NEW ORLEANS, La. – The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced their All-Region honors for the 2024-25 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field season on Wednesday, with 20 student-athletes from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs men's and women's track and field teams combining to collect a total of 22 All-South Central Region accolades.
The top five individuals in each event from each region among the organization's member institutions earned USTFCCCA All-Region distinction, in addition to each member of the region's top three relay teams.
The UCCS men's track & field team had 12 student-athletes earn a total of 13 all-Region honors across eight different events for the 2024-25 indoor season. On the track, senior
Kymani Sterling picked up regional accolades in both the 60m and 200m for the second consecutive season, while sophomore
Ashton Whisler received all-region honors in the 400m for the first time in his collegiate career. In the field, the Mountain Lions had a slew of student-athletes collect their first all-region accolades as a member of the program, including sophomore,
Nigel James (60m Hurdles), junior
KJ McInnis (High Jump), freshman
Alex Emers (High Jump), redshirt senior
Caiden Macktinger (Pole Vault), sophomore
Jeffrey Franquemont (Long Jump), junior
Michael Roberts (Weight Throw), and sophomore
Evan Atkin (Heptathlon). Redshirt senior
Richard Safoh (Long Jump) and senior
Luke Hard (Weight Throw) each secured regional awards in their respective events for the second consecutive year, while redshirt senior
Thorben Hast earned all-region honors in the heptathlon for the second time in his collegiate career and first time since the 2021-22 indoor season.
USTFCCCA Men's All-Region Honors (South Central)
60m:
Kymani Sterling – 4
th in South Central (6.76c)
200m:
Kymani Sterling – 4
th in South Central (21.32c)
400m:
Ashton Whisler – 4
th in South Central (47.34c)
60mh:
Nigel James – T6th in South Central (8.01c)
High Jump:
KJ McInnis – T2
nd in South Central (2.05m)
High Jump:
Alex Emers – T2
nd in South Central (2.05m)
Pole Vault:
Caiden Macktinger – 3
rd in South Central (5.32m)
Long Jump:
Jeffrey Franquemont – 2
nd in South Central (7.64m)
Long Jump:
Richard Safoh – 3
rd in South Central (7.58m)
Weight Throw:
Luke Hard – 2
nd in South Central (20.01m)
Weight Throw:
Michael Roberts – 5
th in South Central (18.74m)
Heptathlon:
Thorben Hast – 2
nd in South Central (5,287c)
Heptathlon:
Evan Atkin – 5
th in South Central (5,114c)
From the women's team, eight student-athletes combined to record a total of nine all-region accolades across nine different events. Redshirt senior
Kate Hedlund continued her string of success in the women's mile as she collected all-region honors in the event for the third consecutive season, while the remainder of the women's all-region recipients were first-time honorees in their respective events.
USTFCCCA Women's All-Region Honors (South Central)
60m:
Victoria Farinas – 4
th in South Central (7.51c)
Mile:
Kate Hedlund – 4
th in South Central (4:40.53)
3,000m:
Anna Fauske – 3
rd in South Central (9:18.96c)
5,000m:
Anna Fauske – 4
th in South Central (16:15.34)
60m hurdles:
Krissie Sanders – 5
th in South Central (8.70c)
Pole Vault:
Brooke Peterson – T3
rd in South Central (3.80m)
Long Jump:
Paige Cordero – T3
rd in South Central (5.79m)
Triple Jump:
Payton Rodgers – 4
th in South Central (12.06m)
Weight Throw:
Savannah Jorgens – 4
th in South Central (17.52m)
The NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Track and Field Committee announced the participants for the 2025 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships on Tuesday, March 4, and the Mountain Lions are set to send 14 student-athletes to compete across nine individual entries and two relay entries at the three-day national championship meet that will take place at the Fall Creek Pavilion in Indianapolis, Ind., as part of the NCAA Division II Winter Championships Festival on March 13-15.
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