CHADRON, Neb. – Chadron State track and field will still go to Golden, Colorado this week, but a revised schedule due to weather forecasts will cause the Eagles to go to two separate meets hosted by Colorado School of Mines. 

The Eagles will now compete in the newly added Mines Midweek & Multi on Wednesday and Thursday before a different batch of Eagles will return for the Kit Mayer Classic, which is now a single day on Saturday.

For the midweek meet, the field portion starts at 9:30 a.m. and will feature the hammer, javelin, triple jump and long jump events for men and women. The track events will start at 4:20 p.m. and will have sprint events only (100, 200, 400, 110h, 400h, 4x100, 4x400).

The multi portion of the event will begin on Wednesday and finish up on Thursday.

The Kit Mayer Classic, now contested on Saturday, will essentially feature all events not contested during the midweek meet. The track schedule begins at 10 a.m. with distance events (400, 800, 1500, 5000, 10000, steeplechase) while the discus, shot put, high jump and pole vault will start around noon.

Many of Chadron State's top athletes are expected to compete in what will serve as their final tune-up before the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference outdoor championships at UCCS on April 23-25. 

At both this week's meets and next week's projected competition at the Bauer Open in Rapid City, Chadron State student-athletes will be seeking to either earn or solidify their spot in the top 24 of each event to qualify for the conference meet.

Currently, the Eagles have one athlete (Chayton Bynes in the men's triple jump) with the top mark in the RMAC. Bynes's mark of 15.73 meters (51 feet, 7.25 inches) ranks No. 2 in Division II this season and was the farthest until last weekend, when it was beaten out by Harding's Yves Bilong. 

Other CSC marks that rank highly in the RMAC performance lists include the men's 4x100 relay of Augustin Chiang, Esosa Iyengunmwena, Ryan Clapper and Joshua St. Jean (2^nd at 40.47 seconds), Tavion Leatherdale in the men's discus (3^rd at 48.09m/157-9) and Shelby Ekwall in the women's shot put (3^rd at 13.47m/44-2.5).