COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – With five athletes earning All-RMAC honors over the past two days, the Black Hills State University men's and women's track & field teams posted a tie for seventh place with 23 points and an 11^th place finish with 6.5 points respectively at the 2025 RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships. Highlighting the top athletes at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse for BHSU was Braden Anderson, who secured First Team All-RMAC honors in the 800m run with a third place finish, the highest finish of any Yellow Jacket during the meet. Earning Second Team All-RMAC honors included Chase Maher and Erin Weibel in the pole vault, Conor McGraw in the heptathlon, and Trennan Pearson in the high jump.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED – MEN'S TRACK & FIELD

• Day one of the 2025 RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships started with the men's weight throw where Ryan Baker notched a top-10 finish, posting a mark of 15.26m (50' 0.75") for tenth place. Also competing in the event was Anthony Rosenstrauch who recorded a 14^th place finish with a throw of 14.66m (48' 1").
• With a new career-best mark of 4.77m (15' 7.75"), Chase Maher moved into fifth place on the Black Hills State all-time performance list in the pole vault, while also earning a fourth place finish and Second Team All-RMAC accolade. Additionally, Shane Karajanis earned a top-10 finish, clearing a career-best height of 4.47m (14' 7.75") for a ninth place finish, and McKalester Johns earned a 12^th place finish as he cleared 4.32m (14' 2").
• The pair of Bridger Anderson and Jayden Curtis posted a 13^th and 16^th place finish respectively in the long jump, recording marks of 6.61m (21' 8") and 6.24m (20' 5.5").
• Curtis was the lone Yellow Jacket to compete in the 60m hurdles as he competed in the prelims on Friday afternoon, earning a 12^th place finish with a career-best time of 8.59, which ranks fifth on the all-time performance list in program history.
• The lone BHSU athlete in the 60m dash, Jace Johnson, finished just outside of the top-10 with an 11^th place finish and time of 6.94.
• Aidden O'Leary punched his ticket to Saturday's finals of the 400m dash as he recorded an eighth place finish in the prelims by clocking a time of 50.29. Also competing in the prelims of the event was Flynn Johnston who posted a 16^th place finish with a time of 50.97.
• The distance medley relay team of Braik Hurm, Drew Lehman, Caden Strasser, and Jaxon Straus ran to a time of 10:29.21 for sixth place in the event.
• Day two of the 2025 RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships began with the conclusion of the heptathlon, which saw Conor McGraw capture Second Team All-RMAC honors with a fifth place finish and totaling an NCAA provisional mark of 4,751 points. The point total also marked a new career-best in the event and moves him into third all-time in school history in the event. While he won the 60m hurdles in the event with a time of 8.61, he also set new career-best marks in the long jump (6.14m (20' 1.75")), shot put (12.95m (42' 6")), and high jump (1.81m (5' 11.25")).
• Matthew LoFaso was the lone Yellow Jacket competing in the shot put as he recorded a 14^th place finish with a mark of 13.79m (45' 2.75").
• Finishing just outside of the top-10 in the mile was Straus who notched an 11^th place finish and time of 4:27.90 in the event.
• On Saturday afternoon O'Leary ran to a time of 51.35 for an eighth place finish in the finals of the 400m dash.
• Securing a top-10 finish and leading the way for four Yellow Jackets in the triple jump was Casen Wilson, who posted a career-best mark of 12.98m (42' 7") for tenth place. Other BHSU athletes in the event included Curtis with a 12^th place finish and career-best mark of 12.64m (41' 5.5"), Seth Wilson who was 13^th with a career-best mark of 12.37m (40' 7"), and Jude Guevara who was 14^th with a career-best mark of 12.25m (40' 2.25").
• Tying for sixth place in the high jump competition, Trennan Pearson earned Second Team All-RMAC honors as he cleared 1.84m (6' 0.25").
• Running to a third place finish and First Team All-RMAC honors in the 800m run was Braden Anderson as he clocked a time of 1:55.03.
• Rounding out this year's conference championships was the 4x400 relay team of O'Leary, Lehman, Johnston, and Anderson, who ran to a time of 3:22.84 for a seventh place finish.

MEN'S TEAM RESULTS
1.	UCCS	191
2.	Colorado School of Mines	160
3.	Adams State	58
4.	Western Colorado	53
5.	MSU Denver	44
6.	Colorado Mesa	41
T-7.	Black Hills State	23
T-7.	Fort Lewis	23
9.	South Dakota Mines	22
10.	Chadron State	20
11.	CSU Pueblo	19
12.	Colorado Christian	8

 
HOW IT HAPPENED – WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD

• Beginning the action on day one of the 2025 RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships was the pentathlon, as the pair of Alivia Weathers and Alessandra Broussard posted a tenth and 11^th place finish respectively. Weathers' point total of 2,812 set a new career-best mark in the event and ranks tenth in the all-time Yellow Jacket performance list, which also included setting a new career-best mark in the high jump (1.43m). Broussard also tallied a career-high of 2,769 points as she posted career-best marks in the 60m hurdles (9.40) and shot put (9.08m).
• Erin Weibel led the way for the Yellow Jackets in the pole vault, earning Second Team All-RMAC as she tied for fifth place by clearing a career-best height of 3.68m (12' 0.75") and moved into fifth on the BHSU all-time performance list. Other athletes competing for BHSU during the afternoon and earning top-10 finishes included Gretchen Adamski and Brekkan Lockhart who earned ninth and tenth place respectively by clearing 3.38m (11' 1") and 3.23m (10' 7"). Adamski's mark set a new career-best and moved her into tenth all-time on the Yellow Jacket performance list.
• Saraya Afrank was the only Yellow Jacket athlete competing in the 400m dash prelims, posting a time of 1:00.94 for a 14^th place finish.
• Running to a time of 18:38.25 for 12^th place in the 5,000m run was Evie Boyd.
• The distance medley relay team of Katelyn Krieger, Carlie DeBoer, Norah Entzi, and Sylvia Brown posted a season best time in the event as they clocked a time of 12:40.62 for eighth place.
• Reigning RMAC Field Athlete of the Week, Isabell Higgins, led the way for the Yellow Jackets in the weight throw, posting a mark of 14.98m (49 1.75") for ninth place. Additional BHSU athletes competing in the event were Christianna Wall who was 12^th with a throw of 14.12m (46' 3.75") and Cassidy Goddard who was 16^th with a throw of 12.29m (40' 3.75").
• Starting day two action at the 2025 RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships was Sophie Louderback in the triple jump, posting a 16^th place finish with a mark of 10.43m (34' 2.5").
• Higgins recorded her second top-10 finish of this weekend's championships on Saturday afternoon, notching a tenth place finish in the shot put with a throw of 12.19m (39' 11.75"). Other Yellow Jackets in the event included Wall who was 13^th with a mark of 11.74m (38' 6") and Goddard who was 16^th with a mark of 11.40m (37' 4.75").
• Kendall Tietjen notched a top-10 finish in the 800m run, finishing ninth place as she clocked a time of 2:19.81. Also competing in the event was Krieger who ran to a 16^th place finish and time of 2:24.43.
• Closing out this year's conference championships was the 4x400 relay team of Afrank, Jillian Brennan, DeBoer, and Tietjen who ran to a seventh place finish and time of 4:01.71 that was a season-best and ranks fifth in school history. 

WOMEN'S TEAM RESULTS
1.	Colorado School of Mines	140.5
2.	UCCS	131.5
3.	Colorado Mesa	87
4.	New Mexico Highlands	78.5
5.	CSU Pueblo	71
6.	Western Colorado	53
7.	Adams State	45
8.	MSU Denver	24
9.	Fort Lewis	10
10.	Colorado Christian	9
11.	Black Hills State	6.5
12.	South Dakota Mines	5
13.	Chadron State	2

 
UP NEXT
Black Hills State will await the selections of qualifiers for the 2025 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships set to be hosted at Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 13-15. Current Yellow Jackets that hold NCAA provisional marks include Braden Anderson in the 800m run, Conor McGraw in the heptathlon, and Sylvia Brown in the 5,000m run.