By: Tim Flynn
USTFCCCA Rankings
NEW ORLEANS - Colorado School of Mines' women's track & field team reached its highest-ever national ranking as both they and the men's squad are #4 in this week's USTFCCCA ratings.
Coming off a strong weekend both at home and at the Bryan Clay Invitational, the Oredigger women jumped up three spots from last week while the men held steady at #4. The women's team had previous reached #5 on multiple occasions, including this past indoor season.
Mines owns an impressive four national leads this outdoor season thanks to
Dawson Gunn (5,000m),
Jenna Ramsey-Rutledge (10,000m),
Grace Strongman (5,000m), and
Sierra Wall (3,000m steeplechase), and 16 top-10 NCAA D-II slots overall as they look toward the postseason.
Mines continues to be well-represented in the EventSquad rankings, as well, which rank individual event groups by their top four competitors per team. For the men, the 800m and 10,000m squads rank #2, the 5K group is #3, steeplechase #4, and 400m and 110m hurdles #5, while on the women's side, the steeplechase ranks #3 and 5K #4.
The Orediggers visit Pueblo this weekend for the 2026 RMAC Outdoor Championships, which run Friday through Sunday.