{"id":119716,"date":"2020-02-25T12:32:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T19:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=119716"},"modified":"2020-04-04T10:37:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T16:37:26","slug":"uccs-hosting-2020-rmac-indoor-track-field-championships-feb-28-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=119716","title":{"rendered":"UCCS hosting 2020 RMAC Indoor Track &#038; Field Championships Feb. 28-29"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/RMAC_ITF_Championship-750x422.jpg\" alt=\"2020 RMAC Indoor Track &amp; Field Championships logo\" class=\"wp-image-119485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/RMAC_ITF_Championship-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/RMAC_ITF_Championship-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/RMAC_ITF_Championship-678x381.jpg 678w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/RMAC_ITF_Championship.jpg 1416w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Student-athletes from 13 schools will compete for conference individual and team championships when UCCS hosts the 2020 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Indoor Track &amp; Field Championships Feb. 28-29. Action begins at 10 a.m. both days at Mountain Lion Fieldhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Live coverage<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Media Services will produce nearly 16 hours of live coverage between the two days through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWfbAmutED5x8tiTUnOf40g\">UCCSLive YouTube channel<\/a>, starting at 9:50 a.m. each day. The multi-camera production will include coverage of field events and multi-events before the running events on the track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jared Verner will provide play-by-play throughout the duration of the event with the assistance of in-house announcer Loren Ahonen, a seven-time All-American at Western Colorado University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"750\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xuV_73LDk0E\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chris Graham, commissioner of the RMAC, will talk about conference initiatives and updates during a break in action a little after 10 a.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The championships will be rebroadcast locally on xfinity channels 20 and 1081, Falcon Broadband channel 70 and CenturyLink Prism channel 8001. Day one will air at 10 a.m. March 4 and 10:30 a.m. March 7, and day two will air at 10 a.m. on both March 5 and March 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PMQGaR4fkt0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Live results will also be available through the official timer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rapidresultslive.com\/2020\/IndoorRMAC\/\">Rapid Results<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Parking<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With families and spectators in attendance, parking is expected to be full or near capacity in Lot 580 on Friday between noon and 6 p.m. Drivers who park in Lot 580 before noon on Friday will likely experience few problems, but for people who arrive in the afternoon, leave extra time to find a spot. Lot 576 near the Ent Center for the Arts is available, and for people using the shuttles to campus, a paved walkway runs between the two lots on the west side of Mountain Lion Field. A shuttle stop is also available near the under-construction William J. Hybl Sports Medicine and Performance Center south of Lot 576.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no parking along the road leading to the fieldhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">National-level competition<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2020 RMAC Indoor Track &amp; Field Championships will feature some of the top teams and athletes in Division II. On the men&#8217;s side, Colorado School of Mines is ranked fourth in the nation and leads four RMAC men&#8217;s teams ranked in the top 25. Adams State leads three top-25 women&#8217;s teams teams at No. 6 in the nation. Nineteen student-athletes and relay teams are ranked in the top five nationally in their individual events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UCCS women&#8217;s team is ranked No. 18 in the nation and the men&#8217;s team is ranked No. 32. Hannah Meek is the top-ranked individual student-athlete for the Mountain Lions at third in the long jump with a season-best performance of 19 feet, 11-and-a-half inches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tickets<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you plan to attend in person, expect crowds and plan to arrive early. Because this is an RMAC championship event, there is no complimentary admission for UCCS students or employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tickets are $10 a day for adult general admission; $5 for students with ID, military, senior citizens and children six and younger; and free for children five and younger. Tickets are only available with cash, there will not be ability to process credit cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet Schedule<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re planning to watch action of a specific event or student-athlete, refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/rmacsports.org\/tournaments\/?id=168\">championship central page through the RMAC<\/a>. The page includes a meet schedule and the list of student-athletes who qualified for the championships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Student-athletes from 13 schools will compete for conference individual and team championships when UCCS hosts the 2020 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Indoor Track &#038; Field Championships Feb. 28-29. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=119716\" title=\"UCCS hosting 2020 RMAC Indoor Track &#038; Field Championships Feb. 28-29\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":119485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[44,93,269,332,77,271,60],"class_list":["post-119716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","tag-administration-and-finance","tag-athletics","tag-media-services","tag-more-news","tag-office-of-information-technology","tag-parking-and-transportation-services","tag-student-success"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/RMAC_ITF_Championship.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-v8U","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119716"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119722,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119716\/revisions\/119722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/119485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}