COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The University of Colorado Colorado Springs track & field program traveled up the road to the Air Force Academy to compete in the Air Force Twilight Open on Friday, where distance runners and throws student-athletes competed for the Mountain Lions.

In the 800m, UCCS had a strong showing as Ellie Enderle surpassed 17 other competitors to finish in first place with a time of 2:16.96. On the men's side, four Mountain Lions cracked the top-10 in a field of 24 competitors as Willie Moore placed fifth with a time of 1:57.87. Evan Graff, Charlie Kieffer, and David Higgins then rounded out the top-10 with an eighth place, ninth place, and 10^th place finish respectively.

The Mountain Lions continued to perform on the track as Maia Austin, Marah Guzman, and Molly Weir took third (4:52.82), sixth (5:04.13), and ninth (5:12.82) place respectively.

UCCS went on to compete in throws events as Sheldon Downs registered a provisional mark in the men's shot put with a mark of 16.84m. Colton Homuth followed right behind Downs as he finished in third place with a throw of 15.98m.

UCCS will seek to improve on their national qualifying list in a last chance meet at Nebraska University-Kearney for the UNK Last Chance Twilight Meet on Sunday, May 12.