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Chasing new heights

Chasing new heights

Collin McKenna April 13, 2024

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. It definitely holds true in the case of Maverick junior track athlete Eddie Kurjak. Kurjak grew up in Longmont, Colorado with his three sisters....

Men finish second; women finish fourth at RMACs

Men finish second; women finish fourth at RMACs

Matt Majewski May 10, 2023

After hosting their first home meet of the season, the Colorado Mesa University (CMU) track and field teams traveled to Chadron, Nebraska to compete in the conference championships. Both the men’s and...

Multiple records broken for track & field

Multiple records broken for track & field

Dane Campbell February 18, 2023

The Maverick Indoor Track & Field teams are having one of their best seasons in recent memory. The men’s team is currently ranked at 16th nationwide, while multiple athletes from the women’s team...

Overcoming the blocks

Overcoming the blocks

Elias Born February 24, 2022

Run fast and turn left. As the indoor track season for Colorado Mesa University’s (CMU) track and field team approaches the RMAC championships, redshirt sophomore Elijah Williams is looking to fulfill...

The life of a CMU distance runner

Laura Huwa April 12, 2018

Does running 60 miles a week sound enjoyable? How about running over eight miles a day, seven days out of the week, with little to no rest throughout the course of the year? For Colorado Mesa University...

Mavericks kick off outdoor season with a bang

Mason Moore March 26, 2018

This past weekend, the Colorado Mesa University Outdoor Track and Field team went on the road to Colorado School of Mines for their first meet of the outdoor season, and they did not disappoint. With several...

Mavericks stampede through Boulder

Laura Huwa February 4, 2018

Track and field for Colorado Mesa University (CMU) traveled to Boulder, Colo. this weekend for the CU Open Invitational. It began on Thursday and went through Saturday. With many Colorado schools attending...

History made on the track

Laura Huwa February 3, 2018

Colorado Mesa University pole vault and heptathlon athletes set two school records, as well as automatic qualifying marks for nationals in the same 24-hour span. Pole vaulter Nolan Ellis and Heptathlon...

The sky’s the limit

Bryce Reedy August 26, 2017

Over the summer, Colorado Mesa University hired Brad Gamble to become the new head track and field coach after last year's dismissal of Brian Beeman. Gamble was the serving as the head coach over at Chadron...

CMU track and field coaches dismissed

Alec Williams March 28, 2017

In a short-notice mandatory meeting Monday, Colorado Mesa University Director of Athletics Tom Spicer told CMU track and field athletes that Head Coach Brian Beeman and Assistant Coach Michael Beeman have...

Mavericks come away with two All-Americans at championships

Bryce Reedy March 12, 2017

Colorado Mesa University came away with two All-Americans following the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships. Nolan Ellis placed 5th in the pole vault competition while D’Angelo Foster...

Ellis ties for fifth in pole vault, adds to Mavericks total All-Americans

Bryce Reedy March 11, 2017

Nolan Ellis rounded out the track and field competition at the DII Festival this weekend with a fifth-place finish in the pole vault. Ellis cleared his first two attempts at 15-9 and 16-2.75. He missed...

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