RAPID CITY, S.D.--- The South Dakota School of Mines Men's and Women's indoor track & field teams are set to travel to Alamosa, Colorado this weekend to compete in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Indoor Championships Friday and Saturday. The meet will be held on the campus of Adams State University – home of the Grizzlies.

The Hardrockers are sending 22 athletes to this year's Indoor Championships -- 16 from the men's side, and six from the women's team.

Competing at the RMAC Indoor Championships this weekend on the women's side
- Erica Keeble is once again the No. 1 ranked women's pole vaulter in the RMAC after she cleared a height of 4.05 meter at the Stinger Open on February 15^thand automatically qualified for the NCAA Div. II National Indoor Championships.
- Adeline Straatmeyer will be competing in two event --, the mile run and the 3,000. Her fastest time in the mile is 5:08.01 which she ran at the Stinger Open on February 15^th. She is currently ranked 20^th. In the 3,000 her fastest time is 10.23.26, a time that she set at the Ted Nelson Classic on February 2^nd, she is ranked 23^rd in this event.
- Erica Westerman will be competing in the 800, her fastest time came during the SDSU Indoor Classic on February 8^th when she finished with a time of 2:15.96, this time puts her in 12^th heading into the weekend.
- Kayla Gagen will be competing in the 800 run, her fastest time this season came of February 2^nd at the Ted Nelson Classic, she recorded a time of 2:22.40, Gagen is currently ranked 22^nd in this event.
- In the 400, Katherine Mathieu will be representing the Hardrockers. Mathieu posted her fastest time of 1:03.29 at the CSC Open on January 20^th.
- Annalie Janus will be competing in the 60 dash. She is currently ranked 26^th in the RMAC with a time of 8.04, this time was set at the SDSU Indoor Classic on February 8^th.

Competing at the RMAC Indoor Championships this weekend on the men's side
-Jonathon Murray will be seen running the 200 and the 400 this weekend. In the 200, Murray is ranked 12^th with a time of 22.48, and in the 400 Murray is ranked 3^rd with a time of 48.71 which he set at the SDSU Holiday Invite on November 30^th.
-Kevin Ptak will also be running in the 200 and the 400 races. Ptak has a time of 22.65 in the 200, putting him in 20^th, in the 400 he has a time of 49.78 putting him in 11^th. Ptak ran this time on February 8^th at the SDSU Indoor Classic.
- Cody Allen holds the ranking of fifth in the shot put with a distance of 16.00 meters. Allen set this on December 1^st at the Yellow Jacket Holiday Classic.
- Westley Siebdrath will compete in the shot put and the weight throw. In the shot put Siebdrath is ranked 16^th with a distance of 14.04 which he set last week. In the weight throw he is ranked sixth with a distance of 16.14m that he set on January 20^th at the CSC Open.
- Andrew Ferris currently sits ninth heading into the 800 run with a time of 1:53.78, which was set on February 8^th at the SDSU Indoor Classic.
- Casey Skillingstad will compete in the pole vault and is heads into the conference championships ranked 10^th after clearing season-best height of 4.57 last weekend at the BHSU Stinger Open.
-Jeremy Gonzales will be competing in the 60, Gonzales set his season best with a time of 7.17 on February 15^th at the Stinger Open, he is currently ranked 21st.
- Also running in the 60 is Korder Cropsey who sits in 24^th with a time of 7.16 which he set on December 1^st. Cropsey is also competing in the 200 and 400 dashes. He is ranked 24^th in the 200 with a time of 22.69 and is 22^nd heading into the 400 with a time of 50.63.
- Jacob Huber comes in 14^th for the 800 after posting a time of 1:54.90 at the Stinger Open on February 15^th.
- Chase Wood ranks in at 18^th for this event with a time of 1:55.27 which he also set at the Stinger Open last weekend.
- Connor Christenson is currently ranked 18^th in the high jump with a height of 1.90 meter, a height he set on January 20^th at the CSC Open.
- Carter Kasuske will also be competing in the high jump, as well as the triple jump. Kasuske is currently ranked 25^th with a mark of height of 1.68. In the triple jump Kasuske in ranked 14^th with a distance of 13.16m which he set back on December 1^st.
- Darren Nissen ranks in at 23^rd for the triple jump with a distance of 12.21 meters. Nissen will also compete in the long jump where he is ranked 21^st with a distance of 6.64 meters, a distance he set back on December 1^st.
- Erick Colman will also compete in the shot put and weight throw this weekend. Colman is ranked 17^th in the shot put with a distance of 14.01, and 18^th in the weight throw with a distance of 14.25.
- Cole Smith currently sits in 16^th place in the pole vault with a height of 4.42,  a height that he set last weekend.
- Jared Wilson will also compete in the pole vault, he is currently ranked 20^th in this event with a height of 4.28m which he set at the Ted Nelson Classic on February 2^nd.