GOLDEN, Colo.,  Nykole Meshew set a new personal best and earned a first-team all-conference honor in the women's high jump with a first-place finish Sunday on the final day of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
 
Meshew was the only athlete to clear 1.73-meters (5 feet-8 inches) at the Stermole Track & Field Complex at the Colorado School of Mines. Not only did Meshew finish first, but she also earned an NCAA provisional mark and earned ten points for Western Colorado Women's Team.
 
A few spots down, Sammie Bretz finished in fifth-place finish, 1.59-meters (5 feet-2.5 inches), earning a second-team all-conference accolade. Bretz brought in 3.5 points for the Mountaineers.
 
In the second scheduled throwing event of the day, the women's discus throw finals, Katrina Trahan threw a career-best of 43.20-meters (141 feet-8.75 inches) on her third attempt. She records 3 points for WCU with a sixth-place finish and earns second-team all-conference honors.
 
In the women's 4x100 relay, the squad of Jada Hynds, Gabi Huggins, Nellie Wartanian, and Elizabeth Johnson saw a third-place finish with a time of forty-six seconds and ten milliseconds.
 
Following the women, the men's 4x100 relay finished in sixth with a time of 42.11. The squad comprising Jeffrey Poku, James Duncan, Arvell Amos, and Giovonni Borjas earned the Mountaineer Men 3-points.
 
The Women's 1500-meter run had Emma Kjellsen and Lauren Willson finishing fourth and fifth. Kjellsen recorded a time of 4:38.29, and milliseconds later, Willson crossed the finish line with a time of 4:38.53. The two earn second-team all-conference nods.
 
James Duncan stepped up on the podium after placing third in the men's 110-meter hurdles. Duncan ran a career-best time of 14.54 to earn a first-team all-conference accolade.
 
A few races later, Will Stone competed in the men's 400-meter hurdles, recording a career-best run with a time of 54.73.
 
Wartanian secured an NCAA provisional time in the women's 200-meter dash. She ran a 23.92, breaking the Western school record, placing fifth, earning second-team all-conference, and recording 5-points for the Mountaineer women.
 
In the final women's solo race of the day, the women's 5000-meter run, Allison Beasley took the third spot on the podium with a time of 17:55.69. The third-place finish earns her a first-team all-conference nod.
 
As a team, the Mountaineer men finished seventh out of fourteen with 36 total points. The women placed sixth out of fourteen with 61.5 total points.
 
The next and final meet of the 2024-25 year is the NCAA DII Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which is held at CSU Pueblo Thunderbowl in Pueblo, Colorado.