Sometimes, stumbling upon an event or an athlete just works out. Nolan Ellis didn’t aspire to be a pole vaulter; he was simply a high school football player looking for something to do in the spring. Spencer Jahr was a jack-of-all-trades athlete, especially successful in field events, early in his…
Nolan Ellis, the odds-on favorite to win the pole vault, won his title in dramatic fashion. He passed on the opening height and then needed all three of his attempts to clear 16 feet, 2.75 inches just to stay in the meet. Ellis cleared 17-2.75 on his second attempt and…
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO/KJCT) The first weekend of the track and field season for CMU was one for the record books with several athletes putting their names in the top ten for school records in a multitude of events. Two competitors who had qualifying marks for the NCAA Division II Championships…
The indoor track and field season starts on December 1, for Colorado Mesa University. The RMAC preseason rankings and awards were announced early on Tuesday and red-shirt junior pole vaulter Nolan Ellis was the only Maverick to receive an honor. Ellis is a four time All-American and won the indoor…
Nolan Ellis can still improve. For all of the indoor track and field accolades and accomplishments the Colorado Mesa University junior has garnered, he pointed out what his shortfall is. “I still fully believe that my technique has got to be the worst in all of Division II,” the junior…
Colorado Mesa’s Nolan Ellis finished first in the pole vault on Thursday, setting the top mark so far in Division II. Ellis posted a winning height of 16 feet, 6 3/4 inches at the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Classic in Golden to highlight the efforts of the Mavericks on…
The preseason All-RMAC team for the 2017-2018 Indoor Track & Field was released on Tuesday. Colorado Mesa had one athlete selected and that was redshirt junior Nolan Ellis in the pole vault. Ellis earned NCAA Division II All-American honors in the pole vault last season in both the indoor and…
