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2026-27 Women's Track & Field Roster

Ben Haver, CMU Athletics
Ben Haver, CMU Athletics
Ben Haver, CMU Athletics
Tim Flynn (Colorado School of Mines)
Enrique Quintero
Enrique Quintero
RMAC Office
Chris Day
Washburn University

Autumn McQuitty

  • Height 5-3
  • Events Distance
  • Hometown Alamosa, Colo.
  • High School Alamosa
  • Indoor Yr. Senior
  • Outdoor Yr. Jr.

Biography



Cross Country Bio Page
TFRRS Career Results PageĀ (Track & Field)
TFRRS Career Results PageĀ (XC)

Career Honors
  • 2x NCAA Championship Qualifier (2024 & 2025 - XC)
  • 2x USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2024 & 2025 -Ā XC)
  • 2x College Sports Communicators Academic All-DistrictĀ® (2024-25; 2025-26)
  • 6x RMACĀ First Team All-Academic
    • 2024 & 2025Ā Cross Country
    • 2024-25 & 2025-26 Indoor
    • 2025 & 2026 Outdoor
2026 Outdoor (Junior): Selected for the First Team Academic All-RMAC Team for the sixth straight season… Also selected to the CSC Academic All-District Team… Ran in five meets in three different disciplines… Set career-best times in all three… Set PR times of 4:39.56 (1500) and 36:13.50 (10K) at the APU Franson Last Chance Meet… Had a 5K PR of 17:40.74 in the Chuck Haering Classic Invitational… Ranks third in CMU history for the 10K and seventh in the 1500 and 5K… Was ranked 13th on the RMAC season-long performance list in the 10K… Was 20th in the 5K and 25th in the 1500… Qualified for the RMA Championships in the 5K and 10K… Placed ninth in the 10K (38:00.42) and 11th in the 5K (18:14.12).

2025-26 Indoor (Junior): Voted on to the First Team Academic All-RMAC Team… Ran the mile in four meets, including the RMAC Championships… Set a career-best time of 5:08.22 to finish third at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational… Is tied for fourth in program history with that time… Finished 17th at the RMAC Championships in 5:29.88… Finished second in 5:27.97 at the Big Red Machine Open.

2025 Outdoor (Sophomore): Selected to the RMAC All-Academic First Team to complete a 3-for-3 academic year effort in those regards… Went on to be named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-DistrictĀ® Team... Ran in four meets, including the RMAC Championships… Took eighth in the 10K at the conference meet with a season-best time of 37:47.54… Finished in the top 10 in four of her seven races throughout the season… Was 13th on the season-long conference performers list with the altitude-adjusted of 36:18.25… Went on to post season-best times of 4:41.62 (1500) and 17:46.89 (5K) at Azusa Pacific’s Franson Last Chance meet… Had a better converted 1,500 meters time of 4:38.36 (4:43.93-actual) at the Maverick Invitational.

2024-25 Indoor (Sophomore): Was voted on to the RMAC All-Academic First Team… Helped the Mavs smash a since-broken 9-year old school record by nearly 18 seconds with a distance medley relay time of 12:09.89 at the Ichabod Invitational, one of four meets she ran in... Also ran on the Mavs’ seventh place relay team at the RMAC Championships, a squad that finished in 12:31.77, the fifth fastest time in program history… Also ran in the 800 and mile events… Set a season-best of 2:27.19 in the 800 at the Colorado Invitational before running the mile in 5:10.27 at the Ichabod Invitational.

2024 Outdoor (Freshman): Competed in both of CMU’s home meets, running the 800 and 1500 meters at both… Set season-best times of 2:29.53 and 4:58.37 at the Maverick Invite #2.

2023-24 Indoor (Freshman): Ran the mile in 5:34.12 at the New Mexico Team Open, her lone race of the season.

Prep: 2023 graduate of Alamosa High School, where she ran for the Mean Moose… Coached by her mother Jennifer… Finished 24th at the 3A State Cross Country Championships as a senior in the fall of 2022… Had placed fifth at the Region 2 Championships… Recorded four top-10 finishes throughout the season… Took 125th at the Team Southwest Regional Championships and 104th at the Garmin RunningLane Championships at the end of the season… Had placed 17th at state and fifth the Region 1 Championships as a junior before running a 5K XC PR of 19:34.10 at the NXR Southwest Regional, where she finished 107th… Set track PRs of 2:24.95 (800), 5:13.82 (1600) and 11:37.46 (3200) as a senior in the spring of 2023… Qualified for state in all three events placing seventh in the 3200 and eighth in the 1600 with her PR times… Was 13th in the 800… Also qualified for state in the 1600 and 3200 as a junior in 2022… Had an indoor PR of 5:38.55 in the 1600 to finish third at the Great Southwest Indoor Classic in 2023.

Personal: Is majoring in mass communications and business marketing… Wants to become a film editor or producer in the marketing field … Daughter of Jennifer and David McQuitty… Younger sister is Elizabeth… Enjoys reading, building Legos and painting with friends.

Why I Chose CMU: ā€œI chose CMUĀ CMU because of the awesome team and the beautiful mesas surrounding the town."

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    Distance
    5'3"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Distance
    5'3"
  • 2025-26Junior

    Distance
    5'3"
  • 2026-27Senior

    Distance
    5'3"