COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Mountain West announced the 2024 Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference selections, which is composed of the top-three finishers in each individual event and the top three relay teams at the MW championships.
The Air Force men finished the meet with 226.5 points, winning its eighth men’s title and third in a row. Falcon head coach Ryan Cole was named 2024 MW Men’s Coach of the Year for the second straight year.
Colorado State placed second in the standings with 157.5 points. San José State was third with 123 points.
San José State freshman Malachi Snow was named the 2024 Mountain West Men’s Track Performer of the Meet after claiming a pair of gold medals in the 110-meter hurdles and the 100-meter sprint. Both performances were Mountain West championship meet records.
Air Force’s Texas Tanner was selected the 2024 Mountain West Men’s Field Performer of the Meet. The sophomore thrower won the hammer throw with a mark of 67.98 meters. Additionally, Tanner won the discus throw with a mark of 57.76 meters.
On the women’s side, Colorado State finished with 165 points to win the team title, the most points for a winner since the Rams won championship in 2016 and marks the Rams ninth MW women’s outdoor title in program history. CSU head coach Brian Bedard was named MW Women’s Coach of the Year for the second time in a row.
Colorado State swept the women’s meet awards after senior Sarah Carter was named the 2024 MW Women’s Track Performer of the Meet and junior Mya Lesnar was selected as the 2024 MW Women’s Field Performer of the Meet. Carter won gold in the 10,000-meter run and the 5,000-meter run, while Lesnar won the shot put and hammer throw MW individual titles.
