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CSM Cycling Team 4th at NCAA Division II Nationals Just two weeks after winning the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference title, the CSM Cycling Team took fourth place at the 2008 NCAA Road National Championship. Nearly 40 Division II schools competed in the series of events to determine which would rank among the top collegiate cyclists. Mines was represented by Zak Grabowski, Melissa Marts, Topher Hurley, Brady Kappius, Aaron Heun, Shawn Higgins, JT Teerlink, Sarah Roberts, and Alex Dobrinen. Tallying the results from the road race, criterium and time trial, the team came in fourth overall, just behind MIT, Western Washington, and Dartmouth. Consistent results by all team members helped to boost the team’s standing. Looking forward to the fall semester, the team hopes to defend its 2007 National Mountain Bike Championship title in North Carolina near the end of October, 2008. The CSM Cycling Team is a coed club sport comprised of over 50 mountain bike, road, track and cyclocross athletes. For more information, visit www.CSMcycling.com. Men’s Track & Field Places 8th at Outdoor National Championships  Colorado School of Mines sent nine student-athletes to compete in the 2008 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championships held May 22-24 in Walnut, CA. The Oredigger men tied for eighth place, marking their best finish at outdoor nationals in program history. In addition, five individuals earned All-American honors.Joel Hamilton (10,000m run, 5,000m run), Mark Husted (800m run), Ryan Miles (3,000m steeplechase), Nick Maynard (800m run) and Ian Storz (long jump) all garnered All-American recognition for the men’s team, whose previous best finish at outdoor nationals was 13th in 2001. Sean Cusick (3,000m steeplechase) also competed for the men, while Melanie Peddle (3,000m run), Savannah Afoa (discus) and Jennifer Picucci (triple jump; long jump) represented the Oredigger women’s team. Oredigger Wrestling Squad Earns Recognition on NWCA’s All-Academic Top 15  The wrestling program has earned recognition on the National Wrestling Coaches Association’s NCAA Division II All-Academic Top 15 Teams list for the 2007-08 academic year. The Orediggers, who came in at number 15 on the 2007-08 list(3.127 cumulative team GPA), also landed four individuals on this year’s NCAA Division II All-Academic Wrestling Teams, including Cody Weitzel, who earned First Team All-Academic honors. Weitzel was one of only two wrestlers on the NWCA’s All-Academic Team (133 student-athletes) who currently carries a 4.00 cumulative GPA. Also a First Team Academic All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) performe in 2007-08, Weitzel is majoring in mechanical engineering at Mines. Earning NWCA Honorable Mention All-Academic recognition for Mines were Kellen Costelow (chemistry/3.32 cumulative GPA), Chris Saykally (mechanical engineering/3.23 cumulative GPA) and Bobby Strain (mechanical engineering/3.23 cumulative GPA). In the 15-year history of the NWCA’s All-Academic Team awards, no other school has won more Academic National Championships than Colorado School of Mines, which has earned the honor on five occasions (1994-95, 1995-96, 1997-98, 1998-99 and 2005-06). Softball Squad Wins RMAC Regular-Season Championship .gif) The Colorado School of Mines softball team began the 2008 season with high expectations after registering a single-season program record for victories (25) in 2007. Under the guidance of first-year head coach, Annie Van Wetzinga, the 2008 Orediggers did more than exceed expectations; they achieved the best season in the 26-year history of the program and won the 2008 RMAC Regular-Season Championship.Picked to finish eighth (out of 12 teams) in the 2008 Pre-Season RMAC Coaches Poll, Mines would be ranked as high as sixth in the NCAA Division II South Central Region poll. By the end of the regular season, Mines had finished with the best conference record (27-11) and earned the right to host the 2008 RMAC Softball Tournament. Jackye Lagen was selected to the All-Tournament Team, but a 1-2 mark during the RMAC Tournament brought an end to a season during which the Orediggers established another new single-season program record with 38 wins. Seven Orediggers were named to the All-RMAC teams in 2008, including Sarah Van Lingen, who was selected as the 2008 RMAC Freshman of the Year. Furthermore, Van Wetzinga was named the 2008 RMAC Softball Coach of the Year. Just as impressive as their accomplishments on the field, more than half of the CSM softball team earned Academic All-RMAC recognition in 2008, including Van Lingen and Melissa Stratton, who earned First Team Academic All-RMAC honors. Oredigger News & Notes... Head baseball coach Jerrid Oates was selected as the RMAC Baseball Co-Coach of the Year in 2008. In his first season at the helm, Oates led the Orediggers to their first post-season appearance since 1999. The Mines baseball squad also established the third-highest single-season number of victories (20) in program history in 2008. Marianne Hutchens has been named Assistant Track & Field Coach/Women’s Strength & Conditioning Coach at Mines. Hutchens’ husband, Josh, is an assistant wrestling coach at Mines. For complete schedules, rosters, results and statistics, please visit the Colorado School of Mines Athletics website. |
Summer 2008
