UCCS men take fourth at RMAC Championships
All five University of Colorado at Colorado Springs scoring runners finished within 1 minute, 20 seconds of each other as the Mountain Lions took fourth place at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men's Cross Country Championship Saturday at Chatfield State Park in Denver.
Brad Winn covered the 8-kilometer course in 28:37 to lead UCCS and take 13th overall. He was followed closely by teammates Aaron Rubalcaba-Lopez (29:22, 21st), Jay Luna (29:51, 25th), Gabe Small (29:54, 28th) and Jason Braun (29:57, 31st).
Not far off the pace but not factoring in the scoring were Kyle Reno (30:07) Kevin Moulton (30:33), Tim Hilt (30:45) and Brian Kearns (31:19).
All five Adams State runners finished in the top 10 as the Grizzlies validated their No. 1 national ranking by winning their 28th RMAC Championship. No. 4-ranked Western State took second and No. 10-ranked Colorado School of Mines finished third.
UCCS came into the meet ranked 22nd.
Adams State's Mario Macias was the top individual with a time of 26:31.
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 | Aaron Rubalcaba-Lopez | Distance | ||
 | Aaron Rubalcaba-Lopez | Distance | ||
 | Aaron Rubalcaba-Lopez | Distance | ||
| Aaron Rubalcaba-Lopez | |||
| Aaron Rubalcaba-Lopez | |||
| Aaron Rubalcaba-Lopez | |||
 | Jason Braun | Distance | ||
 | Jason Braun | Distance | ||
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| Jason Braun | |||
 | Gabe Small | |||
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| Gabe Small | |||
| Gabe Small | |||
| Gabe Small | |||
 | Kevin Moulton | Distance | ||
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 | Brian Kearns | |||
| Brian Kearns | |||
| Additional News Stories | |||
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| November 5, 2005 |  | UCCS men take sixth at regionals | Aaron Rubalcaba-Lopez and Brad Winn finished 17th and 20th respectively at the North Central Region Cross Country Championships Saturday at Hays, Kan., but that wasn’t enough to lift the Mountain Lions to a berth at nationals. |
| October 1, 2005 |  | Men's Cross Country Takes Thid in Boulder | A week ago at the Colorado College Invitational, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs cross country coach Graeme Badger had his team practice pack running. It paid off in a big way on Saturday. |
| September 24, 2005 |  | UCCS men win Colorado College Invitational | With as many as 100 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs boosters in attendance at Monument Valley Park Saturday, the Mountain Lions men’s cross country team had, for the first time this season, the benefit of a large and vocal cheering section. |
| September 17, 2005 |  | Men's cross country takes eighth in Nebraska | The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs men’s cross country team topped four NCAA Division I teams and 21 schools overall in taking eighth place at the Woody Greeno Invitational in Lincoln, Neb., on Saturday. |
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