GUNNISON, Colo. – Competing for the final time before hosting the 2025 RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships inside the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse next weekend, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs track & field team had a small group of student-athletes competing at the RMAC Last Chance Meet on the campus of Western Colorado University in Gunnison, Colo. Despite it being a light group of competitors, the Mountain Lions still put together a string of incredible performances as they posted a total of four NCAA provisional qualifying marks and broke a pair of school records.
 
INSIDE THE RMAC LAST CHANCE MEET
Location: Mountaineer Fieldhouse | Gunnison, Colo.
Track Size: 200 meters (flat)
Elevation: 7,723 ft
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Junior Kyle Demos was the first-place finisher in the men's shot put as he broke his own school record in the event with a season-best NCAA provisional qualifying toss of 17.08m on his final throw of the competition.
• Another school record was established in the men's weight throw, where senior Luke Hard unleashed a season-best NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 20.01m to finish second overall in the competition. Junior Michael Roberts also reached the NCAA provisional qualifying threshold as he came up just shy of his season-best in the event with a heave of 18.67m that was good for third overall.
• In the men's 200m dash, senior Kymani Sterling posted his first NCAA provisional qualifying time of the season in the event with a converted time of 21.32s that placed him first overall in the field of 13 sprinters.
• The distance duo of sophomore Brett Davis and freshman Alex Fernandez clocked season-best converted times in the men's mile race with Davis crossing the finish line in fourth place at 4:09.03c and Fernandez taking fifth place at 4:14.75c.
• Sophomore TJ Nissen had a strong day racing in the 60m dash on the straightaway lanes as he clocked a season-best converted time of 7.00s in the preliminary round before shaving his time down to a converted mark of 6.94s for a second-place finish in the final round of the competition.

BEYOND THE RESULTS

• Demos broke the school record in the men's shot put for the third time this season, while Hard established a new program record in the men's weight throw for the second time this year.

UP NEXT

• The Mountain Lions will prepare to host the 2025 RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships inside the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse on Friday, Feb. 28 and Saturday, March 1.

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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 14 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.