NEW ORLEANS, La. – After sweeping the RMAC Outdoor Championships last weekend, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs men's and women's track & field teams each climbed into the top-ten of the Week 6 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Rating Index. The UCCS men's team jumped one spot to land at No. 8 (108.48 points) while the women's team rose seven spots and garnered a No. 10 ranking (90.81 points).
 
West Texas A&M University remains in the top spot in the men's rankings for the fourth consecutive week with 278.28 points and Azusa Pacific University took over the No. 1 ranking on the women's side with 264.21 points.
 
With the 2022 outdoor conference championship meet in the rearview mirror, the Mountain Lions have combined to record a total of 39 NCAA qualifying marks, including 15 that currently rank in the top-ten in the nation for their respective event.

• Dakota Abbott: Triple Jump – 15.66m (5th)
• Layla Almasri: 1500m – 4:23.01 (8th)
• Layla Almasri: 5000m – 16:31.42 (18th)
• Dillon Andrews: 400mh – 52.30s* (17th)
• Audrey Bloomquist: Long Jump – 5.84m (T28th)
• Audrey Bloomquist: Triple Jump – 12.08m (24th)
• Peterson Bohannon: Long Jump – 7.66m (5th)
• Keyanda Bolton: 200m – 24.34s* (T36th)
• Sawyer Christopher: Javelin Throw – 64.66m (11th)
• Skye Ciccarelli: High Jump – 2.11m (T9th)
• Brittany Fuchs: 100m – 11.65s* (T15th)
• Brittany Fuchs: 200m – 24.11s* (24th)
• Evan Graff: 1500m – 3:45.18 (18th)
• Evan Graff: 5000m – 14:22.07* (57th)
• Kate Hedlund: 1500m – 4:28.73 (28th)
• Anna Holland: Hammer Throw – 54.18m (23rd)
• Dawson Hopkinson: Pole Vault – 5.15m (11th)
• Chris Hudnall: 110mh – 14.12s* (10th)
• Angel Laca: 400m – 47.67s* (29th)
• Justyn Loper: Hammer Throw – 58.43m (23rd)
• Sydney Marr: Hammer Throw – 53.04m (29th)
• Riley McGrath: 1500m – 4:21.57 (5th)
• Riley McGrath: 5000m – 16:36.32 (24th)
• Hannah Meek: Long Jump – 6.58m (2nd)
• Melissa Moreni: 100mh – 13.82s* (8th)
• Lydia Pavlenko: High Jump – 1.72m (T15th)
• Lydia Pavlenko: Triple Jump – 12.14m (T19th)
• Maggie Remsberg: Heptathlon – 4,569 points (21st)
• Peyton Turnage: Long Jump – 7.48m (9th)
• Peyton Turnage: Triple Jump – 14.98m (T19th)
• Tanner Walsh: High Jump – 2.11m (T9th)
• Daryon Wilson: Long Jump – 7.47m (10th)
• Afewerki Zeru: 5000m – 13:44.58 (5th)
• Afewerki Zeru: 10000m – 28:56.20 (6th)
• Kayla Zink: 100m – 11.66s* (T9th)
• Kayla Zink: 200m – 23.97s* (17th)
• Women's 4x100m: 45.24s* (6th)
• Men's 4x100m: 40.63s* (18th)

*Converted for altitude
 
UCCS also made a jump in the Week 6 USTFCCCA South Central Regional Rankings as the Mountain Lion women rose one spot for a No. 2 ranking (725.01 points) and the UCCS men's team climbed two spots to land a No. 3 ranking (646.88 points).
 
The Mountain Lions will look to bolster their individual national marks when they are back in action on Friday, May 6 at the Air Force Twilight Open.
 
2022 USTFCCCA Outdoor T&F National and Regional Rankings
3/29:     MEN: #6 (#1 South Central Region)
             WOMEN: #6 (#1 South Central Region)
 
4/5:       MEN: #11 (#4 South Central Region)
             WOMEN: #17 (#2 South Central Region)
 
4/12:     MEN: #9 (#4 South Central Region)
             WOMEN: #11 (#3 South Central Region)
 
4/19:     MEN: #8 (#4 South Central Region)
             WOMEN: #14 (#3 South Central Region)
 
4/26:     MEN: #9 (#5 South Central Region)
             WOMEN: #17 (#3 South Central Region)
 
5/2:        MEN: #8 (#3 South Central Region)
              WOMEN: #10 (#2 South Central Region)