaranteed a spot. 
 
Miller clocked an actual time of 2:24.85 in the 800, just off her career-best of 2:23.20 from last week, but did slightly improve upon her small RMAC Championship qualification hopes thanks to her altitude and track-size converted time of 2:21.17.
 
Jackson, a provisional NCAA qualifier and the RMAC's second ranked triple jumper turned in a mark of 11.36 meters (37-3.25) on her only legal attempt while Coffey cleared 1.61 meters (5-3.25) in a tune-up for her RMAC title defense.
 
Elsewhere, Meleeah Holmes-McKown turned in a season-best shot put mark of 11.83 meters (38-9.75) while taking second in the weight throw with a toss of 15.37 meters (50-.525).  Heather Yackey also had a personal-best of 12.41 meters (40-8.75) to finish fourth in the weight throw.
 
Maverick men's sprinter Jeremiah Wilson finished third in the 60 meters with a time of 6.94 seconds, moving into a tie for eighth in Maverick history and likely into the RMAC Championship field with his converted time of 6.98 seconds, that will rank him as high as 15^th in the conference.  Teammate Jeremiah Reed also matched his PR of 7.06 seconds to finish fifth while turning in a runner-up time of 22.57 seconds in the 200 meters, which with the conversions moves him as high as 16th on the RMAC list at 22.30.
 
Another freshman in Trey Briggs also set two season-bests, clearing 1.81 meters (5-11.25) in the high jump while leaping 6.27 meters (20-7) in the long jump.  He tied for fourth in the high jump and finished fifth in the long jump. 
 
Rese McClinton-El was even better in the long jump, finishing fourth at 6.39 meters (20-11.75), just a centimeter of his season-best, set here last month.