GUNNISON, Colo.— Event wins by Kendra Ritzmann in the triple jump and Augustine Hancock in the weight throw highlighted the season-opening evening for the Colorado Mesa University indoor track & field team on Friday here at the Western Colorado University Mountaineer Field House.
 
A contingent of Mavericks competed in those two disciplines on the first day of the meet, a majority of which will be contested on Saturday, starting at 10 a.m.
 
Ritzmann set a NCAA Division II Championship provisional qualifying mark of 11.86 meters (38 feet, 10 ¾ inches) and moved up a spot to fifth in Maverick indoor history for the event.  She bested the field of ten jumpers as teammate Waycee Harvey set a career-best mark of 11.08 meters (36-4) to finish sixth.
 
Hancock, the school-record holder, led a group of three Maverick women in the weight throw, recording a mark of 16.91 meters (55 feet, 5 ½ inches) to best the field of 14.  Teammate Aliyah Bos finished third with a throw of 14.56 meters (47-9).
 
Earlier, Van Chambers led a group of six Maverick men in the discipline, recording a mark of 16.26 meters (53-4) to place third.  Kaiden Major also finished in the top five, placing fifth at 15.93 meters (52-3), more than three feet better than his freshman season best of 14.94 meters (49-0.25) that qualified him alongside Chambers for the 2025 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships. 
 
Austin Schultz also had a massive personal-best of 14.67 meters (48-1.5) to place ninth.
 
Elsewhere, Hayden Moreno finished sixth in his collegiate triple jump debut, recording a sixth place mark of 13.33 meters (43-8.75) as the Mavs' lone official representative in the men's half of the discipline although three of his CMU teammates competed unattached.