Rams Maintain Dominance at Mountain West Championships

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Colorado State finished out its second day at the Mountain West Championships with 13 Rams qualifying for the final round of track events. The women maintain their first-place spot with 77 team points and the men hold on to second with 39.

Men's 5 of 17 Events Scored
Colorado State – 2^nd – 39 points

Women's 5 of 17 Events Scored
Colorado State – 1^st – 77 points

The men finished the heptathlon with both a silver and bronze finisher. Elijah Scott took home silver with a total of 5,500 points. He placed second in the 1000-meter run with a time of 2:49.42. Drew Thompson finished bronze with 5,254 points and a first-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles with 8.24 seconds. He also finished third in the 1000-meter run with 2:51.25.

The Rams took over the top four spots in the women's weight throw. Mya Lesnar in first with a mark of 22.06 meters, Michaela Hawkins in second with 20.45, Kajsa Borrman following closely behind with 19.52 and Gabi Morris in fourth with 19.18. Lesnar's championship mark is a personal-best for the junior as she jumps up to the 11th best mark in the nation and second best in CSU history.

Sophomore Maria Kimpson claimed the her first Mountain West Championship in the women's pole vault as the co-school record holder cleared a mark of 4.09 enroute to the individual title.

Ismael Dembele also claimed his first Mountain West medal in a Ram uniform as the sophomore finished third in the men's long jump with a mark of 7.37 meters during his Mountain West Championship debut.

Anna Petr qualified for the final round of the women's mile with a time of 4:53.02. In the 800-meter run, Yasmin Austridge will be representing the Rams in the finals after achieving a time of 2:10.16 in the preliminary round.

Cal Banta and Chris Henry both qualified for the final round of the men's mile run, with times of 4:12.26 and 4:12.89. Cole Nordman and PJ Robinson will both be competing in the men's 60-meter hurdles after achieving times of 8.03 and 8.15. In the 400 dash, Tom Willems with a time of 47.54 and Kenny Carpenter with 47.72 will run in the finals tomorrow.

Both Tyler Colwell and Cole Nordman will be competing in the 60-meter and 200-meter dash finals tomorrow. Colwell finished the preliminary round in both events in first place with times of 6.72 and 21.10 seconds. Nordman finished with times of 6.72 and 21.35 seconds.

Jack Cauble will also compete in the final round of the 60-meter dash after qualifying with a time of 6.81 seconds. In the 800 run, Ryan Birkmeier and Levi Killian ran 1:52.53 and 1:52.03 to qualify.

Podium Finishes:

Men's Heptathlon
Elijah Scott – 2^nd – 5,500 points
Drew Thompson – 3^rd – 5,254 points

Men's Long Jump
Ismael Dembele – 3^rd – 7.37m – 6 points

Women's Weight Throw
Mya Lesnar – 1^st – 22.06m – 10 points
Michaela Hawkins – 2^nd – 20.45m – 8 points
Kajsa Borrman – 3^rd – 19.52m – 6 points

Women's Pole Vault
Maria Kimpson – 1^st – 4.09m – 10 points

Point Scoring Finishes:

Women's Weight Throw
Gabi Morris - 4th - 19.18m - 5 points

Men's Weight Throw
Mariano Kis – 4^th – 20.05m – 5 points

Women's Long Jump
Taye Holker – 6^th – 6.00m – 3 points

Women's High Jump
Tatum Bailey - 5th - 1.71m - 4 points
Lizzy Huemann - 7th - 1.65m - 2 points
Sierra Haberman - 8th - 1.65m - 1 points

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The final day of the Mountain West Championships will kick off at 9.30 a.m. with the men's high jump finals, followed by the men's shot put at 10 a.m. All final rounds of track events will take place tomorrow starting at 11:10 a.m. with the women's mile run followed by the men's.

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Kenny Carpenter

Jack Cauble

Tyler Colwell

Ismael Dembele

Sierra Haberman

Michaela Hawkins

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Mya Lesnar

Gabi Morris

Cole Nordman

Anna Petr

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Elijah Scott

Drew Thompson

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