CSM men finish third, women take fourth at RMAC Championships

DENVER, Colo. – The Colorado School of Mines cross country teams competed in the 2009 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Championships this morning at Washington Park in Denver, Colo. hosted by the Metropolitan State College of Denver. The CSM men placed third out of 11 RMAC schools while the women finished fourth out of 13 RMAC schools.

The Oredigger men were led by Aaron Swift who finished 13th (26:16) out of 84 total runners in the 8 k race and earned Second Team All-RMAC honors. True freshman Sean Gildea finished 19th-overall (26:35) earning Third Team All-RMAC accolades. Mack McLain earned Third Team All-RMAC honors as he finished in 21st-place (26:43).

Sydney Laws led the CSM women with her fourth consecutive top-ten finish of the 2009 season placing seventh overall out of 99 runners to earn First Team All-RMAC accolades. Laws’ seventh-place finish was the highest finish by a CSM women’s runner at the RMAC Championships. Marie Patton (18th, 24:08) and Hannah Cooling (19th, 24:09) finished one second apart in the 6 k race as both were named Third Team All-RMAC.

The Orediggers will compete at the 2009 NCAA Division II Central Region Championships on Saturday, Nov. 7th in Wayne, Neb.

For more information about Colorado School of Mines Athletics, please contact Assistant Sports Information Director Katie Simons at ksimons@mines.edu.

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