COLORADO SPRINGS - Colorado School of Mines was well-represented on the All-RMAC Outdoor Track & Field teams including top awards for Emily LaMena, Sierra Wall, and Matt Sparks.

LaMena earned the Women's Co-Track Athlete of the Year award, Wall was the Women's Freshman of the Year, and Sparks was both the Men's Coach of the Year and Co-Women's Coach of the Year after a historic spring for the Orediggers.

In addition, the Orediggers earned 26 men's and 17 women's spots on the all-RMAC team, which recognizes finishes at the conference outdoor championships. 

LaMena, a redshirt sophomore, ended the season with one of the most impressive track performances of the year at the NCAA Championships, dominating the 3,000m steeplechase to win the national title in 9:58.38 before doubling back to earn the silver medal in the 5,000m in 16:04.49. LaMena's 18 points - second-most in the nation - helped the Oredigger women earn their best-ever team finish at a national meet tied for third.

Wall was one of the nation's best true freshmen in 2025-26, capping a three-season all-America year with the NCAA silver medal in the steeplechase behind LaMena. Wall was the RMAC champion in the steeplechase as well, and is the first Oredigger freshman to be a three-season all-American. 

Sparks, also the indoor coach of the year, earns his fourth outdoor honor after guiding the Oredigger men to the RMAC team title and the women to their highest-ever national finish in third. In his 13th season, the Orediggers broke their "record for records" as they set 17 new program all-time marks this spring. 

The RMAC major awards are selected and voted on by the league's 15 women's outdoor track and field head coaches. All-RMAC status is based on finishes at the RMAC Championships, with medalists and champion relays earning first-team honors and placers four through six plus runner-up relays going on the second team. 


Men's All-RMAC
Daniel Appleford, 5000m, First Team
Aidan Bennett, pole vault, First Team 
Max Bonenberger, 3000m steeplechase, First Team
Jathan Busby, 100m, First Team
Liam Currie, 4x400m Relay, First Team
Brock Drengenberg, 800m, First Team
Jonah Fallon, 200m, First Team
Jonah Fallon, 400m, First Team
Jonah Fallon, 4x400m Relay, First Team
Cole Fiorillo, 3000m steeplechase, Second Team
Ethan Grolnic, 1500m, Second Team
Dawson Gunn, 5000m, First Team
Paul Knight, 10000m, First Team
Garrett Mackey, 3000m steeplechase, Second Team
Rowan Nicholas, 10000m, First Team
Jonah Pfender, shot put, Second Team
Alejandro Philippart, 110mH, First Team
Alejandro Philippart, long jump, Second Team
Chris Pietrak, 5000m, Second Team
Elijah Quinby, 4x400m Relay, First Team
Nick Stade, decathlon, Second Team
Tim Thompson, 4x400m Relay, First Team
Tim Thompson, 800m, First Team
Jeremiah Vaille, 10000m, First Team
Charlie Welch, 3000m steeplechase, Second Team
Cade Whish, discus, Second Team
Cody Wyman, 10000m, Second Team

Women's All-RMAC
Margaux Basart, 3000m steeplechase, First Team
Arabella Chen, pole vault, Second Team
Lily Cobb, javelin, Second Team
Imani Fernandez-Gorbea, 800m, First Team
Imani Fernandez-Gorbea, 4x400m Relay, First Team
Grace Galvin, 400m, First Team
Aani Hardesty, 400mH, First Team
Aani Hardesty, 4x400m Relay, First Team
Taylor Hindman, pole vault, First Team
Jennifer Jarnagin, hammer throw, First Team
Josie Mejia, 5000m, Second Team
Callen Nash, 10000m, First Team
Elizabeth Prescott, 4x400m Relay, First Team
Lisa Sutherland, heptathlon, First Team
Sierra Wall, 3000m steeplechase, First Team
Violet Williams, long jump, First Team
Violet Williams, 4x400m Relay, First Team