10 Orediggers end track season on the national podium

Luke Julian wins 1,500-meter title; Hannah Miller takes silver in pole vault

BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In his nal meet as an Oredigger, Luke Julian left it all out on the track and walked away an individual national champion.

e Colorado School of Mines graduate student won the men’s 1,500-meter race May 27 at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championships in Pueblo. is capped o an incredible 202223 athletic year for Julian, who was part of the 2022 national champions men’s cross country team, an indoor track silver medalist, and the rst Oredigger to run a four-minute mile. He also received First-Team All-American honors in all three sports for 2022-23.

While Julian was the only Oredigger to take home an individual national title this year, nine other Mines athletes ended their seasons on the podium May 25-May 27.

Trying to follow up on her individual indoor title, senior Hannah Miller took home silver in the women’s pole vault at the outdoor championships.

On the track for the women’s team, Aryelle Wright and Mackenzie Duck placed fourth and sixth, respectively, in the 800-meter race. Meanwhile, Zoe Baker and Jenna Ramsey had a similar one-two punch in the 5,000-meter race, taking home fth and sixth, respectively.

e women’s team ultimately had its best-ever nish at the national out- door meet, tying for 11th place with 23 points. e trio of Loic Scomparin, Steven Goldy and Paul Knight pushed each other in the 10,000-meter race. Scomparin took home the bronze, and Goldy and Knight placed sixth and eighth, respectively.

For the men’s track & eld team, the distance runners performed the best, anchored by members of the 2022 national championship cross country team.

Goldy also nished fourth in the 5,000-meter race, where teammate Duncan Fuehne placed eighth as well. Overall, the men’s team took 12th place with 26 points. It’s the team’s third-straight top-12 nish and fourth in the last ve years, according to Mines Athletics.

Several athletes on both Mines teams received rst- and second-team All-American honors, and 10 later earned Academic All-District awards. Combined, the Mines teams scored 49 points, which is the most in Mines history at the outdoor championships.