All-RMAC Teams

COLORADO SPRINGS – The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference crowned Gina Coleman its Outdoor Freshman of the Year and named Matt Sparks the Men's Outdoor Coach of the Year as it announced the 2018 RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Awards and All-Conference teams on Wednesday.

The pair were joined by 41 total all-RMAC selections for the Orediggers; first-team status goes to the top three finishers in each event at RMAC Championships with spots 4-6 earning second-team honors.
 
The NCAA Championships-bound Coleman claimed the title of top freshman in the RMAC after winning the discus title at the 2018 RMAC Outdoor Championships. She also garnered First-Team All-RMAC honors in the hammer throw, finishing third at the meet. Coleman owns the ninth-best discus mark in NCAA Division II this season. She also holds Mines' record in the discus and hammer throw with the No. 3 all-time mark in the shot put and the fifth-best javelin toss in program history.
 
Sparks earned Men's Outdoor Coach of the Year for the second time in his career after leading Mines' men to the 2018 RMAC Outdoor Track and Field title – the first in program history. The outdoor championship also helped the Oredigger men complete the RMAC Triple Crown with titles in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field. Under Sparks, the Mines men's team reached a national ranking of #3 – the highest in program history - and is currently #15 heading into NCAAs. He will have 10 members of the Mines men's team headed to NCAA Championships along with five women.
 
On the all-RMAC teams, the Mines men had 13 individuals earn a combined 16 first-team nods, and 14 more men earn second-team honors. The women had six Orediggers earn eight first-team slots and eight more earn nine second-team honors. The full list of all-RMAC honorees appears below.

The Orediggers head to the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships May 24-26 on the campus of Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, N.C.
 

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Men's First-Team All-RMAC
Patrick Weaver (800m)
Nathanael Williams (10000m)
Ben Schneiderman (10000m)
Ricardo Ocampo (10000m)
Triston Sisneros (110m hurdles, 400m hurdles, long jump)
Jonathan Roy (400m hurdles)
Jake Mitchem (3000m steeplechase)
Grant Colligan (3000m steeplechase)
Jake Pinkston (pole vault)
Connor McLean (pole vault)
Jack Root (hammer)
Hayden Sather (decathlon)
Chase McLean (decathlon)

Men's Second-Team All-RMAC
Elias Limon (200m)
Kevin Thompson (800m)
Miller Kettle (1500m)
Josh Hoskinson (5000m)
Nick Sevcik (5000m)
Matthew Kade (10000m)
Trevor Lockman (10000m)
Thomas Busath (400m hurdles)
Derek Steele (high jump)
Koby Dudley (high jump)
Brandon Hinkle (pole vault)
Zach Clark (pole vault)
Ben Twombley (pole vault)
Jack Root (shot put)

Women's First-Team All-RMAC
Chloe Cook (1500m)
Megan Wenham (3000m steeplechase, 5000m)
Michaela Reynolds (10000m)
Courtney Clark (shot put)
Gina Coleman (discus, hammer)
Amanda Giles (heptathlon)

Women's Second-Team All-RMAC
Molly Reicher (800m, 1500m)
Brook Eberle (1500m)
Chloe Cook (5000m)
Katie Knapp (10000m)
Kennede Brown (100m hurdles)
Gabrielle Griner (pole vault)
Courtney Clark (hammer)
Amanda Giles (javelin)