Preview: Rams host Wyoming in dual meet on Friday

May 4, 2017

Rams vs. Cowboys Dual Meet
Friday, May 5
Jack Christiansen Track | Fort Collins, Colo.
Hosted by Colorado State University
Coverage: Meet Schedule

Colorado State Track & Field: 2017 Outdoor Performances | All-Time Outdoor Top 20
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The Colorado State track & field team will host the Wyoming Cowboys this weekend in the final tune-up for each team before the Mountain West Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

The Rams vs. Cowboys Dual Meet is slated for all day action on Friday from Jack Christiansen Track on the campus of Colorado State University. The meet is set to begin at 11 a.m. MT, with the women's hammer, women's high jump and men's shot put kicking off the field events. The women's 5,000 meters will start off the track events. Following the women's 5,000 meters, all track events will occur on a rolling schedule.

Final results from the Rams vs. Cowboys Dual Meet will be posted on CSURams.com at the conclusion of the day.

The Rams were last in action at the Steve Scott Invitational last weekend. At the meet, Lorenda Holston nearly broke her own CSU record in the 100-meter hurdles (13.26) with the nation's 29th-best time, 13.30. In the field events, Linnea Jonsson threw the hammer a lifetime-best 203-1.25 (61.91m), which currently ranks as the nation's24th-best mark. Rounding out top performers was Macy Kreutz, who ran the 800 meters in 2:09.22 to record the fourth-best time in program history.

World-Class Rams
- In addition to the various accomplishments of the indoor season and the early outdoor season, several Rams have distinguished themselves with world-class performances. Seven different Rams have reached the IAAF world rankings with performances this season, with each of Mostafa Hassan (outdoor and indoor shot put) and Hunter Price (heptathlon) reaching the top 10.
- See below for the current list of Rams ranked on the IAAF's 2017 top lists. The organization's lists rank the top performances in the world, amateur or professional. Each list varies in length based upon predetermined cut times/marks and a target desired number of qualifying athletes for an event.

Colorado State Athletes on IAAF Senior Outdoor Lists (in order of world ranking)
Mostafa Hassan - Shot Put - 69-11 (21.31m) - No. 5 (No. 1 Egypt)
Jerrell Mock - 10,000 meters - 28:11.80 - No. 18 (No. 6 USA)
Aaliyah Pete - Shot Put - 56-3 (17.14m) - No. 34 (No. 19 USA)
Kelcey Bedard - Hammer - 206-6 (62.95m) - No. 83 (No. 21 USA)

Colorado State Athletes on IAAF Senior Indoor Lists (in order of world ranking)
Mostafa Hassan - Shot Put - 69-10.75 (21.30m) - No. 4 (No. 1 Egypt)
Hunter Price - Heptathlon - 5,996 points - No. 9 (No. 2 USA)
Lorenda Holston - 60-meter hurdles - 8.06 - No. 36 (No. 15 USA)
Aaliyah Pete - Shot Put - 56-4.5 (17.18m) - No. 46 (No. 22 USA)
Cole Rockhold - 3,000 meters - 7:59.89 - No. 89 (No. 32 USA)

Rams in the Record Books
- Several members of the 2016-17 Colorado State track & field team have found themselves atop the CSU and Mountain West all-time indoor and outdoor lists with performances in 2016-17. With the indoor season wrapped up and the outdoor season underway, 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 Records Set During 2017 Outdoor Season
Jefferson Abbey - 5,000 meters - 13:37.23 - March 31, 2017
Mostafa Hassan - Shot Put - 69-11 (21.31m) - April 15, 2017
Jerrell Mock - 10,000 meters - 28:11.80 - March 31, 2017
Aaliyah Pete - Shot Put - 56-3 (17.14m) - April 15, 2017
Hunter Price - Decathlon - 7,801 points - April 13, 2017

Colorado State in Mountain West's All-Time Outdoor Top Five
Mostafa Hassan - Shot Put - No. 1 - 69-11 (21.31m) - April 15, 2017
Jerrell Mock - 10,000 meters - No. 3 - 28:11.80 - March 31, 2017
Aaliyah Pete - Shot Put - No. 1 - 56-3 (17.14m) - April 15, 2017
Hunter Price - Decathlon - No. 2 - 7,801 points - April 13, 2017

Colorado State Records Set During 2016-17 Indoor Season
Darby Gilfillan - 5,000 meters - 16:22.19 - Feb. 10, 2017
Mostafa Hassan - Shot Put - 69-10.75 - Feb. 25, 2017
Lorenda Holston - 60-meter hurdles - 8.06 - Feb. 11, 2017
Jerrell Mock - 5,000 meters - 13:44.65 - Feb. 10, 2017
Aaliyah Pete - Shot Put - 56-4.5 - Feb. 25, 2017
Hunter Price - Heptathlon - 5,996 - March 11, 2017
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. 1 - 69-10.75 - Feb. 25, 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. 1 - 56-4.5 - Feb. 25, 2017
Hunter Price - Heptathlon - No. 1 - 5,996 - March 11, 2017

CSU Men Earn Highest Indoor and Outdoor Rankings from USTFCCCA in Program History
- Following a trio of record-breaking performances for the Rams' distance crew at the Stanford Invitational, the Colorado State men's track & field team entered the USTFCCCA's men's outdoor rankings at No. 21.
- Three more record-breaking performances in California lifted the Rams No. 16 in week three before the team rose to No. 12 in week four, and currently No. 11. That is the Rams' highest outdoor ranking from the USTFCCCA in program history.
- Prior to the outdoor season, the Colorado State men's track & field team was ranked by the USTFCCCA for the entirety of the indoor season. In the final rankings before the NCAA Championships, the Rams' men checked in at No. 8, their highest ranking from the USTFCCCA ever.
- The Rams opened the indoor season with a preseason ranking of No. 9, their 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 season. Student-athletes garner greater amounts of points toward a team's total with higher rankings in their respective events.
- At a predetermined point in the season, rankings only include current season data. In the final poll before the NCAA Championships, only marks by qualifying athletes during the current season factor into the rankings.

USTFCCCA NCAA DI Men's Outdoor National Team Rankings
Preseason (March 20) - NR
Week One (April 3) - No. 21 - 86.43 points
Week Two (April 10) - No. 25 - 83.78 points
Week Three (April 17) - No. 16 - 110.68 points
Week Four (April 24) – No. 12 – 137.36 points
Week Five (May 1) – No. 11 – 134.88 points

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
Week Five (Feb. 20) - No. 11 - 66.01 points
Week Six (Feb. 27) - No. 12 - 65.78 points
Week Seven (March 6) - No. 8 - 74.62 points
Final (March 11) - No. 12 - 18 points

Mostafa Hassan Named to Trio of Bowerman Watch Lists
- Colorado State thrower Mostafa Hassan became the first athlete in program history to be a candidate for track & field's highest honor when he was named to the Pre-Championship Watch List for The Bowerman Award on March 2. The Bowerman Award recognizes track & field's most outstanding athlete.
- Since earning a spot on that list, Hassan has backed up the Bowerman hype with spots on the Post-Championship list and the Mid-Outdoor list.
- Hassan earned a berth on the Mid-Outdoor list after recording a personal-best mark of 69-11 (21.31m) to win the elite invitational at the Mt. SAC Relays. Hassan's mark is currently the best in the nation by over two and a half feet (67-4/20.52m by Virginia's Filip Mihaljevic) and ranks as the best in the Mountain West by over 12 and a half feet (57-4.25/17.48m by CSU's Daniel Weirich). Furthermore, Hassan is the world's fifth-ranked shot putter for the 2017 outdoor season.
- Hassan earned his Post-Championship recognition after capturing the indoor national title in the shot put with a mark of 69-9.5 (21.17m), the best at the meet by over four and a half feet. Hassan became CSU's first national champion in over a decade with his performance.
- Hassan was named to the Pre-Championship list after his MW record-shattering mark of 69-10.75 in the shot put at the Mountain West Indoor Track & Field championships. His mark led the nation for the 2016-17 indoor season, and makes him the 10th-ranked performer in the event in NCAA history and the fourth-ranked performer in the world.

Hassan Earns Third MW Weekly Honor of Outdoor Season
- With a mark of 65-2.25 (19.87m) at the Jack Christiansen Invitational, Colorado State's Mostafa Hassan was named Mountain West Outdoor Track & Field Men's Field Athlete of the Week. It was his third weekly honor of the outdoor season.
- Hassan is the first Mountain West athlete on the men's side to earn weekly outdoor conference honors three times in a single season since 2014 (Colorado State's Trevor Brown and Wyoming's Mason Finley). Hassan also earned weekly conference honors on April 18 and on March 28.
- Only four other athletes in the nation have had a mark at any point during the season that tops Hassan's mark of 65-2.25/19.87m from this Saturday. Hassan's best shot put mark of 69-11 (21.31m) at the Mt. SAC Relays currently leads the nation by two and a half feet and ranks fifth in the world.

Record-Breaking Weekend Leads to MW Weekly Honors for Hassan and Pete
- Competing at the Mt. SAC Relays, each of Hassan and Pete broke their own respective Mountain West and CSU shot put records. Hassan won the elite invitational on the men's side with a mark of 69-11 (21.31m), while Pete placed third in the women's elite invitational with a mark of 56-3 (17.14m). Following those performances, each were named MW Athletes of the Week.
- Hassan's mark shattered his own conference and school records by over three feet. With his mark of 69-11/21.31m, no other athlete in Mountain West history has thrown within four feet of Hassan (65-11/20.09m by BYU's Jim Roberts on June 1, 2000). With his mark, Hassan became the fifth-ranked performer in the outdoor shot put in the world as well as the NCAA leader.
- Pete topped her previous conference and school records in the shot put by just over half of a foot (previous record was 55-75/16.95m on May 16, 2015). Pete's mark ranked 10th in the nation in the shot put at the time, and was the best in the Mountain West in the event by over five feet (51-2.75/15.61m by Utah State's Brenn Flint) at that point.

Bedard Earns Mountain West Outdoor Track & Field Women's Field Athlete of the Week Honor
- After one of the top performances in the women's hammer in program history, Colorado State's Kelcey Bedard was named the April 11 Mountain West Outdoor Track & Field Women's Field Athlete of the Week.
- The sophomore won the women's hammer at the Colorado Invitational on April 7 with a mark of 206-6.5 (62.95m), the third-best mark on CSU's all-time outdoor list. Bedard is only the fourth athlete in program history to throw over 200 feet in the women's hammer.
- At the time of the award, Bedard's mark in the women's hammer ranked as the best in the Mountain West, the seventh-best on the NCAA west qualifying list and the 14th-best in the nation. With that mark, Bedard also ranked as the 70th-ranked athlete in the women's hammer in the world.
- The honor marks the first weekly conference outdoor honor for the Fort Collins, Colo., native, and the second weekly conference honor of her career (one indoor honor in 2016-17).

Hassan Named MW Outdoor Track & Field Men's Field Athlete of the Week after Fum McGraw Open
- Fresh off his national title in the shot put this indoor season, Mostafa Hassan opened his outdoor season with a personal best in the discus and a Mountain West Outdoor Track & Field Men's Field Athlete of the Week honor.
- In his first outdoor competition of 2017, Hassan unleashed a discus throw of 180-5 (54.99m) to win the event at the Fum McGraw Open by over 17 feet. Hassan's throw was not only a personal best, but was also marked the then- 12th-best in the event in program history.
- Hassan's mark of 180-5 in the discus at the Fum McGraw Open would be long enough to qualify for any of the past five NCAA West Preliminaries.

Hassan Joins the List of CSU National Champions
- At this season's NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships, Mostafa Hassan joined CSU's list of national champions with an individual title in the shot put. Hassan is the sixth NCAA champion in program history (seventh NCAA individual title overall), and is the seventh national champion (ninth overall title) on record at CSU.
- Hassan's winning mark was 69-9.5 (21.17m), four and a half feet better than any other competitor in the NCAA Championships field. Additionally, Hassan's four best marks were also the four best of any athlete at the NCAA Championships.
- Hassan is the first CSU national champion since Loree Smith, who won the individual title in the hammer throw in 2005. The most recent athlete to win a national title in a track event was Bryan Berryhill, who won the indoor mile and outdoor 1,500 meters in 2001.

16 Rams Earn All-Mountain West Honors, Bedard Named MW Men's Coach of the Year
- On Feb. 25, 2017, the Colorado State track & field team completed its first sweep of the MW indoor championships in program history. It was the second straight indoor championship on the women's side, and the men's first since 2002.
- Numerous Rams made significant contributions to those championships, as each championship came down to a handful of points. Of those performances, seven were individual championships and 16 were All-Mountain West caliber.
- Head coach Brian Bedard was named MW Men's Coach of the Year following the meet. It was his second MW honor on the men's side (2015 outdoor), his second indoor honor (2016 women's) and his fifth overall (2016 women's indoor, 2016 women's outdoor, 2015 women's outdoor, 2015 men's outdoor).
- See below for a full listing of all of the Rams' honors from the Mountain West.

2017 Indoor Mountain West Honors
Jefferson Abbey - 3,000 Meters
Josh Cogdill - Heptathlon (individual champion)
Grant Fischer - 3,000 Meters, 5,000 Meters
Autumn Gardner - High Jump
Mostafa Hassan - Shot Put (individual champion)
Nick Kravec - Heptathlon
Jerrell Mock - 5,000 Meters (individual champion)
Aaliyah Pete - Shot Put (individual champion)
Hunter Price - High Jump (individual champion)
Cole Rockhold - 3,000 Meters (individual champion)
Emily Romo - 400 Meters (individual champion)
Collin Scheer - Triple Jump
Preston Williams - Triple Jump
Women's 4x400-Meter Relay (Emily Romo, Leah Fair, Abby Simpson and Macy Kreutz)
Men's Distance Medley Relay (Jefferson Abbey, Ronald Sayles, Patrick Monaghan and Cole Rockhold)
Brian Bedard - Mountain West Men's Coach of the Year

Rams First in Mountain West History to Sweep MW Indoor 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 finished the indoor season with seven men's athletes and five women's athletes selected for weekly honors for a Mountain West-best 12 weekly honors.
- The Rams' seven men's athletes of the week exceeded their entire total from the past nine seasons combined.

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