Colorado State University Athletics
Preview: Rams travel to Rocky Mountain Classic this Friday
2/16/2017 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field
Rocky Mountain Classic
Friday, Feb. 17
Hager-LeBar Indoor Track at War Memorial Fieldhouse
Laramie, Wyo.
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The Colorado State track & field team is slated for its final meet of the indoor season before the Mountain West Indoor Track & Field Championships, as the Rams travel to Laramie, Wyo. for the Rocky Mountain Classic.
The meet is hosted by the University of Wyoming, and is set for Friday, Feb. 17 from the Hager-LeBar Indoor Track at War Memorial Fieldhouse. Field events are slated to begin at 4 p.m. MT with the weight throw, while running events begin at 5:10 p.m. MT. Colorado State and Wyoming are among the schools competing at the meet.
“I call it the conference tune-up meet,” Colorado State head coach Brian Bedard said. “With any meet, we’re always trying to get something done. This meet means something different to different people. We’re bringing a handful of athletes up there; some of them are still trying to position themselves to make our conference team. Some of them are already on our conference team, but we want them in maybe another race or throw or jump.”
On the men’s side, the Rams enter this weekend’s action ranked 12th in the nation by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association (USTFCCCA). The Rams have been ranked as high as at No. 9 on the men’s side.
Last time in action, the Rams recorded numerous times and marks among the best in CSU and Mountain West history. Five different Rams topped the school record books that weekend, including Darby Gilfillan (5,000 meters), Mostafa Hassan (shot put), Lorenda Holston (60-meter hurdles), Jerrell Mock (5,000 meters) and Emily Romo (400 meters). Holston broke the MW record in the 60mH, while Hassan, Mock and Pete (shot put) recorded top-five marks in conference history.
Rams in the Record Books
- Several members of the 2016-17 Colorado State track & field team have found themselves atop the CSU all-time record books with performances this season. Here’s a look at who tops the Rams’ all-time list, and who ranks in the top five on the Mountain West’s all-time list.
Colorado State Indoor Records Set During 2016-17 Indoor Season
Darby Gilfillan – 5,000 meters – 16:22.19 – Feb. 10, 2017
Mostafa Hassan – Shot Put – 66-8.5 – Feb. 11, 2017
Lorenda Holston – 60-meter hurdles – 8.06 – Feb. 11, 2017
Jerrell Mock – 5,000 meters – 13:44.65 – Feb. 10, 2017
Hunter Price – Heptathlon – 5,906 – Dec. 9, 2016
Emily Romo – 400 meters – 53.75 – Feb. 11, 2017
Colorado State in Mountain West’s All-Time Indoor Top Five
Mostafa Hassan – Shot Put – No. 2 – 66-8.5 – Feb. 11, 2017
Lorenda Holston – 60-meter hurdles – No. 1 – 8.06 – Feb. 11, 2017
Jerrell Mock – 5,000 meters – No. 4 – 13:44.65 – Feb. 10, 2017
Aaliyah Pete – Shot Put – No. 3 – 55-2.25 – Feb. 11, 2017
Hunter Price – Heptathlon – No. 1 – 5,906 – Dec. 9, 2016
CSU Men Ranked by USTFCCCA Throughout Season
- This week, the Colorado State men’s track & field team is ranked at No. 12 by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association (USTFCCCA). The CSU men have been ranked in all five USTFCCCA polls this season.
- The Rams’ men ranked as high as at No. 9 this season. That was CSU’s preseason ranking, its best preseason rank in program history.
- The national rankings are calculated by the USTFCCCA on a weekly basis. The rankings are calculated using a formula that accounts for the top marks recorded this season, as well as previous career bests recorded by student-athletes prior to the 2016-17 indoor season. Beginning with the week four poll, the rankings only account for marks during the current season. Student-athletes garner greater amounts of points toward a team’s total with higher rankings in their respective events.
USTFCCCA NCAA DI Men’s Indoor National Team Rankings
Preseason (Jan. 9) – No. 9 – 67.62 points
Week One (Jan. 23) – No. 11 – 67.24 points
Week Two (Jan. 30) – No. 10 – 64.86 points
Week Three (Feb. 6) – No. 10 – 66.91 points
Week Four (Feb. 13) – No. 12 – 66.21 points
Rams First in Mountain West History to Sweep MW Athlete of the Week Honors
- The Colorado State track & field team became the first team in Mountain West history to sweep all four weekly conference honors in a single week, as Mostafa Hassan, Lorenda Holston, Jerrell Mock and Aaliyah Pete were honored by the league on Tuesday, Feb. 14.
- The Rams have now had six men’s athletes and four women’s athletes selected for weekly honors for a Mountain West-best 10 weekly honors this season. The Rams’ six men’s athletes of the week matches their entire total from the past nine seasons.
Holston, Rockhold Repeat as MW Track Athletes of the Week on Feb. 7
- Lorenda Holston and Cole Rockhold became the first Mountain West athletes to earn multiple Track Athlete of the Week honors during the 2016-17 indoor season when each swept the women's and men's honors again on Tuesday, Feb. 7.
- Holston and Rockhold have now combined for four of the 10 honors given on the track side by the Mountain West this season. Each of Air Force, Boise State, New Mexico, San Diego State, Utah State and Wyoming have one this season. The only other Mountain West athletes to have multiple honors this season are Air Force's Kyle Pater and Shelley Spires, each earning multiple field athlete honors.
- Holston broke the 60-meter hurdles record for the third straight week with her preliminaries time of 8.13, a time that also ranks as the second-best in Mountain West history. Rockhold posted the second-best mile time in school history when he clocked a time of 4:03.12 at the CU Open. Rockhold's time improved to 3:57.19 with an adjustment for altitude and ranks as the fourth-best in the nation.
Mostafa Hassan Earns MW Field Athlete of the Week Honor on Jan. 24
- Junior Mostafa Hassan picked up the first weekly conference honor in his indoor career on Tuesday, Jan. 24, when he was named Mountain West Indoor Track & Field Men's Field Athlete of the Week.
- Hassan threw the nation's second-best shot put mark by anyone in the nation up to that point, breaking a Deloss Dodds Invitational meet record with a mark of 65-1.5. The previous meet record had stood since 1989.
Lorenda Holston, Cole Rockhold Sweep MW Track Athlete Honors on Jan. 17
- Senior Lorenda Holston and sophomore Cole Rockhold impressed in their respective first meets of the new year, each receiving Mountain West Indoor Track & Field Track Athlete of the Week honors from the conference on Tuesday, Jan. 17.
- Holston clocked the then two top times in CSU history in the 60-meter hurdles, running the preliminaries in 8.18 before recording a time of 8.23 in the finals. Her time of 8.18 had previously matched the second-best time in Mountain West history. Through that week, Holston's time of 8.18 ranked tops in the Mountain West, and seventh in the nation.
- The Potts Invitational marked the indoor season debut for Rockhold. The sophomore clocked a time of 4:08.20, the 12th-fastest time in CSU history, to win the event. Rockhold's altitude-adjusted time of 4:02.15 ranked at fourth in the nation for all meets held through Jan. 15.
Hunter Price Breaks Mountain West Indoor Heptathlon Record
- Junior multi-event athlete Hunter Price opened his 2016-17 indoor campaign in historic fashion, shattering the Mountain West indoor heptathlon record with a score of 5,906 at the CSM Alumni Classic & Multi on Dec. 8-9.
- Price's score of 5,906 topped the previous best MW score of 5,771 set by former Boise State great and current Olympian Kurt Felix on Feb. 10, 2012.
- The Arvada, Colo. native had previously recorded the No. 5 heptathlon score (5,621) in conference history at the Mountain West Indoor Track & Field Championships on Feb. 26, 2016.
CSU Heptathletes Shine on Opening Weekend
- Along with Hunter Price's record-breaking performance at the CSM Alumni Classic & Multi, Josh Cogdill and Nick Kravec put together two of the top indoor heptathlon performances in program history.
- Kravec recorded a person-best heptathlon score of 5,469 points, the sixth-best score in CSU history, while Cogdill scored 5,383 points, the seventh-best score in school history.
- Through that first week of the indoor season, Price's heptathlon score ranked second in the nation behind only 2015 indoor heptathlon champion Luca Wieland of Minnesota. Kravec ranked fourth nationally, while Cogdill's score was the seventh-best in the nation that week.
- Price now owns the top two indoor heptathlon scores in CSU history. Additionally, the trio of Price, Kravec and Cogdill have now combined for five of the top seven indoor heptathlon scores in program history.
