2025 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships
March 13-15 - Indianapolis, Ind. [Live Video] [Live Results] [Schedule] 

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MINES QUALIFIES FOR 20 EVENTS AT NCAA INDOORS
The indoor season comes to a close this weekend as Colorado School of Mines competes at the 2025 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships, held in Indianapolis at the Indiana Farm Bureau Fall Creek Pavilion. The three-day meet, which starts Thursday, has Mines sending 18 individuals and a relay to compete in 20 total events following a successful RMAC Championship performance for both the men's and women's teams. 

LIVE COVERAGE & FAN INFO
The 2025 meet is part of the NCAA's DII Championships Festival, with swimming & diving and men's wrestling joining track & field in hosting their championships this weekend in Indianapolis. It will mark the first time that the NCAA Indoor meet has gone to the new Indiana Farm Bureau Fall Creek Pavilion, which hosted the Big Ten Championships last week as part of its inaugural season. The track & field championships will stream live on ncaa.com, and live results along with entries and heat sheets are available here.

WHAT TO WATCH - THURSDAY
Thursday will be busy for the Orediggers as Avery Wright starts off competition with the women's pentathlon at 11:30 a.m. ET. The RMAC champion and Mines recordholder is the #6 seed with a seed score of 3,854; it is her second straight NCAA pentathlon appearance after finishing 13th a year ago. Women's pole vault will be next on the docket at 3 p.m. with Hayley Rayburn and Dale Thompson competing; Rayburn, the RMAC champion and conference recordholder, stands #2 nationally at 4.40m this season with Thompson seeded 14th over 3.98m. 

Thursday's track prelims include tenth-seeded Grace Strongman in the women's mile (4:55 p.m.) and 15th-seeded Jonah Fallon in the men's 400m (5:55 p.m.) making their NCAA debuts in those events. Mines will aim for podium spots in Thursday's 5,000m finals, with the women's race (6:15 p.m.) featuring national recordholder and #1 seed Jenna Ramsey-Rutledge along with Margaux Basart, and the men's race has a pair of top-six seeds in Paul Knight and Loic Scomparin. 

Thursday (all times Eastern)
11:30 a.m. - women's pentathlon finals (Avery Wright)
3 p.m. - women's pole vault final (Hayley Rayburn / Dale Thompson)
4:55 p.m. - women's mile prelim (Grace Strongman)
5:55 p.m. - men's 400m prelim (Jonah Fallon)
6:15 p.m. - women's 5,000m final (Margaux Basart / Jenna Ramsey-Rutledge)
6:35 p.m. - men's 5,000m final (Paul Knight / Loic Scomparin)

WHAT TO WATCH - FRIDAY
Friday will see Orediggers compete in three finals, starting in the field with the women's and men's weight throw competitions. Jennifer Jarnagin won the RMAC gold and qualified for her first NCAA meet seeded 12th at 18.99m, while RMAC silver medalist Holden Murphy - a D-III all-American last year in the event for Loras - is seeded ninth at 20.06m. The women's weight throw is set for 12:15 p.m. ET and the men start at 3:30 p.m. The only Mines final on the track will be the men's distance medley relay at 6 p.m. as Brock Drengenberg, Elijah Quinby, Tim Thompson, and Alberto Campa (with Fallon as an alternate) are seeded sixth at 9:40.65.

Friday track preliminaries include the men's 800m (2:55 p.m.) with Tim Thompson seeded fifth (1:48.71) in his second NCAA appearance, and the 60m hurdles where 2024 all-American Everett Delate is the third seed at 7.80 seconds; both men won their respective events at the RMAC Championships. 

Friday (all times Eastern)
12:15 p.m. - women's weight throw final (Jennifer Jarnagin)
2:55 p.m. - men's 800m prelim (Tim Thompson)
3:30 p.m. - men's weight throw final (Holden Murphy)
4:30 p.m. - men's 60m hurdles prelim (Everett Delate)
6 p.m. - men's distance medley relay final (Brock Drengenberg/Elijah Quinby/Tim Thompson/Alberto Campa)

WHAT TO WATCH - SATURDAY
The final day of the meet will feature four field finals for the Orediggers, starting with the women's shot put (12:30 p.m.) and 2024 outdoor all-American Kitt Rupar, who is seeded 11th at 14.89m. The men's pole vault (2:35 p.m.) features three-time all-American Hunter Potrykus, the eighth seed at 5.23m, while the women's triple jump (3 p.m.) will see Mines recordholder Claire Kintzley qualify for her first national meet seeded 14th at 12.15m. The men's shot put (3:30 p.m.) will have another Oredigger debut as Franklin Rambo (17.77m) competes.

On the track, Mines hopes to advance to finals in the 60m hurdles, mile, 400m, and 800m. The 3,000m will wrap up the meet as Emily LaMena competes for the women (4:40 p.m.) seeded eighth in her debut, and Loic Scomparin aims for a second podium as the second seed in the men's race (5 p.m.)

Saturday (all times Eastern)
12:30 p.m. - women's shot put final (Kitt Rupar)
2:30 p.m. - men's 60m hurdles final (Everett Delate, if qualify)
2:35 p.m. - men's pole vault final (Hunter Potrykus)
3 p.m. - women's triple jump final (Claire Kintzley)
3:15 p.m. - women's mile final (Grace Strongman, if qualify)
3:30 p.m. - men's shot put final (Franklin Rambo)
3:45 p.m. - men's 400m final (Jonah Fallon, if qualify)
4:10 p.m. - men's 800m final (Tim Thompson, if qualify)
4:40 p.m. - women's 3,000m final (Emily LaMena)
5 p.m. - men's 3,000m final (Loic Scomparin)

MINES AT THE NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Orediggers had a terrific 2024 NCAA indoor showing as the women finished 10th and the men 11th, marking the second straight top-10 finish for the women's team. The Oredigger men have a streak of 20 consecutive meets dating back to 2004 with at least one all-American on the podium, and the women have a six-meet streak; the Mines men have also finished in the top 15 in six consecutive championships. 

MINES WOMEN ACHIEVE RMAC THREEPEAT
The Orediggers' last competition was two weeks ago as the women captured their third consecutive RMAC Indoor championship and the men scored a program-record 160 points to place second overall. Mines was all over the podium, crowning nine individual champions including double-gold-medalist Loic Scomparin in the 3,000m and 5,000m. Athlete of the Meet Avery Wright won the pentathlon, took silver in the 60m hurdles, bronze in the 4x400, and scored in the shot put, while Mines' middle distance was strong with wins in the 400m by Jonah Fallon and 800m by Tim Thompson. Jennifer Jarnagin won the women's weight throw, Everett Delate defended his hurdles crown, and Nick Stade captured the heptathlon title to give Mines a multis sweep.

IN THE POLLS
This week's final USTFCCCA National Ratings Index has the Mines men #5 and the women #8. The two have sat in the top 10 all season long, and a seven polls, it marks the longest consecutive stretch of simultaneous top-10 rankings for the Oredigger men and women. 

RECORD SETTERS
The 2024-25 Oredigger squad now includes 14 active individual recordholders, plus one relay. For the men, Loic Scomparin (3K), Everett Delate (60H), Jonah Fallon (400), the men's 4x400, Holden Murphy (WT), Franklin Rambo (SP), and Hunter Potrykus (PV) are all atop their events, while Avery Wright (60H and pentathlon), Margaux Basart (3K), Jenna Ramsey-Rutledge (5K), Kitt Rupar (SP), Claire Kintzley (TJ) and Hayley Rayburn (PV) have their names on the women's indoor record wall. Allison Comer also owns the outdoor 400 hurdles record set last season, and Wright has the outdoor heptathlon mark.

EARNING SILVER
Six current and former Mines track & field student-athletes earned degrees at the university's winter commencement ceremonies on Dec. 13. Two current squad members - Shane Conley and Alex Shaw - earned the B.S. degrees in Chemical and Biological Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, respectively, while four alumni earned master's degrees in Duncan Fuehne (Applied Physics), Bo Raadam (Earth Resources Development Engineering), Zoe Baker (Computer Science), and Aryelle Wright (Quantitative Biosciences & Engineering). 

LOOKING AHEAD
Mines will roll right into outdoor season with the Dr. Dan Caprioglio Invitational at CSU Pueblo on March 21-22. The Orediggers' spring schedule is highlighted by two home meets (the Kit Mayer Classic on April 12 and the Mines Pre-Conference on April 19) plus hosting duties for the RMAC Outdoor Championships on April 25-27.