Lobos Win First Mountain West Women's Team Title Since 2015
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – New Mexico won its first conference track & field title in over a decade on the final day of competition at Mountain West Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday at the Albuquerque Convention Center, winning the women’s team championship for the first time since 2015 with 136.5 points in total.
The Lobo women scored 91 of those points on Saturday, with Judy Rono (800) and Pamela Kosgei (Mile, 3,000m) combining for three individual titles on the final day. UNM finished with champions in five events.
The men came up just short of doing the same and completing the title sweep, finishing second in the team score with 161 points to Colorado State 165. Brodie Young (400), Habtom Samuel (3,000m), Collins Kiprotich (Mile) and the UNM men’s 4x400m relay squad all took home gold on the final day to push the Rams to the brink.
When the dust settled, Habtom Samuel was named MW Outstanding Track Performer of the Meet for the second year in a row after winning both long distance events and breaking his own MW championship records in both events. UNM Head Coach Darren Gauson earned his first MW Women’s Track Coach of the Year award after being named Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2023 and Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2024.
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