GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.— Ten of Colorado Mesa University's higher-echelon distance runners will be in Azusa, California this weekend competing in the Bryan Clay Invitational.
 
The Mavericks will look to use a rare opportunity to race at sea-level in their attempts to qualify for the upcoming NCAA Division II and/or Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships.
 
The massive-sized meet at Azusa Pacific University's Cougar Stadium begins Thursday and will run through Saturday evening.
 
A live stream of the meet can be seen with a subscription to FloTrack.
 
Live results can be accessed here.
 
Recaps of the Mavericks' efforts will be posted each night on www.cmumavericks.com.
 
Last Times Out
 
The Mavericks had partial squads at a pair of meets hosted by the Colorado School of Mines last week.
 
A group of sprinters, hurdlers, field and multi-eventers competed at the Mines Midweek & Multi, contested last Wednesday and Thursday.
 
Three Maverick freshmen in Blake Ames, Jordan Fraser and Cami Costello all put up marks on the Mavs' all-time top 10 lists during Wednesday's portion before Asa Keim and Kaitlyn Pearson wrapped up the men's decathlon and women's heptathlon on Thursday with strong performances that easily qualified them for the upcoming RMAC Championships.
 
On Saturday,  the distance runners and a few more field-eventers competed at the Mines Kit Mayer Classic.  Autumn McQuitty won the 10K while four other Mavericks in Taiya Carl, Daisy Lalonde, Kate Linstedt and Dominick Muller set new top 10 marks.
 
NCAA Lists
 
Thus far, the Mavericks have now combined to set 13 NCAA Championship provisional qualifying marks, including three that put the Mavs in the top ten of country and seven that put the Mavs inside the current NCAA selection window.
 
Here's a look at all of the Mavs' current national rankings.  The top 22 declared athletes in each individual event will earn NCAA selection for the May 21-23 meet in Emporia, Kansas.  The top 16 relay teams in each event will also be selected as will the top 16 declared men's decathletes and women's heptathletes.
 
The complete lists can be seen here on the TFRRS website.

Men
100m- 17. Teo Casados (10.32)
200m- 26. Joseph Randolph (21.01*), 39. Casados (21.10)
400m Hurdles- 19. Aidan Brownell (52.49*)
4x100m Relay- 2. Colorado Mesa (39.74*)
Triple Jump- 14. Antone Higgs (15.08m/49-5.75)
Javelin Throw- 10. Izaak Siefken (68.58m/225-0)

Women
5K- 15. Megan Hodes (16:48.27)
400m Hurdles- 27. Kammi Merritt (1:01.10*)
4x100m Relay- 24. Colorado Mesa (46.20*) – 31st overall list including schools with multiple performances
High Jump- 9. Kaelea Gibson (1.70/5-7)
Discus Throw- 18. Kaiya Graves (47.30m/155-2)
Javelin Throw- 25. Graves (43.56m/142-11)
 
*-Altitude Adjusted Time
 
#EventSquad
 
The Mavericks are ranked amongst the nation's top ten teams in six different disciplines in this week's U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's #EventSquad rankings, which are calculated by adding the marks from a team's top four performers in each individual events.
 
The Maverick men rank second in Division II for the triple jump with a combined total of 57.91 meters and an average of 14.48 meters.  They are ranked fifth in the long jump with a total of 28.64 meters and an average of 7.16 meters. 
 
The Mavericks also rank fourth in the women's 10,000 meters with an average time of 37:26.98 and are seventh in the 5,000 with an average of 17:12.91. 
 
They also rank ninth in the discus throw with an average of 47.30 meters and are tenth in the 400-meter hurdles with a 4-person combined time of 4:11.98, an average of 1:02.99.
 
RMAC Leaders
 
The Mavericks have four individual athletes who lead the RMAC performance lists thus far in 2026 and also pace the conference in the men's 4x100-meter relay.
 
The Mavs' conference-leaders are Teo Casados (Men's 100), Kaelea Gibson (Women's High Jump), Kaiya Graves (Women's Discus) and Izaak Siefken (Men's Javelin).

Maverick Entries
 
The Mavericks have entered 10 athletes (5 men, 5 women) runners into this week's meet, all whom are scheduled to race twice throughout the weekend. 
 
Here's a look at the Mavs' entries, by event.
 
Men (5 Athletes, 10 Entries)
800m (2): Vasileios Salpas, Kyle Towne
1500m (5)- Chase Brown, Salpas, Towne, Clayton Wilson, Colton White
5K (3):- Brown, White, Wilson
 
Women (5 Athletes, 10 Entries)
800m (1): Brooke Miller
1500m (5): Megan Hodges, Wehazit Kelati, Miller, Jordan Staniszewski, Shirley Weaver
5K (3): Hodges, Kelati, Staniszewski
3K Steeplechase (1): Weaver
 
Schedule
 
Here's a look at the current Maverick running schedule for the week, according to the latest information on the meet website.
 
Thursday-Evening Session
6:10 p.m. PDT/7:10 p.m. MDT– Shirley Weaver (Women's 3K Steeplechase Open- Section 1 of 9)
 
Friday-Morning Session
7:00 a.m. PDT/8:00 a.m. MDT- Chase Brown & Colton White (Men's 5K Open C- Section 3 of 3)
9:20 a.m. PDT/10:20 a.m. MDT- Wehazit Kelati & Jordan Staniszewski (Women's 5K Open B- Section 2 of 3)
 
Friday-Afternoon Session*
Women's 800m- Brooke Miller
Men's 800m- Vasileios Salpas, Kyle Towne
 
Friday-Evening Session
6:40 p.m. PDT/7:45 p.m. MDT- Megan Hodges (5K Open A- Section 4 of 4)
7:56 p.m. PDT/8:56 p.m. MDT- Clayton Wilson (5K-Open A- Section 2 of 4)
 
Saturday-Evening Session#
Women's 1,500m- Megan Hodges, Wehazit Kelati, Brooke Miller, Jordan Staniszewski, Shirley Weaver
Men's 1,500m- Chase Brown, Vasileios Salpas, Kyle Towne, Colton White, Clayton Wilson
 
*-Specific divisions and heats have not yet been announced, start times between 3:15 p.m.-5:42 p.m. PDT
#-Specific divisions and heats have not yet been announced, start times between 5 p.m.-10:36 p.m. PDT
 
Up Next
 
Qualifying Mavericks will be in action next week at the RMAC Championships in Pueblo.  That meet at the CSU Pueblo ThunderBowl will begin next Friday (Apr. 24) and run through Sunday, April 26.