CHADRON, Neb. --- The South Dakota Mines track and field teams competed in the first day of the RMAC Championships and had some good early returns, despite not having a lot of action on day 1.
 
The men had two entries in the 10,000 Meter run to begin the day, with Tyler Captain and Brett Flerchinger running. Captain ran it in a time of 32:55.45 to take 12^th, while Flerchinger finished in 15th with a time of 33:12.65. In the 400 meter dash, Ethan Pitlick ran a time of 49.40, the ninth-best mark in school history and good enough to advance to the finals on Sunday. In the 100 meter dash, Eddie Johnson set a PR with a time of 11.21. Erick Colman set a PR and the #7 mark in school history in the hammer throw, finishing in ninth overall. Currently, the Decathlon is halfway through, having completed five events today and having five more to go, Aidan Thompson sits in second, with Travis Kleinsasser in fifth.
 
In the 400 meter dash, Adeline Wilson set a PR, running it in 1:03.55. Jenna Sayler recorded a sixth place finish to finish as an all-conference selection in the hammer throw, firing It 48.43m. Jaycie Stubbs won her third consecutive RMAC Championship in the Javelin, throwing 40.92 meters.
 
Day 2 begins at 9:15 a.m. tomorrow with the decathlon and heptathlon beginning at 9:45 with field events starting at 2:00 p.m.
 
About South Dakota Mines
The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology is a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) and NCAA Division II offering 11 men's and women's varsity intercollegiate athletic programs. The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference is a premier NCAA Division II conference with 15 members, as well as four associate members, located in the states of California, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Utah.
 
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