GOLDEN, Colo. – In their final competition prior to next weekend's conference championship meet, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs track & field team had a light group of student-athletes in action at the Mines Midweek Meet #2 in Golden, Colo. on Thursday and saw four event wins on the track in addition to an NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the women's pole vault from junior Brooke Peterson.
 
INSIDE THE KIT MAYER CLASSIC
Location: CSM Stermole Track & Field Complex | Golden, Colo.
Elevation: 5,739 ft.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Junior Brooke Peterson posted the lone NCAA provisional qualifying mark of the day in the women's pole vault as she cleared a season and personal best bar height of 3.93m to finish third overall in the competition. Sophomore Phia Edwards also had a strong outing as she posted a mark of 3.63m to finish in a tie for fourth place.
• Redshirt senior Rachel Richtman opened the day on the track with a strong showing in the women's 5,000m as she cruised to a first-place finish among 15 runners in the event with a personal best converted time of 17:21.94. Two additional Mountain Lions student-athletes finished inside the top five finishers for the event with redshirt junior Molly Breuer taking third place in a converted time of 18:17.06 and redshirt freshman Kaley Fergus finishing fourth overall in a converted time of 18:22.61.
• The Mountain Lions secured each of the top five spots in the women's 1500m race with senior Anna Fauske besting the entire 23-person field for a first-place finish with a converted time of 4:37.21. Sophomore Emma Montoya logged a second-place finish in the race with a converted time of 4:42.48, while junior Kseniya Nikanorov finished third in a personal best converted time of 4:43.17, redshirt sophomore Maddie Ruszkiewicz took fourth place with a personal best converted time of 4:43.60, and redshirt sophomore Abby Bartel claimed fifth place with a personal best converted time of 4:44.11.
• Sophomore Brett Davis galloped to a converted time of 3:53.34 in the men's 1500m as he earned a first-place finish in the field of 15 runners. He was joined in the top five by redshirt sophomore Enzo Knapp in second place with a converted time of 3:54.02 and redshirt freshman Jonas Graff in fourth place with a personal best converted time of 3:58.02.
• Senior Kymani Sterling was the first-place finisher in the men's 200m dash as he completed the race in a season-best converted time of 21.59s to best the 14-person field.
• Junior Kathryn Carroll posted a season and outdoor personal best mark of 5.56m in the women's long jump as she finished second overall in the competition.
• In the women's discus throw, freshman Jaedyn Kohn posted a three-and-a-half-meter improvement over her previous personal best in the event as she finished second overall with a mark of 40.46m. On the men's side, freshman Joseph Bjegovich posted a season-best mark of 42.37m to finish fifth overall, while fellow freshman Trevor Moore notched a nearly four-meter personal best in the event with a toss of 40.63m.
• A national qualifier in the event last season, sophomore Krissie Sanders made her season debut in the women's 400m hurdles and went on to post a second-place finish in the event with a converted time of 1:02.79.
• In the women's 800m, redshirt senior Rachel Goodrich earned a second place finish out of seven competitors as she clocked a converted time of 2:20.55. On the men's side, freshman Jacob Silvis raced to an altitude adjusted time of 1:55.43 to finish fourth overall out of 13 competitors.
• The Mountain Lions had a pair of freshmen competing in the men's hammer throw and saw both of them record personal best performances in the event with Alex Johnson posting a mark of 40.22m and Moore notching a toss of 40.08m.
• Freshman Andrew Knudson sprinted to a personal best converted time of 11.18s in the men's 100m dash, finishing 10^th overall in the 16-person field for the event.

BEYOND THE RESULTS

• Peterson's mark of 3.93m in the women's pole vault moved her into second place all-time in UCCS women's outdoor program history for the event.

UP NEXT

• The Mountain Lions will head back to Colorado School of Mines' Stermole Track & Field Complex next weekend to compete at the 2025 RMAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The three-day meet will kick off on Friday, April 25 and conclude on Sunday, April 27.

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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.