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Track team will compete in its first RMAC Championship

Photo by Jeremy Billis • jbillis@mscd.edu Metro’s cross country/track team competing in the CU Shootout Sept. 30 in Boulder. The Roadrunners will run in the school’s first Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships May 6 to 8 in Alamosa.

Metro’s track team will head to Alamosa for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships May 6 to 8 at Rex Stadium.

The Roadrunners, who are in their first season of track competition, will have many participants competing in their first conference championship.

Sheila Hughes leads the way for Metro running in the women’s 100-, 200- and 400-meter dash. Marjaneh Gross will follow Hughes in the women’s 100 and 200. Also competing in the 200-meter dash is Elizabeth Michael-Trumbull and Laura Michael-Trumbull, along with Hughes and Gross.

Women’s basketball player Ashley Mickens will run in the 400 along with Hughes and Therese Panian. Matt Lobato, Stuart Kemmer and Michael Atteridg will compete in the men’s 100- and 200-meter dash for the Roadrunners.

Gabe Luna, who is known for his long-distance events, will compete in the 400-meter dash and is the lone Metro runner in that event.

The ’Runners have a number of participants in the women’s 800, including Alana Pawloski, Deserae Gleason, Jessica Jenkins, Veronica Albo, Mickens, Panian and women’s basketball player Stephanie Sauter.

Gabe Luna, who has one of the best times in the conference in the men’s 800-meter run, will be one of the favorites in the event, and his teammates include brother Anthony Luna, Greg Zadina, Todd Tolentino, Roscoe Smith and Louis Martinez.