Five Rams Earn All-Region at NCAA Mountain Regional

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Colorado State earned five All-Region nods at the NCAA Mountain Regional on Friday afternoon hosted by New Mexico. The women finished fourth out of the 19 schools, while the men posted a sixth-place finish. Annabel Stafford, Sarah Carter and Lily Tomasula-Martin earned All-Region awards, finishing in the Top-25 of the women's race and Thomas Chaston and Mason Brown earned honors for the men.

The Rams were led by Annabel Stafford on the women's side, crossing in sixth place. Sarah Carter followed finishing in 20th and Lily Tomasula-Martin in 23rd.

"The women came in with confidence and finished ahead of two Top-10 programs," said head coach Andrew Epperson. "Really great overall and an incredible performance by Annabel finishing in the Top-10. The region is very deep with seven ranked teams, with five of those in the Top-10 – so for her to be a single-digit finisher is huge. Having Sarah and Lily earning All-Region honors was a great driving force for how our women did."

On the men's side, Thomas Chaston led CSU with a 11th place finish, followed by Mason Brown at 16th – both picking up All-Region honors.

"Thomas did a great job leading us from the start," added Epperson. "And Mason did a great job moving up and finding him late in the race and encouraged him to stay tough. I do think the men can run a little better of 10K, but we did all we could do today. It was a great to see them never give up; they fought hard, they dug deep."

Michael Mooney and Lars Mitchel crossed three and fourth, respectfully, for the Rams.

"Both Michael and Lars were driving force for us," said Epperson. "They did a great job and what an incredible story for both, coming off of injury from last year. You can see it makes a different when you have athletes that are not injured helping the team out, because we are a completely different team this year.

Colorado State will wait for their NCAA Championship fate until Saturday, when the NCAA Selection Show airs at 3 p.m., MT. The Rams will look to be one of the 13 at-large teams on each side. Should both squads make the Championship, it would be the first time in 18 years that CSU would send both teams.

"Overall, really proud of how our teams ran. I'll probably lose a little bit of sleep tonight waiting for the Selection Show tomorrow, but overall great day and great performances by both teams. Something to really be proud of."

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Women's 6k – 4th, 121 pts
6. Annabel Stafford, 20:09.1
20. Sarah Carter, 20:37.7
24. Lily Tomasula-Martin, 20:42.7
31. Emily Chaston, 20:52.4
40. Claudia Burgess, 21:01.8
45. Ashlyn Hillyard, 21:05.3
58. Lauren Neugeboren, 21:22.7

Men's 10k – 6th, 132 pts
11. Thomas Chaston, 28:16.9
16. Mason Brown, 28:18.0
26. Michael Mooney, 28:33.0
36. Lars Mitchel, 28:44.6
43. Tom Oates, 29:09.2
58. Brock Dykema, 29:34.4
88. Dawson Besst, 30:37.3

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