DMR, 5K Take the Track Friday Night at Mines
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The University of Colorado Colorado Springs will field a distance medley relay team and 5,000-meter runners for the first time this season as the Mountain Lions compete in the first day of the Colorado Mines Twilight Collegiate Open on Friday night. The first events with UCCS events will begin at 6:50 p.m., at Steinhauer Fieldhouse in Golden, Colo.
The distance medley relay of Kyle McCloskey, Travis Whitman, Anthony Davis and Carson Aberle is one of three teams scheduled to compete on Friday night. Aberle was on the DMR team that ran a provisional qualifying time in last season's Twilight Open. He also has the fourth-fastest 800-meter time in the conference this season, ahead of McCloskey's eighth-ranked time and Davis' ninth-ranked time.
Mike English and Emilio Trujillo will run the first indoor 5Ks for UCCS this season at 7:25 p.m. English's best 5,000-meter run in his career has been during the indoor season, and Friday night will be his first indoor 5K since last season's RMAC championships. He earned All-RMAC honors in the event last season with an unadjusted 15:01.37 on the undersized track at Chadron State. Trujillo is making his first appearance of the indoor season after leading the Mountain Lions in every cross country race last fall.
UCCS is one of five RMAC teams scheduled to compete at the Mines Twilight this weekend. The Mountain Lions are ranked No. 11 in the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association South Central Regional Team Index.
| Additional News Stories | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2013 |  | Aberle Earns All-Region Honor | Carson Aberle, a qualifier in the 800-meter run for this week's NCAA Division II Men's Outdoor Track & Field Championships, earned a spot on the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches All-South Central Region Team. |
| May 14, 2013 |  | Ford and Wright Lead Six Mountain Lions on RMAC All-Academic Teams | Alan Ford and Jonathan Wright led six University of Colorado Colorado Springs student-athletes on the 2013 RMAC Men's Outdoor Track and Field All-Academic Teams announced this afternoon. |
| May 14, 2013 |  | Aberle Qualifies for Nationals in 800-Meter Run | Carson Aberle will represent the University of Colorado Colorado Springs as a qualifier in the 800-meter run for the 2013 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 23-25 at the Neta and Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl at Colorado State-Pueblo. |
| May 12, 2013 |  | Aberle Runs Provisional Time for Fourth Time This Season | Carson Aberle ran a provisional qualifying time for the fourth time this season to lead the University of Colorado Colorado Springs at the Colorado Mines Mother's Day Last Chance Meet today at the Stermole Track and Field Complex. |
| May 7, 2013 |  | Aberle Wins 800-Meter Title | Carson Aberle set the Stermole Track Complex record with 1 minute, 51.70 seconds in the 800-meter run to win the conference championship to lead the University of Colorado Colorado Springs on the final day of the 2013 RMAC Track and Field Championships. |
 |  |  |  |