Rams travel to compete at Colorado Invitational this weekend

This Week
Colorado Invitational
Friday, Feb. 1; Saturday, Feb. 2
CU Indoor Practice Facility | Boulder, Colo.
Hosted by Colorado
Coverage: Live Results (cubuffs.com/tracklive) | Meet Information

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The Colorado State track & field team continues its indoor season this weekend with a trip to the Colorado Invitational.

The Colorado Invitational will be held on Friday and Saturday from the CU Indoor Practice Facility in Boulder, Colo. Host Colorado, Air Force, Nevada, Northern Colorado, San Jose State, Utah and Wyoming are among the opponents for the Rams at this weekend's meet. Live results will be available for the meet, and can be found at cubuffs.com/tracklive.

With the exception of the shot put, each of the meet's field events will be contested on Friday. The women's and men's long jump and triple jump are the first events scheduled for Friday, each slated to begin at 9 a.m. MT. Friday's final field events will be the women's and men's high jump, which are scheduled to start at 2 p.m. MT.

Also on the schedule for Friday are the seeded men's and women's mile at 7:30 p.m. MT. Those are among the distance events to be contested at the Colorado Invitational, along with the women's and men's 5,000 meters (11 a.m. MT on Saturday), the open section of the mile (12:35 p.m. MT on Saturday) and the 3,000 meters (3:10 p.m. MT on Saturday). Colorado State's distance group is expected to be heavily represented in one of the unit's first indoor appearances since the men's cross country team's No. 9 finish at the 2018 NCAA Championships.

Saturday's action starts at 11 a.m. MT with the women's and men's shot put along with the men's 5,000 meters. Outside of distance events, the earliest event on the track is the men's 60-meter hurdles at 12 p.m. MT on Saturday. The meet's final event, the women's 4x400 relay, is scheduled for a 4 p.m. MT start.

Rams Among the NCAA's Top 100
With performances this indoor season, several members of the Colorado State track & field team rank among the NCAA's top 100 individuals in their respective events. See below for a full listing of those athletes, with marks listed according to their respective altitude adjustments.

Rams on 2018-19 NCAA Div. I Indoor Qualifying List (Altitude Adjusted, Alphabetical, Top 100 Only)
Kelcey Bedard – No. 19, women's weight throw (68-2.25/20.78m)
Sam Duchow-Pressley – No. 96, heptathlon (4,392)
Lauren Gale – No. 57, women's 400 meters (55.02)
Amelia Harvey – No. 38 – pentathlon (3,636); No. 58, women's long jump (19-7.5/5.98m)
Carson Hume – No. 85, men's 3,000 meters (8:12.43)
Lexie Keller – No. 70, pentathlon (3,523)
Bailey King – No. 50, men's weight throw (62-11.25/19.18m)
Macy Kreutz – No. 96, women's 800 meters (2:11.22)
Maria Muzzio – No. 39, women's shot put (51-1/15.57m)
Jessica Ozoude – No. 83, women's 60 meters (7.50)
Nia Powdrell – No. 54, women's long jump (19-8/5.99m)
Hunter Powell – No. 19, heptathlon (5,209)
Marybeth Sant – No. 3, women's 60 meters (7.20); No. 22, women's 200 meters (23.59)
Ronald Sayles – No. 56, men's 200 meters (21.36)
Tarynn Sieg – No. 45, women's shot put (50-10.25/15.50m)
Gabby Smith – No. 65, pentathlon (3,536)
Josie Spitz – No. 74, women's pole vault (12-9.5/3.90m)
Aria Tate – No. 89, pentathlon (3,421)
Bradly Wright – No. 72, heptathlon (4,473)

Powell's Heptathlon Performance at Air Force Recognized by Mountain West
Following his performance in the heptathlon at the Air Force Combined Events, Colorado State senior Hunter Powell was named Mountain West Men's Field Athlete of the Week. The conference announced Powell's accolades on Tuesday, Jan. 29.

Powell completed his first heptathlon at CSU with a score of 5,209, topping the field at Air Force by nearly 600 points. The senior's performance was a personal best, and ranked sixth on CSU's all-time indoor list at the time of his performance. At the time of his recognition, Powell led the Mountain West in the heptathlon, ranked 19th in the NCAA and 71st in the world when including performances on all track sizes.

Trio of Rams Earn Weekly Accolades from Mountain West Following Potts Indoor Invitational
Following performances at the Potts Indoor Invitational, Colorado State's Kelcey Bedard, Marybeth Sant and Ronald Sayles were recognized with weekly honors from the Mountain West on Tuesday, Jan. 15

Sant clocked a time of 7.18 in the women's 60 meters, breaking her own program record. At that point, her time ranked as the No. 2 mark in the world this indoor season, and tops in the NCAA. Sant's time is also third in MW history, just one hundredth of a second behind the all-time conference record.

Sayles clocked a indoor-best time of 21.29 in the 200 meters. Sayles' time ranks third on CSU's all-time indoor list, and at the time, ranked 16th in the NCAA. In addition, Sayles' mark ranked atop the Mountain West in the event by nearly three tenths of a second at that point.

Bedard turned in a then-season-best performance of 64-7.75 (19.70m) in the weight throw. At that point in the season, her mark ranked 28th in the NCAA, and led the MW by over five feet. Only four other athletes in program history have a better weight throw mark than Bedard's from that meet.

Top Marks from the Air Force Team Challenge on Jan. 18
Three Rams registered marks in CSU's all-time top four in various events at the Air Force Team Challenge on Friday, Jan. 18. Among those was Marybeth Sant'sprogram-record time of 23.45 which broke the previous record of 23.71 set by Leah Fair in 2016.

After an altitude adjustment to 23.59, Sant ranked 13th in the NCAA in the event at that point. In addition, only four athletes in the world had run a faster time in the women's 200 meters than Sant's raw 23.45 time when including all track sizes to that point in the season.

Kelcey Bedard registered a personal-best performance of 67-5.5 (20.56m) in the women's weight throw. Her mark ranks third on CSU's all-time indoor list, and topped the Air Force field by over nine feet. Bedard's mark ranks 15th in the NCAA this indoor season. Nia Powdrell won the women's long jump with a mark of 19-8 (5.99m), topping the field by over half of a foot. Powdrell's mark ranks fourth on CSU's all-time indoor list.

See below for more highlights from Rams at Air Force.

All-Time Top-20 Performances on Jan. 18, 2019 With All-Time CSU Ranking at Time of Mark
Marybeth Sant – No. 1, women's 200 meters (23.45)
Kelcey Bedard – No. 3, women's weight throw (67-5.5/20.56m)
Nia Powdrell – No. 4, women's long jump (19-8/5.99m)
Gabby Smith – No. 14, women's 60-meter hurdles (8.77)
Nathan Gish – No. 14, men's 200 meters (21.81)
Aria Tate – No. 15, women's 60-meter hurdles (8.78)
Bailey King – No. 18, men's weight throw (62-11.25/19.18m)

A Look Back at Top Performances from Mines, Air Force on Dec. 6-7
Colorado State opened its 2018-19 indoor season at the Mines Alumni Classic & Multi and the Air Force Holiday Open on Dec. 6 and 7. The opening weekend was all the Rams needed for a record-breaking performance, as redshirt senior Marybeth Sant broke the all-time Colorado State record in the women's 60 meters in Golden, Colo.

Sant's time was 7.26, following a preliminaries time of 7.31. The redshirt senior broke the record formerly held by former CSU great and Olympian Janay DeLoach, who set the original record in 2006, also with a time of 7.31. In addition to the program record, Sant's time ranks as the sixth-best in Mountain West history.

Sant's time was one of several new entries on CSU's all-time indoor top 20. See below for a breakdown of each of those performances.

All-Time Top-20 Performances on Dec. 6-7, 2018 With All-Time CSU Ranking at Time of Mark
Marybeth Sant – No. 1, women's 60 meters (7.26)
Amelia Harvey – No. 4, women's long jump (19-7.5); No. 11, pentathlon (3,605)
Maria Muzzio – No. 8, women's shot put (51-1)
Tarynn Sieg – No. 9, women's shot put (50-10.25); No. 14, women's weight throw (59-3.5)
Marlee Brown – No. 11, women's long jump (18-9)
Briyana Bunson – No. 15, women's 60 meters (7.69)
Bradly Wright – No. 15, men's heptathlon (4,434)
Lexie Keller – No. 16, pentathlon (3,493)
Aria Tate – No. 17, women's long jump (18-5)
Maddie Wilson – No. 17, women's pole vault (11-5.75)
Sam Duchow-Pressley – No. 17, men's heptathlon (4,354)
Cory Taylor – No. 17, men's long jump (23-6)
Germain Barnes – No. 19, men's 60-meter hurdles (8.24)
Jasmine Chesson – No. 20, women's 60 meters (7.85)

Returning Indoor All-Mountain West Performers
At the conference level, Colorado State finished in second on each of the women's and men's sides last season. CSU returns seven athletes between the two teams that earned All-Mountain West honors last indoor season, including one Mountain West indoor champion, senior Kelcey Bedard (weight throw). Sophomore Destinee Rocker (60-meter hurdles) is also among the indoor all-conference returners for the women's team.

Five Rams return as indoor all-conference performers for CSU's men's team, including sophomore Caleb Hardy (4x400-meter relay, distance medley relay), junior Bailey King (weight throw), senior Trent Powell (distance medley relay), senior Cole Rockhold (mile, distance medley relay) and senior Ronald Sayles (4x400-meter relay).

2018 Women's Indoor All-Mountain West Performers
Kelcey Bedard – weight throw (champion)
Destinee Rocker – 60-meter hurdles

2018 Men's Indoor All-Mountain West Performers
Caleb Hardy - 4x400-meter relay, distance medley relay
Bailey King – weight throw
Trent Powell – distance medley relay
Cole Rockhold – mile, distance medley relay
Ronald Sayles - 4x400-meter relay

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