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Jayson Ortiz
Sierra Arceneaux won her fourth and fifth RMAC career RMAC titles on Sunday.

Women's Track & Field

Arceneaux wins two RMAC titles to lead CMU women to best ever finish

PUEBLO, Colo.— Sierra Arceneaux won both the 100 and 200-meter titles while breaking her own school record in the 100 and running the fastest-ever 200-meter time in Maverick history, to lead the Colorado Mesa University women to their highest ever finish at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
 
Thanks to those wins with times of 11.45 and 23.74 seconds and some other strong performances throughout the day on Sunday, the Mavericks scored 81 team points to place third out of 14 teams in the 3-day meet.
 
Arceneaux is now tied for sixth in the country in the 100 and sits 11th on the NCAA Division II National Championship performers' list in the 200.
 
Her 200-meter time was wind-aided.
 
Arceneaux, also teamed with her twin sister Kierra, Serenity Burnett-Perry and Victoria Eversley for a NCAA Division II Championship provisional qualifying time of 46.54 seconds, which was good for third place in the 4x100-meter relay.  That time is the fifth fastest in CMU history.
 
Meanwhile, the Mavs' Josie Coffey took third in the high jump with a mark of 1.66 meters (5-5.25).  Hope Matteson finished 11th after going out at that height.  She cleared 1.61 meters (5-3.25) and moved to seventh in CMU history.  Sophie Lindauer and Megan King also cleared 1.56 meters (5-1.25) in the event to place 12th and 13th, respectively.
 
The Mavericks also scored four points in the triple jump as Kiana Jackson turned in a season-best of 11.85 meters (38-10.5).
 
Elsewhere on the track, Lindsay Parsons finished fifth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 18:10.51 while Averie Griffith took seventh in the 100-meter hurdles with a clocking of 14.86 seconds.  Mica Jenrette finished ninth in 14.97.

McKenna Molder also finished ninth in the 400 meters with a time of 58.72 seconds.
 
Lindauer, Jordan Brockman, Jordan Burnett and Serenity Burnett-Perry also finished sixth in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:54.27 to move into the No. 7 spot of CMU history.
 
Sophomore Meleeah Holmes-McKown finished ninth in the shot put with a throw of 11.96 meters (39-3) while Heather Yackey finished 23rd at 10.35 meters (33-11.5).
 
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Players Mentioned

Sierra Arceneaux

Sierra Arceneaux

Sprints
5' 3"
Redshirt Junior
R-Jr.
Jordan Brockman

Jordan Brockman

Multis
Redshirt Freshman
R-So.
Josie Coffey

Josie Coffey

High Jump/Javelin
6' 0"
Redshirt Freshman
So.
Averie Griffith

Averie Griffith

Hurdles
5' 10"
Redshirt Sophomore
R-So.
Meleeah Holmes-McKown

Meleeah Holmes-McKown

Throws
Redshirt Freshman
So.
Kiana Jackson

Kiana Jackson

Jumps/Hurdles/Sprints
5' 10"
Redshirt Junior
R-Jr.
Mica Jenrette

Mica Jenrette

Multis
5' 8"
Redshirt Sophomore
R-So.
Megan King

Megan King

High Jump
5' 9"
Redshirt Senior
R-Jr.
Sophie Lindauer

Sophie Lindauer

Multis
5' 3"
Redshirt Freshman
So.
McKenna Molder

McKenna Molder

Hurdles/Sprints
5' 10"
Redshirt Junior
R-So.

Players Mentioned

Sierra Arceneaux

Sierra Arceneaux

5' 3"
Redshirt Junior
R-Jr.
Sprints
Jordan Brockman

Jordan Brockman

Redshirt Freshman
R-So.
Multis
Josie Coffey

Josie Coffey

6' 0"
Redshirt Freshman
So.
High Jump/Javelin
Averie Griffith

Averie Griffith

5' 10"
Redshirt Sophomore
R-So.
Hurdles
Meleeah Holmes-McKown

Meleeah Holmes-McKown

Redshirt Freshman
So.
Throws
Kiana Jackson

Kiana Jackson

5' 10"
Redshirt Junior
R-Jr.
Jumps/Hurdles/Sprints
Mica Jenrette

Mica Jenrette

5' 8"
Redshirt Sophomore
R-So.
Multis
Megan King

Megan King

5' 9"
Redshirt Senior
R-Jr.
High Jump
Sophie Lindauer

Sophie Lindauer

5' 3"
Redshirt Freshman
So.
Multis
McKenna Molder

McKenna Molder

5' 10"
Redshirt Junior
R-So.
Hurdles/Sprints