Rams return to Air Force for pair of meets this week

This Week
Air Force Combined Events
Thursday, Jan. 24; Friday, Jan. 25
Cadet Field House | USAF Academy, Colo.
Hosted by Air Force
Coverage: Live Results (goairforcefalcons.com) | Meet Information

Air Force Invitational
Friday, Jan. 25; Saturday, Jan. 26
Cadet Field House | USAF Academy, Colo.
Hosted by Air Force
Coverage: Live Results (goairforcefalcons.com) | Meet Information

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The Colorado State track & field team returns to USAF Academy, Colo., this week for the Air Force Combined Events and the Air Force Invitational.

Both meets will be contested in full from the Cadet Field House. The Air Force Combined Events in scheduled for Thursday and Friday, while the Air Force Invitational is slated to be held on Friday and Saturday. Teams in competition at the two meets include host Air Force, Colorado, Long Beach State, Northern Colorado, Western State, Wichita State and Wyoming. Live results will be made available by Air Force and can be found on the institution's website (goairforcefalcons.com) the days of the meet.

Day one of the men's heptathlon will start at 1 p.m. MT on Thursday, with day two of competition set to begin at 9 a.m. MT on Friday. The women's pentathlon is scheduled to be contested in its entirety on Thursday, starting with the 60-meter hurdles at 1:15 p.m. MT.

Field events and track events will each begin at 1 p.m. MT on Friday, starting with the men's weight throw, women's pole vault, men's high jump and women's 5,000 meters. Field events will conclude at 3:30 p.m. MT with the men's pole vault, while track events will wrap up at 4:05 p.m. MT with the men's 200 meters.

The final day of competition at Air Force, Saturday, will begin at 11:30 a.m. MT with the men's shot put, the women's pole vault and the men's high jump. Track events will start at 1 p.m. MT with the women's 60-meter hurdles semifinals. Saturday's action will conclude at 4:15 p.m. MT with the men's mile relay.

A full recap and results will be posted to CSURams.com as soon as each are available. Colorado State will next be in action at the Colorado Invitational in Boulder, Colo. That meet will be held from Thursday, Jan. 31 through Saturday, Feb. 2 from the CU Indoor Practice Facility.

Rams Among the NCAA's Top 100
With performances this indoor season, several members of the Colorado State track & field team rank among the NCAA's top 100 individuals in their respective events. See below for a full listing of those athletes, with marks listed according to their respective altitude adjustments.

Rams on 2018-19 NCAA Div. I Indoor Qualifying List (Altitude Adjusted, Alphabetical, Top 100 Only)
Kelcey Bedard – No. 17, women's weight throw (67-5.5/20.56m)
Sam Duchow-Pressley – No. 40, heptathlon (4,392)
Lauren Gale – No. 37, women's 400 meters (55.36)
Eric Hamer – No. 68, men's mile (4:08.95)
Amelia Harvey – No. 9 – pentathlon (3,636); No. 48, women's long jump (19-7.5/5.98m)
Carson Hume – No. 24, men's 3,000 meters (8:12.43)
Ali Kallner – No. 73, women's mile (4:52.19)
Lexie Keller – No. 22, pentathlon (3,523)
Bailey King – No. 47, men's weight throw (62-11.25/19.18m)
Macy Kreutz – No. 48, women's 800 meters (2:11.22)
Maria Muzzio – No. 34, women's shot put (51-1/15.57m)
Jessica Ozoude – No. 67, women's 60 meters (7.50)
Nia Powdrell – No. 43, women's long jump (19-8/5.99m)
Trent Powell – No. 58, men's 3,000 meters (8:17.18)
Marybeth Sant – No. 1, women's 60 meters (7.20); No. 13, women's 200 meters (23.59)
Ronald Sayles – No. 36, men's 200 meters (21.36)
Tarynn Sieg – No. 38, women's shot put (50-10.25/15.50m)
Gabby Smith – No. 20, pentathlon (3,536)
Josie Spitz – No. 97, women's pole vault (12-5.5/3.80m)
Aria Tate – No. 28, pentathlon (3,421)
Cory Taylor – No. 95, men's long jump (23-6/7.16m)
Bradly Wright – No. 34, heptathlon (4,473)

Trio of Rams Earn Weekly Accolades from Mountain West Following Potts Indoor Invitational
Following performances at the Potts Indoor Invitational, Colorado State's Kelcey Bedard, Marybeth Sant and Ronald Sayles were recognized with weekly honors from the Mountain West on Tuesday, Jan. 15

Sant clocked a time of 7.18 in the women's 60 meters, breaking her own program record. At that point, her time ranked as the No. 2 mark in the world this indoor season, and tops in the NCAA. Sant's time is also third in MW history, just one hundredth of a second behind the all-time conference record.

Sayles clocked a indoor-best time of 21.29 in the 200 meters. Sayles' time ranks third on CSU's all-time indoor list, and at the time, ranked 16th in the NCAA. In addition, Sayles' mark ranked atop the Mountain West in the event by nearly three tenths of a second at that point.

Bedard turned in a then-season-best performance of 64-7.75 (19.70m) in the weight throw. At that point in the season, her mark ranked 28th in the NCAA, and led the MW by over five feet. Only four other athletes in program history have a better weight throw mark than Bedard's from that meet.

Top Marks from the Air Force Team Challenge on Jan. 18
Three Rams registered marks in CSU's all-time top four in various events at the Air Force Team Challenge on Friday, Jan. 18. Among those was Marybeth Sant's program-record time of 23.45 which broke the previous record of 23.71 set by Leah Fair in 2016.

After an altitude adjustment to 23.59, Sant ranked 13th in the NCAA in the event at that point. In addition, only four athletes in the world had run a faster time in the women's 200 meters than Sant's raw 23.45 time when including all track sizes to that point in the season.

Kelcey Bedard registered a personal-best performance of 67-5.5 (20.56m) in the women's weight throw. Her mark ranks third on CSU's all-time indoor list, and topped the Air Force field by over nine feet. Bedard's mark ranks 15th in the NCAA this indoor season. Nia Powdrell won the women's long jump with a mark of 19-8 (5.99m), topping the field by over half of a foot. Powdrell's mark ranks fourth on CSU's all-time indoor list.

See below for more highlights from Rams at Air Force.

All-Time Top-20 Performances on Jan. 18, 2019 With All-Time CSU Ranking at Time of Mark
Marybeth Sant – No. 1, women's 200 meters (23.45)
Kelcey Bedard – No. 3, women's weight throw (67-5.5/20.56m)
Nia Powdrell – No. 4, women's long jump (19-8/5.99m)
Gabby Smith – No. 14, women's 60-meter hurdles (8.77)
Nathan Gish – No. 14, men's 200 meters (21.81)
Aria Tate – No. 15, women's 60-meter hurdles (8.78)
Bailey King – No. 18, men's weight throw (62-11.25/19.18m)

A Look Back at Top Performances from Mines, Air Force on Dec. 6-7
Colorado State opened its 2018-19 indoor season at the Mines Alumni Classic & Multi and the Air Force Holiday Open on Dec. 6 and 7. The opening weekend was all the Rams needed for a record-breaking performance, as redshirt senior Marybeth Sant broke the all-time Colorado State record in the women's 60 meters in Golden, Colo.

Sant's time was 7.26, following a preliminaries time of 7.31. The redshirt senior broke the record formerly held by former CSU great and Olympian Janay DeLoach, who set the original record in 2006, also with a time of 7.31. In addition to the program record, Sant's time ranks as the sixth-best in Mountain West history.

Sant's time was one of several new entries on CSU's all-time indoor top 20. See below for a breakdown of each of those performances.

All-Time Top-20 Performances on Dec. 6-7, 2018 With All-Time CSU Ranking at Time of Mark
Marybeth Sant – No. 1, women's 60 meters (7.26)
Amelia Harvey – No. 4, women's long jump (19-7.5); No. 11, pentathlon (3,605)
Maria Muzzio – No. 8, women's shot put (51-1)
Tarynn Sieg – No. 9, women's shot put (50-10.25); No. 14, women's weight throw (59-3.5)
Marlee Brown – No. 11, women's long jump (18-9)
Briyana Bunson – No. 15, women's 60 meters (7.69)
Bradly Wright – No. 15, men's heptathlon (4,434)
Lexie Keller – No. 16, pentathlon (3,493)
Aria Tate – No. 17, women's long jump (18-5)
Maddie Wilson – No. 17, women's pole vault (11-5.75)
Sam Duchow-Pressley – No. 17, men's heptathlon (4,354)
Cory Taylor – No. 17, men's long jump (23-6)
Germain Barnes – No. 19, men's 60-meter hurdles (8.24)
Jasmine Chesson – No. 20, women's 60 meters (7.85)

Returning Indoor All-Mountain West Performers
At the conference level, Colorado State finished in second on each of the women's and men's sides last season. CSU returns seven athletes between the two teams that earned All-Mountain West honors last indoor season, including one Mountain West indoor champion, senior Kelcey Bedard (weight throw). Sophomore Destinee Rocker (60-meter hurdles) is also among the indoor all-conference returners for the women's team.

Five Rams return as indoor all-conference performers for CSU's men's team, including sophomore Caleb Hardy (4x400-meter relay, distance medley relay), junior Bailey King (weight throw), senior Trent Powell (distance medley relay), senior Cole Rockhold (mile, distance medley relay) and senior Ronald Sayles (4x400-meter relay).

2018 Women's Indoor All-Mountain West Performers
Kelcey Bedard – weight throw (champion)
Destinee Rocker – 60-meter hurdles

2018 Men's Indoor All-Mountain West Performers
Caleb Hardy - 4x400-meter relay, distance medley relay
Bailey King – weight throw
Trent Powell – distance medley relay
Cole Rockhold – mile, distance medley relay
Ronald Sayles - 4x400-meter relay

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