GOLDEN, Colo.— Autumn McQuitty won the women's 10,000-meter run as she led a partial Colorado Mesa University track & field squad at Saturday's Kit Mayer Classic held here at the Colorado School of Mines.
 
The Mavericks were also able to combine for four new marks on the program's all-time top-10 list in the relatively small meet that included action in six running disciplines of 400 meters or longer and field event competition in four disciplines.
 
McQuitty was one of four Mavericks in the 10K and finished in 38 minutes, 18.38 seconds, beating her sister Elizabeth, who runs for UCCS by nearly 12 seconds.
 
Meanwhile, freshman Daisy Lalonde took fifth in 38:57.78 and now ranks eighth in program history, four spots behind McQuitty, who ranks fourth with her 2025 season-best of 37:47.54, run here during the RMAC Championships.  Lauren Hodges also moved into the No. 9 spot of program history with her sixth place time of 39:15.02.  Kate Linstedt also finished the top half of the 15-woman field, taking seventh in 39:25.80.
  
Later on the track, Quin Dedrick posted a solid time of 4:52.87 in the 1,500 meters.
 
Meanwhile, Addison Hayes cleared a career-best 1.60 meters (5-3) to take third in the high jump behind only two NCAA Division I athletes while Misha Edwards went out at that height after clearing 1.55 meters (5-1).
 
In the pole vault, Taiya Carl cleared 3.32 meters (10-10.75) to take over the No. 4 spot in program history.  The freshman was competing in Maverick uniform for the first time this outdoor season after competing unattached in earlier meets.
 
Brilee Jensen represented the Mavs in the shot put, reaching the finals while placing ninth with a mark of 11.61 meters (38-1.25).
 
Jayden Thulson highlighted the efforts for the Maverick men, winning his heat while placing fifth in the 800 meters with a time of 1:54.16, just three one hundredths off his career-best of 1:54.13 from eight days ago.  Peter Leary, who finished an earlier heat in 1:55.07, and Winter Whittle, who finished third in Thulson's heat with a time of 1:57.01 also finished in the top ten overall, placing seventh and tenth, respectively.
 
Other notable Maverick performances came in the 3,000-meter steeplechase as Ryan O'Loughlin finished seventh in 9:53.87 while Dominick Muller took fourth in his heat and 13^th overall in 9:58.09, while becoming just the seventh Maverick to ever go under ten minutes.