WSCU cross country teams crush it at 2013 RMAC championships in New Mexico

Men take team title

Western State Colorado University (WSCU) cross-country racked up a men’s team title and the women placed second at the RMAC championships last weekend in Silver City, N.M.

WSCU earned more Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference postseason individual honors than any other RMAC school, with 18 awards total.
Head coach Jennifer Michel was named RMAC Cross Country Men’s Coach of the Year following the Mountaineer men’s 13th RMAC team title. This is Michel’s fourth RMAC Coach of the Year title.
Vegard Olstad (Jr., Gjovik, Norway) was the men’s individual RMAC Champion and earned the 2013 RMAC Men’s Runner of the Year award for his performance. Olstad ran the 8k course in a time of 23:56.5.
Olstad’s teammate, Keifer Johnson (R-Fr., Highlands Ranch, Colo.), took home the 2013 RMAC Men’s Freshman Runner of the Year award after finishing ninth at the RMAC Championships. Johnson ran the course in 24:53.5.
Fifteen Mountaineers were named to RMAC All-Conference Teams:
All-RMAC Women’s Cross Country First Team
Anna Marshall, Western State
Tara Richardson, Western State
All-RMAC Women’s Cross Country Second Team
Julie Pack, Western State
Melanie Becic, Western State
Amy Penn, Western State


All-RMAC Women’s Cross Country Third Team
Torie Weprin, Western State
Cassandra Ortiz, Western State


All-RMAC Men’s Cross Country First Team
Vegard Olstad, Western State
Garrett Wilson, Western State
Michael Cernoia, Western State
Ian Butler, Western State


All-RMAC Men’s Cross Country Second Team
Tyler Saiz, Western State
Keifer Johnson, Western State
Michael Schmidt, Western State
Adam Sinda, Western State