Colorado Running Company UCCS Invite
Saturday - 9 a.m. - hosted by UCCS - Colorado Springs, Colo. [Live Results] [RMAC Network] [Schedule]

Colorado Invite
Saturday - 11 a.m. - hosted by the University of Colorado - Boulder, Colo. [Live Results] [Schedule]

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OREDIGGERS SPLIT SQUAD TO START 2026
Colorado School of Mines indoor track & field gets its 2026 started with two meets this Saturday, splitting their squad to head to the Colorado Running Company UCCS Invite in Colorado Springs and the Colorado Invite in Boulder. The Orediggers' field athletes and sprinters will visit UCCS, while a large group of middle-distance and distance runners compete on the big 300m track in Boulder. Full events schedule are available for both meets at the links above.

LIVE COVERAGE
Both meets will have live results available from Rapid Results Timing.

The CRC UCCS Invite will stream live on the RMAC Network, while the Colorado Invite has no video coverage. 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.

LAST TIME OUT
Mines had a terrific start to the season at two meets in early December, 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, freshmen Violet Williams and Alejandro Philippart were named the RMAC Field Athletes of the Week. 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 at 7.38m (24-2.5).

OREDIGGERS APPEAR ON EARLY NATIONAL PERFORMANCE LIST
As the indoor season heats up, Mines is already well-represented on the national performance list in a number of events. The women's 5,000m is Mines' strongest showing so far this year with five athletes in the national top 11 led by Emily LaMena (#2) and Grace Strongman (#3) along with Margaux Basart (#3), Sierra Wall (#10), and Lexi Herr (#11). The men have three in the top 13 with Paul Knight (#6), Dawson Gunn (#10) and Ethan Grolnic (#13). Mines middle distance is also strong with Tim Thompson sitting #3 in the 800m and Brock Drengenberg #4 in the mile. Mines owns three top-10 field marks so far as Violet Williams is #2 in the women's long jump with Alejandro Philippart #5 on the men's side, and Jennifer Jarnagin is #8 in the women's weight throw. 

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 in December 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.

GET THAT SILVER
Six current and former Mines track & field and cross country student-athletes earned Mines degrees on Dec. 19 as part of the university's winter commencement ceremony. Current runners Jonah Fallon and Ethan Grolnic both earned their bachelor's degrees, while alumni Noah Kelly, Logan Bocovich, and Alex Shaw received master's degrees and Dr. Kathleen Tomon Veidmark earned a doctorate - her third Mines degree - while also being the featured student speaker at the graduate commencement event. 

LOOKING AHEAD
Mines will host the Winter Classic next weekend starting Friday, Jan. 30 and continuing into Saturday at Steinhauer Fieldhouse.