Rams Rally During Day One of Mountain West Championships

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Colorado State track and field team finished out day one of the 2024 Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championships with two podium finishes and three Rams leading the men's heptathlon. The women leave day one with an early lead in team points with 27.

Men's 2 of 17 Event Scored
Colorado State – 4^th – 12 points

Women's 3 of 17 Event Scored
Colorado State – 1^st – 27 points

The men finished four of seven heptathlon events and Rams Elijah Scott, Drew Thompson, and Mateo Munoz lead the Mountain West standings after day one of competition. Scott sits in first place so far with a total score of 3,164 points. He placed first in three of the four events including a mark of 7.04 meters in the long jump, 13.84 meters in shot put and 2.04 meters in the high jump.

Defending heptathlon champion Thompson scored 3,017 total points with a second-place finish in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.02 seconds while also placing second in both the long jump (6.89m) and shot put (13.13m). Munoz sits in third with 2,985 points after a career-best performance in the high jump where he placed second with a mark of 1.98 meters.

Tereza Babicka finished silver in the women's pentathlon with a total score of 3,820 points which ties for the seventh best score in the Colorado State record book. She placed first in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.57 seconds to also tie at No.11 in the CSU top 20. She secured second in the long jump with a mark of 5.72 meters and a No.17 spot in the record book. She also placed first in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:20.85.

Following the multi events of the evening, the Colorado State women's distance medley relay team of Yasmin Austridge, Grace Gordon, Brooklyn Ewert and Anna Petr claimed the first gold medal for the Rams this weekend. With a combined time of 11:33.99, all four Rams earned their first Mountain West Championship medal.

Point Scoring Finishes:

Women's 4000 Distance Medley Relay
Austridge, Gordon, Ewert, Petr – 1^st – 11:33.99 - 10 points

Women's Pentathlon Finals
Tereza Babicka – 2^nd – 3,820 points - 8 points

Women's 5K
Claire Hengesbaugh - 4th - 16:59.33 - 5 points
Emily Chaston - 5th - 16:59.35 - 4 points

Men's 5K
Lars Mitchel - 5th - 14:19.94 - 4 points
Mason Brown - 6th - 14:23.08 - 3 points

Men's Distance Medley
Banta, Carpenter, Birkmeier, Henry - 4th - 10:09.87 - 5 points

Up Next…

The Mountain West Championships will pick up again tomorrow at 10 a.m. to finish off the men's heptathlon with 60-meter hurdles, pole vault, and the 1000-meter run. The women's mile preliminary round will follow and take place at 1:30 p.m.

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