Western Colorado University jumper Nykole Meshew captured the women’s high jump title at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Colorado School of Mines April 25-27.
Meshew cleared a career-best height of 1.73 meters to win the event and earn first-team, All-RMAC honors. Her mark is also an NCAA Division II provisional qualifier and currently ranks eighth nationally in DII. Her 10 points helped the Western women place sixth in the team standings with 61 points. The Mountaineer men finished seventh with 36 points.
Western added three more first-team, all-conference honors during the three-day meet. James Duncan placed third in the men’s 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.54 seconds. Eddie Siuda also earned first-team honors by finishing third in the men’s 3000-meter steeplechase in 9:20.91. On the women’s side, Allison Beasley placed third in the 5000 meters with a time of 17:55.69.
Freshman Nellie Wartanian earned second-team All-RMAC honors in two events. She placed fourth in the 200 meters with a school record and NCAA provisional time of 23.92 seconds, and took sixth in the 100 meters in 12.05.
In the women’s 1500 meters, Emma Kjellsen placed fourth in 4:38.29, with teammate Lauren Willson close behind in fifth at 4:38.53. The pair each earned second-team honors. Kyle Partin added a second-team nod in the men’s steeplechase with a fourth-place time of 9:24.36.
Three Mountaineers placed sixth in their events for second-team recognition. Peyton Weiss in the women’s 800 meters, Kelia Portis in the women’s 400-meter hurdles and Will Stone in the men’s 400-meter hurdles.
In the field events, Emma Alford earned second-team honors in the women’s triple jump with a career-best mark of 11.62 meters. She was joined by Sammie Bretz in the high jump, Max Kittsteiner in the men’s pole vault, Scott Grable in the men’s long jump and Katrina Trahan in the women’s discus.
Gretchen Slattum, Branden Davis and the women’s 4x100-meter relay team also earned NCAA provisional marks. Slattum ran 37:38.13 to place seventh in the women’s 10000 meters, and Davis posted a 31:15.17 in the men’s 10000. The 4x100 relay team of Jada Hynds, Gabi Huggins, Wartanian and Elizabeth Johnson placed third with a provisional time of 46.10 seconds — the third-fastest mark in program history.
The Mountaineers will next send small groups to various last-chance meets in hopes of earning or improving provisional marks ahead of the NCAA qualifying deadline on Sunday, May 18.
(Gregg Petcoff is the assistant athletics director for communications at Western Colorado University and can be reached at gpetcoff@western.edu.)
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