Final Results

GOLDEN, Colo. – The Colorado School of Mines Track & Field teams closed out the first meet of the Front Range series in record-setting fashion as five individuals automatically qualified for the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships.
 
Dylan Ko, Loic Scomparin, Kyle Moran, Luke Julian and Dillon Powell teamed up in the 3,000-meter run to topple the Steinhauer Fieldhouse track record and put up five different NCAA Automatic qualifying times. While all five Orediggers were faster than the previous record of 3:23.98, Ko became the official record holder with his blistering pace of 8:20.18. Scomparin was right behind at 3:20.62 which puts him ninth in the program record book in the first race of his collegiate career. Moran finished third in 3:21.06 while Julian and Powell raced 8:22.17 and 8:23.42. After conversion for altitude and track size, those times are the fastest 3K times in all of NCAA Division II this season. Additionally, the previous top 3K mark in Steinhauer Fieldhouse was set by Celedonio Rodriguez of Adams State in 2005.
 
The second section of the 3,000 meters brought additional qualifying times for Mines. John O'Malley finished in 8:32.99 to rank seventh in the nation. Max Sevcik raced 8:33.64 and moved to eighth in the country. Vincent Workman and Duncan Fuehne rounded it out in 8:37.22 and 8:37.26 ranking 11th and 12th, respectively. Additional distance dominance came in the mile run as well. In the first race of the day, Zoe Baker and Heather Keniry post NCAA provisional times. Baker's converted time of 4:50.34 ranks third in the nation and Keniry checks in at 11th with a converted time of 4:56.08.
 
Everett Delate carried over the day-one theme of breakout freshmen. Delate's first collegiate race was the 60-meter hurdles and he finished in 8.26 seconds. That ranks third all-time at Mines and ties for 16th in the nation this season. Randi Higashi and Layla Moriarty both raced in the 400 meters and posted of times of 59.93 and 1:00.12, respectively, to check in at #20 and #25 in DII this season. Ben Abueg followed the cue of Higashi and Moriarty by running 1:57.19 in the 800 meters. He now ranks 18th in the country.
 
Mines was joined by MSU Denver in the Front Range #1 event. Capacity was limited, competitors were required to turn in a negative COVID-19 test, and anyone not actively competing was required to wear a mask. No spectators were allowed, but the event was streamed live on the RMAC Network. A full listing of the final results are linked above and at www.minesathletics.com.
 
The Orediggers will host Front Range #2 next Friday and Saturday. No spectators will be allowed, but live results will be available at www.minesathletics.com.
 
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