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For the second time in two years, the UCCS Track and Field teams brought home RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championship titles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’m just so proud of this team and the coaches,” stated head coach Ross Fellows. “They did a phenomenal job. From way back in August to now we dealt with adversity and didn’t make any excuses. But they got into a flow, trusted the process, and came away with two great victories for our program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite adversity faced throughout the year, the Mountain Lions found strength to end the year, consistently being ranked highly in the USTFCCCA National Poll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This meet really showed our depth, and showed how well-rounded of a program we are being on the podium in almost every event. It’s hard to win in this conference and doing it back-to-back years on the men’s and women’s side is unheard of,” Fellows said. “We are looking forward to seeing what we can put together at Nationals in a couple weeks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of the sweep of conference championships for the second consecutive year, the Mountain Lions also swept RMAC Athlete of the Meet with Lydia Pavlenko<\/a><\/dfn> being named Female Athlete of the Meet and Afewerki Zeru<\/a><\/dfn> winning Male Athlete of the Meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mountain Lions will have opportunities to continue to rack up accolades as they look forward to the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. UCCS qualified 14 different athletes to compete in the upcoming events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the women’s side, UCCS is sending eight student-athletes who are set to compete in seven different events. For the men, six student-athletes will make the trip to nationals as they compete in a combined six different events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about the qualifying athletes and other recent accolades, visit our GoMountainLions website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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