RAPID CITY, S.D. – The South Dakota Mines men's and women's indoor track and field teams will look to put their best efforts forward as they compete in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Indoor Championships Friday, Feb. 23 and Saturday, Feb. 24 at the Donald E. Young Center Fieldhouse on the Black Hills State University campus.

The meet begins at 9 a.m. Friday with the women's 60-meter hurdles of the pentathlon and 10 a.m. on Saturday with the men's 60 hurdles of the heptathlon.

The Hardrockers will look to improve on last year's results where the men's team finished in seventh place and the women in 12th place.

South Dakota Mines is led this season by freshman Sawyer Nelson, who is ranked seventh in the triple jump and seventh in the high jump; freshman Cooper Stevens, who is ranked ninth in the men's shot put; graduate student Jaycie Stubbs, who is rated ninth in the women's shot put; senior Taegen Wells, who is ranked 10^th in the 60 meter hurdles and freshman Zachary Vanicek, who is ranked 10^th in the men's pole vault.

MEET INFORMATION
Host School: Black Hills State University
Date/Time: Feb. 23 / 9 a.m. MT; Feb. 24 / 10 a.m. MT
Site: Spearfish, S.D.
Stadium: Donald E. Young Center Fieldhouse
Results: Rapid Results
Watch: RMAC Network
Info: Meet Info & Schedule
 
Events and Participants 
Men             
200m  Dash
Eddie Johnson

400m  Dash
Ethan Pitlick
Lane Thomas

800m  Run
Thomas Greisen           
Ty Brady      
Cole Dobberstein
Justin Quammen                                                                                                                                                                       

1 Mile Run
Owen Hansmann
Cole Tatro

60m High Hurdles
 Dominick Giggee
 Merek Ranstrom
 Taegen Wells

Men's 4 x 400m  Relay
 A: (Thomas, Pitlick, Johnson, Greisen)

Men's 4,000m Distance Medley
 A: (Hansmann, Winter, Dobberstein, Tatro)

High Jump
Sawyer Nelson
Trevor Fredenburg

Pole Vault
Cole Storlie
Zachary Vanicek
Elias Hallan

Long Jump
Weston Pierce

Triple Jump
Weston Pierce
Sawyer Nelson

Shot Put
Ian Cone
Cooper Stevens
Kevin Osmanski                                                                                                                                                             

Weight Throw
Ian Cone
Reid Kaiser
Kevin Osmanski
Isaiah Thurman

Heptathlon
Aidan Thompson
Jonathan Hopkins

Women                                                                                                                                                                     
800m Run
Laine Mannes

3,000m Run
Clare Fischer

5,000m Run
Clare Fischer
Allyson Heiden

4 x 400m Relay
A: (Wilson, Saline, Mannes, May)

4,000m Distance Medley
A: (Saline, Magni, Wilson, Heiden)                                                                                                                          

Long Jump
Tierney Robinson

Shot Put
Amanda Cooley
Jaycie Stubbs
Adisyn Schenck

Weight Throw
Jaycie Stubbs

Indoor Pentathlon
Josie Byrne
Abby Krumpus

UP NEXT
If the Hardrockers have any qualifiers, the NCAA Division II Indoor National Championships are scheduled for Friday, March 8 and Saturday, March 9 in Pittsburg, Kan. The Hardrocker men and women are scheduled to open the outdoor season Friday, March 15 at the Dr. Don Caprioglio Early Bird Invitational in Pueblo, Colo.

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 13 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.