Franson Last Chance
Friday-Saturday - hosted by Azusa Pacific - Azusa, Calif. [Live Results] [Final Schedule]

Air Force Twilight
Friday - hosted by Air Force - Colorado Springs, Colo. [Live Results] [Final Schedule] 

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ONE LAST CHANCE TO QUALIFY
The final opportunity to qualify for the NCAA Championships is ahead this weekend as Colorado School of Mines competes at a pair of last-chance meets. A large group of Orediggers will head to southern California for the Franson Last Chance at Azusa Pacific on Friday and Saturday, while a trio of pole vaulters visit the Academy for the Air Force Twilight on Friday. For some, it's a chance to punch their tickets to Emporia for the national meet later this month; for others, it's final prep work with their spots in the top-22 of the national performance list already secure.

LIVE COVERAGE
Both meets will have live results, linked above. No video coverage is available for either meet.

WHAT TO WATCH
At the Franson Last Chance, the Orediggers' power group will work on final opportunities starting on Friday with six competitors in action. The men's 800m will feature Tim Thompson - safely into nationals at #4 nationally - and Liam Currie - just outside the bubble ranked #25 - while the women's race will see Imani Fernandez-Gorbea get some work in as she is ranked #8. Violet Williams will compete in two events with the 100m and then the long jump (currently #11), and Lisa Sutherland will join her in the long jump. Jenni Jarnagin, ranked #8 in D-II in the hammer, will tune up for NCAAs as well.

On Saturday, Jonah Fallon (#10) and Logan Meade run the men's 400m while Elijah Quinby (#17) and Aani Hardesty (#16) compete in the 400m hurdles looking to solidify their spots. Both 4x400s will also compete; the men are safely in ranked #5 nationally but the women are sitting at #27 looking to get in the top 16 with a cut time likely somewhere around 3:40. 

On Friday at Air Force, Aidan Bennett, Kai Miller, and Taylor Hindman will compete in the pole vault. Bennett improved his standing last week at Colorado State with a career-best 5.17m bar, which took him to #14 nationally, while Hindman stands right on the cut line tied for #21 nationally at 3.92m as she looks to improve. 

MINES MEN CAPTURE RMAC TITLE
Mines won the RMAC outdoor men's team title for the first time since 2019 in late April, scoring 188 points to lead the pack in Pueblo. Paul Knight (10,000m), Max Bonenberger (steeplechase), and Aidan Bennett (pole vault) won individual titles on Saturday, and the gold run continued on Sunday with crowns for Alejandro Philippart (110m hurdles), Jonah Fallon (400m), Tim Thompson (800m), Dawson Gunn (5,000m), and the 4x400 relay. The women finished a strong third behind individual crowns for Sierra Wall (steeplechase), Imani Fernandez-Gorbea (800m), Jennifer Jarnagin (hammer throw), and the 4x400 relay. 

OLDEST MINES RECORD BROKEN
Lisa Sutherland broke the oldest record on the books at Mines as part of her silver-medal heptathlon effort at the RMAC Championships, running a 14.28-second 100m hurdles to snap the mark that had stood since 1987. It was one of three Mines records to go down at the conference meet along with the men's 4x100 relay's (Eric Hill Jr., Crockett Becker, Tegan Daughters, Jathan Busby) time of 40.66 and Aani Hardesty's 400m hurdles performance of 59.17 seconds. The men's 4x400 relay (Liam Currie, Tim Thompson, Elijah Quinby, Jonah Fallon) also came away with a new RMAC Championships record of 3:09.74.

ON THE NATIONAL LIST
The Orediggers hold three national leads on the NCAA D-II performance list - Jenna Ramsey-Rutledge in the 10K, Grace Strongman in the 5,000m, and Dawson Gunn in the 5K - and have 16 top-10 NCAA D-II slots overall heading into May. If the NCAA Championships started today, the Orediggers would have 28 total entries - 15 individuals and a relay for the men and 12 individuals for the women.

LOOKING AHEAD
Selections for the 2026 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be announced Tuesday, with the meet beginning May 21 at Emporia State in Kansas.