February 25, 2023 -- ALAMOSA, Colo. - -Both of Chadron State College's outstanding weight throwers remained undefeated so far this season while winning the event Friday during the first day of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Indoor Championships being held at Adams State in Alamosa, Colo.
             
Senior Kyla Sawvell of Wall, S.D., won women's weight throw for the fourth year in a row with a mark of 20.06 meters, or 65 feet, 9 ¾ inches.  The throw was Sawvell's best ever at an RMAC Meet and is just an inch and three-quarters shy of her career best.
             
The Eagles' Daniel Reynolds of Granby, Colo., won the men's weight throw for the second consecutive year with a mark of 19.31 meters, or 63 feet, 4 ¼ inches.  His throw was about 17 inches shorter than his toss of year ago when he set the RMAC record that had stood since 2005. 
             
Both Sawvell and Reynolds broke the previous field house record at Adams State and won this year's competition by more than five and two feet, respectively.
             
Two other Chadron State entries also placed in the weight throw at the conference meet with career-best marks.
             
Senior Courtney Smith of Rock Springs, Wyo., was fifth in the women's event with an her all-time best of 57 feet, 7 ½ inches, and sophomore Christopher Jennings of O'Neill was seventh in the men's competition at 57-10 ½, his career-best by 3 ½ feet.
             
The weight throw was one of the few events in which there were finals on Friday. The others will take place Saturday.  During preliminaries on the track, Chadron State's Carlie Collier of Dunning qualified for the finals in both the 60- and 200-meter finals, and in the men's competition, Creighton Trembly of Longmont, Colo., qualified 60-meter hurdles and Osvaldo Cano of Oshkosh will be a finalist in the 200-dash.
             
Trembly's time in the hurdles was a career-best 8.06 seconds.