ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— Joseph Randolph and
Teo Casados both went well faster than the previous Colorado Mesa University men's indoor track and field record time in the 200 meters, the biggest highlights of an afternoon and evening of fast times for a group of Maverick sprinters on the first day of the New Mexico Team Open on Friday, which saw the Mavs take advantage of the banked track in the Albuquerque Convention Center.
Running the same heat of the invitational section of the event, Randolph finished in 20.92 seconds while Casados, the Mavs' school-record holder coming into the evening at 21.21, finished in 21.03 seconds for what is now the Mavs' second fastest indoor time in program history. The duo took second and fourth place overall, respectively, in the invitational section, which was reserved for the top seeds, and are both amongst the top five on the current NCAA Division II Championship performance lists.
Randolph, a native of Wailuku, Hawai'i, was running for the first time as a Maverick after transferring from Olivet Nazarene University in Illinois, where he was a 4-time all-American at the NAIA level.
Casados' former record time of 21.21 came at the 2024 New Mexico Team Open. He then redshirted last indoor season before claiming Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Year honors during the 2025 outdoor campaign.
Meanwhile, CMU teammate
Amaris Mora posted a time of 22.02 seconds to place 31
st in a field of 75 during the unseeded section, just 0.04 seconds off his personal-best set two years ago. He led a group of four Maverick men in that section as
Antonio Wadsworth finished in 22.41 seconds while
Jordan Fraser was timed in 22.68.
Marik Cummings was disqualified.
Wadsworth (49.37) and Fraser (49.46) then came back to post solid times in the 400 meters. Wadsworth now ranks third in CMU history while Fraser moved into the No. 5 spot of program lore.,
Logan Hafey (50.40) and
Aidan Brownell (50.45) also competed in the event, recording times that put them 11
th and 13
th in CMU history and inside the top 10 as it stood before Friday.
Meanwhile, sophomores
Hannah Schissler and
Kammi Merritt led the Maverick women.
Schissler posted a time of 24.77 seconds to finish 15
th out of 73 starters in the unseeded section of the 200 meters, moving her up two spots to fifth in program history.
Meritt also fared well, placing 18
th in the 200 with a time of 24.92 seconds to move up three spots to seventh in CMU history before coming back to take 11
th out of 42 starters in the 400 meters with a time of 57.13 seconds, well faster than her previous indoor career-best of 57.96 from last month's Mountaineer Open and Multi. She continues to rank fifth in CMU history with that time.
Meanwhile,
Kaitlyn Pearson also took 29
th in the 200 with a time of 25.19 seconds to move into the No. 9 spot of CMU history with a time that was just faster than Schissler's seventh-ranked former indoor best of 25.22.
Cami Costello also ran in both the 200 and 400, recording times of 26.56 and 59.87 seconds.
Pearson also contested the long jump, recording a jump of 4.95 meters (16-3).
The meet will continue on Saturday.
CMU also had a group of field event athletes in action at the Mines Winter Classic in Golden, Colorado.
