Day 1 Results

GOLDEN, Colo. - Colorado School of Mines started off the Kit Mayer Classic with some standout performances at Stermole Track on Friday.

For their second straight competition, both Jennifer Jarnagin and Abbi Gillespie broke the women's hammer throw record as both became the first Oredigger women to surpass 60 meters. Gillespie was the first to do so, hitting 60.17m on her second throw, and Jarnagin got to 60.49m on her fifth throw to reset her record of 57.74m set two weeks ago. That put them second and third in the competition, while Kitt Rupar threw 47.11m for 14th and Audrey Ott 36.13m for 24th.

Callen Nash won the women's 10,000m in a strong 36:34.11 (35:07.71 at sea level), which puts her well under the NCAA provisional time as she was paced by alumna Chloe Gustafson. Karina Anderson was fifth in 38:41.69, and Ashleigh Loe ran 39:06.23 for seventh. 

Dawson Gunn led a large group of Oredigger men in the 10,000m with their top four finishers all getting in under the NCAA provisional time. Gunn ran third in 30:14.08 (29:02.65 converted) which will put him into the national top 15, while Jeremiah Vaille's hard kick brought him home in a fourth-place and 30:19.69 (29:08.03) with Ethan Grolnic a spot behind in 30:49.11 (29:36.30) ahead of Braden Struhs in 30:52.46 (29:39.51). Chandler Wilburn was eighth in 31:20.68 and Rowan Nicholas 10th in 31:58.70. The group was paced by teammate Paul Knight and alumnus Andrew Kaye.

Holden Murphy tossed Mines' best men's hammer throw mark since 2016, becoming the third man to break 60 meters with a personal-best 60.93m fourth-place finish. Hayden Swim was 15th (50.68m) and Keaton Reiman 24th (41.28m). Kolby Denke had a terrific day in the javelin, going over 61 meters twice in his series to set a new collegiate-best of 61.69m for second place. That marks Mines' best javelin throw in a decade. Franklin Rambo was fourth in 50.74m

Indoor all-American Claire Kintzley opened up her outdoor triple jump season with a strong 11.90m second-place performance, only four centimeters off her outdoor program record. 

Aidan Bennett was second in the men's pole vault getting over 4.76m with Noah Kelly and Kai Miller clearing 4.61m for fourth and fifth and Tony Peonio was ninth at 4.31m. In the women's competition, Dale Thompson cleared 3.87, for third as Taylor Hindman was a spot behind with a best bar of 3.57m. Madeline Obuchowski was ninth at 3.42m, and Arabella Chen 10th with a 3.27m best. Alumna Hayley Rayburn, competing unattached, set the facility record winning the event with a height of 4.32m.

Through one day of the men's decathlon, Vaughn Hafner leads with 3,594 points highlighted by an 11.22-second 100m dash and a 1.93m high jump. Nick Stade had an 11.09 100m dash to highlight his day, and he stands fourth with 2,746 points. In the women's heptathlon, Avery Wright is second with 3,111 points keyed by a personal-best 14.50m 100m hurdles and a 25.20 200m. Lisa Sutherland is a spot behind with 2,804 points thanks to a 14.83-second 100m hurdles and a 26.50-second 200m among her top point-scoring events.

The Kit Mayer Classic resumes Saturday at 10 a.m.