GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.— More than 50 Colorado Mesa University athletes have qualified for and will compete in this weekend's Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships in Gunnison.
 
Western Colorado University will host the meet on Friday and Saturday in the Mountaineer Field House.
 
The complete meet schedule and other pertinent information can be found on the championship web page.  Action will begin at 10 a.m. each day.
 
The meet will be streamed on the RMAC Network (subscription required) and live results can be found here.
 
Tickets can be purchased through the RMAC ticketing platform.
 
Last Time Out
 
The Mavericks sent a partial squad to last week's Last Chance RMAC Qualifier in Gunnison.
 
The meet was appropriately named and ended up fruitful for the Mavericks as five Mavericks ended up qualifying for the RMAC Championships thanks to their performances.

The Mavericks recorded two event wins and 17 top-3 finishes throughout the day last Saturday (Feb. 21).
 
The Maverick event winners were Jessie Schaffer and Maya Kobylanski.
 
Schaffer won the 60-meter hurdles in a time of 9.16 seconds (9.20-altitude adjusted), which moved her to 12^th on the RMAC's season-long conference performance list and secured conference championship qualification.
 
Kobylanski took the 800 meters in 2:23.06 (2:19.42-converted) and ended up ranked 16^th amongst declared athletes for this weekend's meet.
 
Emily Hruby (women's long jump), Sylvia Johansen (women's 60) and Alonzo Leiba (men's 200) also did enough to qualify.
 
RMAC Qualifiers
 
The Mavericks qualified 51 total individual athletes (24 men, 27 women) for the RMAC Championships and will also run in all four relay events.  The Mavericks have 70 (33 men's, 37 women's) total entries.  Additional Mavericks may be selected to run on CMU's relay teams.
 
The Mavericks will be represented in 30 of the meet's 34 total events (14 men's, 16 women's) and will be the deepest in the men's sprints and women's sprints, jumps and hurdling events.  The Mavs have six qualifiers in the men's 60 meters and three each in the 200 and 400-meter events.  The Mavs also have four qualifiers in the women's 400 meters, 60-meter hurdles and triple jump.

The full meet heat/flight sheets can be accessed here.
 
In order to qualify for an individual events, athletes had to be amongst the top 18 declared athletes in their respective events based on the season-long conference performance lists.  Replacements were then added following the scratch period, which ended on Tuesday.
 
Here is the list of qualified Mavericks along with their rank on the conference performance list and season-best mark (altitude and track-size converted when applicable).
 
Men (24 Individual Athletes, 33 Entries)
60m (6)- 1. Teo Casados (6.74), 4. Marik Cummings (6.79), 7. Joseph Randolph (6.84), 11. Amaris Mora (6.91), 17. Solomon Griffen (6.94), 18. Roman Sackman (6.95)
200m (3)- 1. Randolph (20.99), 12. Mora (21.99), 14. Alonzo Leiba (22.03)
400m (3)- 15. Antonio Wadsworth (49.48), 18. Jordan Fraser (49.57), 19. Blake Anderson (49.64)
800m (2)- 6. Vasileios Salpas (1:50.66), 16. Kyle Towne (1:53.13)
60m Hurdles (3)- T6. Trevor Kendall (8.33), Griffen (8.33), 11. Aidan Brownell (8.38)
4x400m Relay (1)- 7. CMU (3:20.81)
Distance Medley Relay (1)- 11. CMU (10:31.79)
High Jump (3)- 6. Benson White (1.97m), Devin Shea (1.94m), 13. Grant Nemeth (1.92m)
Pole Vault (1)- 10. Asa Keim (4.66m)
Long Jump (3)- 6. Weston Domich (7.12m), 11. Hayden Moreno (6.96m), 24. Shea (6.69m)
Triple Jump (2)- 8. Jalen Hale (14.28m), 12. Domich (14.05m)
Shot Put (2)- 10. Austin Schultz (15.61m), 18. Kaiden Major (14.76m)
Weight Throw (2)-  4. Van Chambers (18.58m), 10. Major (16.56m)
Heptathlon (1)- 6. Keim (4586)
 
Women (27 Individual Athletes, 37 Entries)
60m (2)- 11. Hannah Schissler (7.74), 18. Sylvia Johansen (7.86)
200m (3)- 3. Schissler (24.70), 10. Kaitlyn Pearson (25.26), 23. Genesis Nehmer (7.88)
400m (4)- 2. Kammi Merritt (56.41), 12. Elaina Arcand (58.93), 17. Waycee Harvey (59.42), 23. Cami Costello (59.72)
800m (3)- 11. Brooke Miller (2:14.20), 14. Jordan Staniszewski (2:15.93), 24. Maya Kobylanski (2:19.42)
Mile (1)- 25. Autumn McQuitty (5:01.51)
3K (1)- 19. Megan Hodges (9:53.98)
60m Hurdles (4)- 6. Pearson (8.90), 10. Atahlia Mills (9.04), 12. Jessie Schaffer (9.20), 22. Rimari Facey (9.53)
4x400m Relay (1)- 4. CMU (3:51.57)
Distance Medley Relay (1)- 11. CMU (10:31.79)
High Jump (3)- 6. Kaelea Gibson (1.62m), T12. Misha Edwards (1.57m), T12. Addison Hayes (1.57m)
Pole Vault (1)- 7. Taiya Carl (3.62m)
Long Jump (2)- 11. Addy Kirkpatrick (5.67m), 21. Emily Hruby (5.39m)
Triple Jump (4)- 3. Kendra Ritzmann (11.86m), 13. Harvey (11.08m), 14. Hayes (11.04m), 15. Natalie Smythe (10.96m)
Shot Put (3)- 14. Brilee Jensen (12.38m), 15. Aaliyah Bos (12.25m), 20. Augustine Hancock (11.65m)
Weight Throw (3)- 4. Hancock (16.91m), 7. Bos (15.51m), 14. Jensen (14.97m)
Pentathlon (1)- 8. Pearson (3133)
 
Points & Awards
 
The Mavericks will be gunning for team points and all-conference awards throughout the weekend.  The top eight finishers in each event will earn team points, awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. 

Additionally, the top six finishers in each individual event will claim All-RMAC awards with the first three finishers claiming medals and podium positions along with first team plaudits.  The fourth through sixth placer finishers will garner second team honors.

In the relay events, the winning team members will be named as first team all-conference honorees while the second place team members will claim second team accolades.
 
The RMAC will also recognize the Track Athlete of the Meet, the Field Athlete of the Meet and the Freshman of the Meet based on the total number of points athletes earn.
 
Finally, the RMAC will recognize the Summit Award winners, an honor given to the student-athlete with the highest academic grade point average competing at the meet.
 
NCAA Lists
 
In addition to looking for points and awards, this weekend's meet will also be the final opportunity for Mavericks and other RMAC athletes to qualify for next month's NCAA Division II National Championships.

Those selections will be made in a similar method as the conference championship selection process but on a national scale and some differences.  The top 18 declared athletes in each of the individual event qualifying.  The top 16 combined event performers (heptathlon/pentathlon) will also receive an invite to the Mar. 13-14 NCAA Division II National Championships in Virginia Beach, Virginia.  The top 12 relay teams will also be selected.

This procedure is identical to 2024-25, but a slight tweak from previous seasons when the number of qualifiers in each event varied slightly when the national committee used a "desired field size" mandate, rather than a hard cutoff.
 
The Mavs now have nine qualifying marks in seven different events from a combined seven individuals plus three others who were only on the DMR team.
 
Here is a look at the current Maverick rankings on the national lists, although it should be noted that the lists tend to change rapidly over the weekend, when a majority of Division II teams compete in their respective conference championship events.
 
Men
60m- T21. Mateo Casados (6.74*); T43. Marik Cummings (6.79*)
200m- 3. Joseph Randolph (20.99*): T7. Casados (21.10*)
800m- 27. Vasileios Salpas (1:50.66)
Weight Throw- T42. Van Chambers (18.58m)
 
Women
400m- 69. Kammi Merritt (56.41)
DMR- 21. CMU (Brooke Miller, Merritt, Jordan Staniszewski, Megan Hodges) (11:48.60)
Triple Jump- 33. Kendra Ritzmann (11.86m/38-11)
 
*-Altitude/Track-Size Converted time

Record Setters

The Mavericks have set new school records in six different events so far this season.

Here's a look at all the new Maverick record holders.

Men's
60m- Teo Casados (6.70)
200m- Joseph Randolph (20.92)
800m- Vasileios Salpas (1:50.66)
3K- Clayton Wilson (8:16.94)
Weight Throw- Van Chambers (18.58m/60-11.5)

Women's
DMR- Brooke Miller, Kammi Merritt, Jordan Staniszewski, Megan Hodges (11:48.60).
 
In the Polls

Both Maverick squads were picked fifth in the RMAC Preseason Coaches' Polls, which were announced by conference officials in early December.
 
The Maverick women received four third place votes and picked up 142 total points in the 15-team poll.  CMU's men received three third place votes and scored 100 points in the 13-team poll.
In conjunction with the polls, the RMAC also announced the preseason all-conference team, made up of one returning athlete in each individual event and based on last year's NCAA and RMAC Championship results.
 
A full summary of the polls can be seen here. - https://cmumavericks.com/news/2025/12/4/womens-track-field-mav-track-field-squads-picked-fifth-in-rmac-indoor-polls.aspx
 
A look back & Championship history
 
The Maverick women took third at last year's RMAC Indoor Championships, scoring 87 points in what was Director of Cross Country/Track & Field Travis Floeck's first year with the program.  The Mav women have now finished third in three straight years and have placed second or third in each of the last five and amongst the top four in six straight campaigns.
 
The Maverick men finished sixth at the RMAC Championships with 41 points.
 
The Mavs' highest ever finish on the women's side was back-to-back second place finishes in 2021 and 2022.  They scored a program-record 110 points in 2021 and have tallied 78 or more points in each of the last six years while crowning at least one conference champion in those six years.
 
The men also recorded a second place finish in 2022 and scored a program-record 106 team points in 2024.  The Maverick men have had at least one individual champion in eight out of the last ten years.
 
All-Conference returners
 
The Mavericks had 17 different athletes earn 20 total All-RMAC honors at the 2025 RMAC Indoor Championships.  All four of the Maverick men who garnered five total plaudits returned to this year's roster, although two of those men have redshirted this season and will not compete this weekend.
 
Eight of the 13 Maverick women who combined for 15 total all-conference honors a year ago are back on the 2025-26 Maverick roster.  Six of those women are competing this weekend while the other two have redshirted this indoor season.
 
Here's a full list of the returning all-conference honorees who will compete this weekend. 
 
Women
Brooke Miller (800m-2^nd Team)
Atahlia Mills (60m Hurdles-2^nd Team)
Kaitlyn Pearson (Pentathlon-2^nd Team)
Kealea Gibson (High Jump-2^nd Team)
Addy Kirkpatrick (Long Jump-2^nd Team)
Augustine Hancock (Weight Throw-1^st Team)
 
Men
Marik Cummings (60m- 2^nd Team)
Aidan Brownell (60m Hurdles- 2^nd Team)

RMAC Network News
 
The RMAC Championships will stream live on the RMAC Network, which has moved to a pay-per-view model for the 2025-26 season.  This season, all RMAC athletic events broadcast by its 15 full-member institutions and associate members will only be available for purchase via a single-game pass or a monthly or annual subscription. Revenue generated by the network will be redistributed to the league's membership to enhance their programs.
 
RMAC fans can purchase monthly and annual subscriptions that will provide them with access to all regular-season, championship, and archived broadcasts on the RMAC Network. A monthly subscription costs $25, and an annual subscription costs $130. Single-game passes are available for $10, which grants access to a single game for 24 hours.
 
Additionally, a discounted annual subscription price will be available to students, faculty, and staff of each member institution throughout the year. Purchasing options and pricing for individual RMAC Championships will be announced closer to each event.
 
Colorado Mesa turns 100
 
The CMU Century Celebration stands as the cornerstone of Colorado Mesa University's year-long centennial celebration. This ambitious initiative unites our community in honoring a rich heritage while boldly envisioning the next hundred years of academic excellence.

Led by the Steering Committee and six specialized sub-committees, we're orchestrating a transformative experience that will resonate through generations. Each committee brings unique expertise to create an unforgettable commemoration of our past, present and future.
 
To learn more about Colorado Mesa's 100-year celebration, visit cmucentury.com.
 
Up Next
 
Mavericks that qualify for the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships will compete at that meet on Mar. 13-14 in Virginia Beach, Virginia.  Selections will be announced next Tuesday.
 
The remaining Mavericks will prepare for the start of the outdoor season.  The Mavs' first meet will be on Mar. 19-20 when they host the Maverick Early Bird Open.
 
Meet information and a tentative meet schedule has just been announced and can be found here.