Results

COLORADO SPRINGS - Holden Murphy and Kitt Rupar reset program throws records to lead Colorado School of Mines at the Colorado Running Company Mountain Lion Open at UCCS on Saturday.

Murphy reset the program men's weight throw record for the third time this season, while Rupar bested her own indoor women's shot put record to lead a day of big field performances for Mines. Dale Thompson set a season-best in the pole vault, and Jennifer Jarnagin moved to #2 on the women's weight throw list with her personal-best performance.

MEN'S MEET
Murphy continued his outstanding winter in the weight throw to highlight the Oredigger men's day in the field, improving by six centimeters with his fifth-round throw of 19.75m. This season, Murphy has thrown seven of the top-10 weight throw performances in program history, and his mark leads the RMAC and ranks #10 in NCAA Division II this season.

The men's 3,000m highlighted the Oredigger's day on the track as Mines took six of the top nine spots led by the 1-2 finish of Max Bonenberger (8:33.40) and Ethan Grolnic (8:36.57). Matthew Mettler was fourth in 8:44.54, Chandler Wilburn sixth in 8:53.74, Garrett Mackey seventh in 8:56.54, and Rowan Nicholas ninth in 9:02.41. Former Mines All-American and current Mines graduate assistant coach Steven Goldy ran unattached and was third in 8:37.73.

Tegan Daughters (6.98) and Jathan Busby (7.00) each made the 60m dash finals and finished sixth and seventh, respectively; Daughters ran the same time in prelims and Busby 6.99. Daughters led Mines in the 200m dash with a third-place 22.53 time, with Busby running sixth in 22.90, Ollie Sehr ninth in 23.06, and Prince Owusu-Ansah 18th in 24.30. A large group of Orediggers ran the 400m with Elijah Quinby finishing second overall and first among collegiate competitors with a 49.85 time to lead out Mark Leoni (5th, 50.41), Austin Schmidt (6th, 50.66), Sehr (7th, 51.09), Waylon Weeks (11th, 53.41), and Owusu-Ansah (13th, 53.64). 

In the men's 800m, Owen Schneider led Mines with his fourth-place 1:57.88 - the top D-II time - with Aiden Bram eighth overall in 2:01.60. Andrea O'Malley ran 4:20.94 for third in the mile ahead of Shalom Trowbridge's ninth-place 4:28.20. Coulton Chan was only one tick off his career best to finish sixth in the 60m hurdles in 8.27, with Nick Stade 12th in 8.76.

In the field, Mines had a strong shot put day with Franklin Rambo finishing second at 16.22m ahead of Brody Welch's third-place 15.95m and Murphy's fourth-place 15.47m. Hayden Swim was eighth in 13.95m, Vaughn Hafner was 10th at 13.48m, and Keaton Reiman threw 13.10m for 11th with Nick Stade 16th at 10.04m. Rambo also threw 14.29m for 10th in the weight throw. Hunter Potrykus was second in the men's pole vault with a 5.08m best bar, ahead of Noah Kelly and Aidan Bennett (4.68m) and Shan Conley and Tony Peonio (4.53m). Hafner cleared 1.89m to place fourth in the high jump.

WOMEN'S MEET
Rupar made it a two-record day for the Mines throwers as she reset her indoor shot put record for the second time this season, throwing 14.87m for second in the event. That improves the 2024 outdoor All-American to 11th on the national list. Avery Wright's 12.93m was a personal best and strong fifth place for the multi-eventer, and Jarnagin was seventh at 11.89m. Audrey Ott finished 17th (9.89m) and Abbi Gillespie 18th (9.65m). 

In the weight throw, Jarnagin joined teammate Gillespie as the third Mines woman to join the 18-meter club, throwing a personal-best and NCAA-provisional 18.26m to win the event. Jarnagin's mark takes over the RMAC season lead from Gillespie and ranks 17th on the national list. Gillespie, meanwhile, surpassed 18 meters for a second straight week to finish second at 18.01m, while Rupar threw 15.87m for eighth and Ott 13.68m for 10th. Jarnagin moves to #2 on the Mines all-time performers list with the #3 all-time throw.

Dale Thompson's season-best, indoor personal-best, and NCAA-provisional 3.94m performance won the women's pole vault, putting her inside the national top 20, with Ava Kowalski second over 3.79m and Taylor Hindman  was fourth at 3.64m. Maddie Kelly and Madeline Obuchowski tied for seventh at 3.34m, and Arabella Chen was 10th at the same height. CLaire Kintzley placed 12th in the long jump with a 5.38m best effort. 

On the track, Maya Evans won the women's 400m in a time of 59.15 seconds, and also ran a 26.48-second 200m for fourth place in that event. Avery Wright was second overall and the top D-II runner in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.74 seconds after running 8.79 in prelims; Allison Comer finished sixth in 9.01 and Aani Hardesty was 13th in 9.33. Wright, the program recordholder in the event, has now run the four fastest times in Mines history this season, adding the #3 and #4 entries on Saturday. 

In the women's 3,000m, Callen Nash clocked 10:27.15 for second place, with Ella Kenly seventh in 11:24.90 and Maria Forster a spot behind in 11:30.27. 

NEXT UP
Mines will compete in the Arkansas Qualifier Feb. 21 before heading back to UCCS for the RMAC Indoor Championships on Feb. 28.