Spearfish, SD – The Black Hills State University men's and women's track and field teams are heading to face some of the best competition in the country. They will be competing at the RMAC Indoor track and field Championships this Friday and Saturday hosted by UCCS. The RMAC is notoriously one of the stoutest conferences in country, especially in the distance events. The Yellow Jackets were unphased by this as they qualified 21 women and 12 men into the championships.
 
Friday's action begins at 10:00am with the heptathlon and the weight throw. Running events begin at 1:00pm with the 60m hurdle prelims. Saturday, the Heptathlon wraps up at ten, the men's shot put gets the field events underway at 11:00am, and running events begin at noon with the 60m hurdles.
 
"This is the weekend our training culminates for," said head coach Seth Mischke. "We have tapered and prepared, and now it is time to let the dogs off the porch and fight for every single point available.  It will be a great test in a great environment, and there will be no room to be flat, as conference meets bring another level of adrenaline to the team. It's going to be a fun one for sure."
 
Tristan Hepp will kick things off for the Yellow Jackets in the Heptathlon. He is the school record holder in this event, second in the conference, and 13^th in the nation. Seth Hills will also be competing in the heptathlon, he is ranked 16^th going in.
 
The Yellow Jackets women's squad enters the meet with some serious credentials in the field events. Whitney Scott leads the pole vault squad ranked third in the conference and 17^th in the nation. She will be up against the top two division II vaulters this weekend. Hannah Hendrick is close behind ranked fourth in the conference and 50^th in the nation. Also looking to podium will be JoJo Sherman who is ranked 11^th, and Chandi Jackson who is ranked 13^th.
 
Kyla Sawvell will be looking to keep up her dominating presence in the throws. She enters the Championship ranked first in the both the shot put and the weight throw. Her WT toss is currently 13^th in the country while her shot put is 28^th. Maddi Fiddler will also be throwing the weight and shot and is ranked third and 11^th respectively in those events. Riley Langston will be looking to prove herself in the weight coming in ranked 20^th while Danielle Noble is looking for a big push in the shot put entering ranked 17^th.
 
Katie Campbell and Samantha Bates will represent the jumpers in the triple jump. They enter the meet 14^th and 15^th.  Campbell will also race in the 60m hurdles were she is ranked 16^th.
 
On the track, Abbie Fredrick continues to lead the way. She enters the mile ranked fourth overall and 14^th in the country. Teammate Ruby Lindquist will be hot on her tails as she is 13^th in the conference. In other distance events, Taylor Lundquist and Mason Hudyma will be competing in the 800m run and are ranked 13^th and 18^th. Xiomara Robinson will take another crack at the 3000m run; she is ranked 15^th. In the grueling 5k, Kelsey Van Den Hemel will line up against some fierce racers in the 5000m.
 
Breanne Fuller will represent the Green and gold in the 60m and 200m. She is currently fifth in the 200m and just outside the podium at ninth in the 60m. In the 400m, Zoe Langseth is ranked fifth while Mikayla Tracy is right behind in sixth. Also competing in the 60m hurdles is Brittney Marosok who enters 15^th while Julette Goehring will get a chance to better her time as she enters 26^th.
 
Tristan Hepp will follow up the heptathlon with a 60m hurdles where is his school record time sits him second in the conference. Seth Kovar will be looking to reclaim his school record in the 60m hurdles and is right behind Hepp in third. Jacob Esposito will also race in this event; he is ranked 21^st. Taylor Hepp and Tucker Bopp will battle is out in the 400m dash, Hepp is ranked 6^th while Bopp is 10^th.
 
Jordan Theisen will represent the distance squad in the mile and 800m.  He is currently 16^th in the mile and 19^th in the 800m.
 
Dontae Garza will have a busy weekend in the field events. He will be competing in the high jump (13^th), long jump (17^th), and in his best event, the triple jump were he is ranked 11^th. Reece Ullery will also compete in the triple jump; he is ranked 14^th. Drazen Moratzka will compete in the high jump where he is ranked 13^th.
 
In the throws, Hoyt Nicholas enters the weight throw ranked third and the shot put ranked eighth. He is looking for another upset this year. Sully Mack will also throw in the weight and shot where he is ranked 13^th and 12^th respectively.
 
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