Colorado Running Company Pre-Holiday Invite & Multi
Friday-Saturday - hosted by UCCS - Colorado Springs, Colo. [Live Results] [RMAC Network] [Schedule]

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OREDIGGERS SEND TWO TO UCCS
After opening the new indoor track & field season with a bang last weekend, Colorado School of Mines sends two competitors to this weekend's Colorado Running Company Pre-Holiday Invite & Multi, hosted by UCCS in Colorado Springs. Nick Stade will compete in the Orediggers' first multi of the season, while Jennifer Jarnagin looks to build on a strong season opener in the weight throw. 

LIVE COVERAGE
This weekend's meet will stream live on the RMAC Network, with live timing from RapidResults. Starting this year, the RMAC Network has moved to a pay-per-view model for all events. Fans can purchase monthly and annual subscriptions that will provide them access to all regular-season, championship, and archived broadcasts on the RMAC Network; for track & field, there is also a day-pass option to view multiple event streams in the same day. A monthly subscription costs $25, and an annual subscription costs $130. Single-game/day passes are available for $10, which grants access for 24 hours. For technical support questions, fans can contact Hudl Support or email the RMAC directly (rmac@rmacsports.org). For further support, fans can visit the RMAC Network Help page.

WHAT TO WATCH
Jennifer Jarnagin will kick off the weekend at UCCS, competing in the women's weight throw Friday at 10:30 a.m. Jarnagin, the defending RMAC champion, opened her senior season last weekend at the Mines Alumni Classic with an impressive series of throws topped by an 18.75m mark, less than a quarter-meter off her career best (18.99m) and the fifth-best performance overall in program history. Nick Stade, the 2025 RMAC heptathlon champion, competed in three events last week highlighted by a personal-best 11.56m shot put performance; he also vaulted 4.50m and hurdled in 8.68 seconds. Stade, who holds a career-best heptathlon of 5,123 points, starts the competition Friday at noon and continues Saturday at 10 a.m.

LAST WEEK REWIND
Mines had a terrific start to the season at two meets last weekend, starting in Golden where freshman Violet Williams smashed the program long jump record (6.21m) and Tim Thompson broke the Steinhauer Fieldhouse 800m mark (1:51.25). On Friday, Alejandro Philippart won the men's long jump at 7.38m in his debut, and Franklin Rambo took the men's shot put with a 16.58m start. On Saturday, Jathan Busby became Mines' fastest man indoors with a new program record 6.78 in the 60m dash, Jarnagin won the women's weight throw and Imani Fernandez-Gorbea was first in the women's 800m. 

Mines' distance runners had a fantastic meet at Boston University's Sharon Coyear-Danville Season Opener, with the women's 5,000m group running five of the top eight all-time performances in Mines history. Emily LaMena' 15:57 made her the #5 all-time performer in D-II history ahead of Grace Strongman, whose 16:06 put her at #9 in divisional history; Margaux Basart, Sierra Wall, and Lexi Herr also ran Mines all-time top-10 and NCAA provisional times. Paul Knight, Dawson Gunn, and Ethan Grolnic all made NCAA provisional cuts in the men's 5K while Brock Drengenberg's 4:03.57 is the early leader for the top mile time in the country this season.

LONG JUMPERS EARN RMAC ACCOLADES
For their performances at the Mines Alumni Classic, Violet Williams and Alejandro Philippart were named the RMAC Field Athletes of the Week on Wednesday. Williams smashed the Mines record with her mark of 6.21m (20-4.5), the best in the RMAC since 2021 and second on the national list after the opening weekend. Philippart turned in Mines' best long jump mark in a decade - 7.38m (24-2.5) - to take the early RMAC lead and tie for third on the NCAA Division II national performance list.

OREDIGGERS DOMINATE EARLY NATIONAL PERFORMANCE LIST
Opening weekend saw Orediggers set 16 NCAA provisional performances including a dozen that sit in the NCAA Division II top-10. Brock Drengenberg's mile currently leads the nation in the mile, Tim Thompson (800m), Violet Williams (LJ), Emily LaMena (5K) rank #2 in their events, while Alejandro Philippart (LJ) and Grace Strongman (5K) are #3, with Liam Currie fifth in the 800m as well. 

XC CLEANS UP POSTSEASON AWARDS
The RMAC announced its postseason cross country awards on Wednesday and Mines picked up three major awards, with Sierra Wall and Cody Wyman earning the Freshmen of the Year honors and Chris Siemers the RMAC Women's Coach of the Year. They added to already-announced awards for Grace Strongman and Paul Knight - the RMAC Runners of the Meet after earning individual RMAC titles - and RMAC Summit Award winner Margaux Basart.

A HISTORIC FALL SEASON
The 2025 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships are still fresh on the Orediggers' minds after two team podium finishes and nine all-American performances on Nov. 22 in Wisconsin. The Mines women had a historic finish placing second overall - their best ever showing - led by Grace Strongman's second-place run, with Emily LaMena and Lexi Herr adding top-10 performances and Sierra Wall and Margaux Basart also finishing in the top 35. The men placed third - their 10th consecutive top-three trophy - led by Paul Knight's fourth-place finish, with Dawson Gunn, Ethan Grolnic, and Max Bonenberger also earning all-America spots.

THE CHAMPS ARE HERE
It's been a tremendous last few years for the Mines women's track & field and cross country programs, and that reached a new level in October when the Orediggers won the RMAC women's cross country championship for the first time. With the title, Colorado School of Mines became the first institution in the RMAC to win conference championships in every sport it sponsors. In addition to the XC win, this decade, the women have won RMAC indoor track & field titles in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and won their first-ever outdoor crown in 2024 as well. 

RECORD SETTERS
Mines head into the new season with a strong group of active program recordholders returning for 2025-26, and added to that group last week with new marks by Violet Williams in the long jump and Jathan Busby in the 60m dash. Returning for the men, Jonah Fallon (400m) and Franklin Rambo (shot put) set new individual marks last year, while every piece of the 4x400 relay (Liam Currie, Logan Meade, Tim Thompson, and Fallon) plus three of four legs of the distance medley relay (Drengenberg, Fallon, and Thompson) return from last year's record-setting groups. The women welcome back Margaux Basart (3,000m) and Avery Wright (60m hurdles and pentathlon) as individual recordholders, while Grace Galvin is also a member of Mines' record-holding 4x400 and distance medley relays, joined by Imani Fernandez-Gorbea on the DMR.

LOOKING AHEAD
Mines will break for finals and the holidays before returning Jan. 16-17 at the Potts Invitational in Boulder.