Athletics News - June 2019

Football Season Tickets on Sale for the Reigning RMAC Champs

Season tickets for 2019 Colorado State University-Pueblo Football at the Neta and Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl are on sale now. Fans can act NOW to catch all the action of the 2019 home season by renewing or purchasing season tickets.

The reigning Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Champions are eyeing their ninth conference title in program history and third straight trip to the NCAA postseason during their six-game home schedule. Again offered this year, fans who purchase or renew can also receive discounts for joining or renewing membership to the CSU-Pueblo Athletics Pack Club.

The Pack were a perfect 5-0 at home in 2018 and are riding a 39-game home winning streak versus RMAC opponents into 2019. The home slate begins with Colorado School of Mines visiting the ThunderBowl Sept. 21. [Complete 2019 football schedule]

Season tickets for a 50-yard line, chairback seat are set at $162 and reserved seating season tickets are $84, while 10 and 20 percent discounts are available (up to two seats) for all season ticket holders that make a donation to the Pack Club.

A $250-$499 donation to the Pack Club lowers the cost of a season ticket by 10 percent to $146 for chairback and $76 for reserved seating.

A $500-$999 donation to the Pack Club cuts the cost of a season ticket down by 20 percent to $130 for chairback and $67 for reserved seating and includes two official Pack Club hats and two Pack Passes.

A donation of $1,000-$2,500 equals two football and basketball season tickets, two football and basketball season hospitality passes and a full set of official Pack Club gear (hat, long sleeve, short sleeve).

This year parking passes are available for purchase prior to the season for $55. Due to the amount of available spaces, a person with two season tickets can purchase one parking pass and a person with four season tickets can also only purchase one parking pass. 

The available seating has also changed, as the student section and band have been moved to east side sections Y and Z, respectfully. The move has opened up sections F and G on the west side (same side as the ThunderWolves bench) for season and single-game tickets. 

Basketball season tickets are also available for purchase at $115 and includes a Pack Pass, which grants access to all the other ticketed CSU-Pueblo home events in 2019-20. 

New season ticket holders ready to make a purchase can fill out and return the NEW SEASON TICKET ORDER FORM or contact Trey Nickelson at the CSU-Pueblo Ticket Office, by calling (719) 549-2050 or emailing trey.nickelson@csupueblo.edu.

Renewals will also be handled by Nickelson by filling out the RENEWAL FORM below. To receive the discount, fill out the PACK CLUB MEMBERSHIP FORM.

The renewal deadline is August 9. After August 12, season ticket prices will increase by $5 and seats will open up to the general public.

ABOUT THE PACK CLUB: The Pack Club is a cornerstone of CSU-Pueblo athletics, raising money to fund athletic scholarships and operating to assist our student-athletes to be competitive at the highest levels in NCAA Division II.

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CHAMPIONS: Pack Women’s Golf and Thirayatorn Claim RMAC Titles

Colorado State University-Pueblo Women's Golf won the 2019 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Team Championship Tuesday. Orakorn Thirayatorn claimed the 2019 RMAC Individual Championship at the Ocatillo Golf Course.

For the Pack, this is their third RMAC Team Championship (2012, 2014). The ThunderWolves shot a +31 (895). They beat their closest competition, Dixie State University, by 18 strokes. Their win automatically qualifies the Pack for a NCAA West Regional.
 
Thirayatorn (Sr., Meang Khonkaen, Thailand) topped the rest of the field by three strokes. She shot a +1 (217) including a +2 (74) on day two. Thirayatorn became the Pack's third RMAC individual Champion in the last five seasons, joining Leina Kim and Jacquelyn Porman.
 
Over 54 holes, Thirayatorn was tournament-best -2 on par fours. She made 39 pars and seven birdies en route to her RMAC Championship. This was Thirayatorn's second victory of the season. She won the Farmers Insurance Samuel Proal Invitational in her first tournament of the fall.
 
Jolene Kam (Sr., Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia) medaled with a fourth place finish. Kam led the Pack with a +1 (73) Tuesday. She finished the tournament with a +8 (224). Kam improved each day of the event, shooting a 76 on day one and a 75 on day two. This was Kam's second top finish in the last three years at the RMAC Tournament. She took fifth at the 2017 RMAC Championships.
 
Rachanok Rahulpan (Jr., Pathumthani, Thailand) took sixth place with a +9 (225), Rahulpan posted a +2 (74) Tuesday. Rahulpan's sixth place finish was her best of the season. She made 38 pars, second-most on the Pack.
 
Courtney Ewing (Sr., Pueblo West, Colo.) placed 11th. Ewing shot a +6 (78) on day three. She finished with a +13 (229). Ewing matched Kam with 36 pars.
 
Amy Sutheran (Fr., Hartlepool, Durham, England, UK) carded her best round of the tournament with a +7 (79). She finished 39th with a +30 (246).
 
The Pack set a school-record Monday with a +1 (289). They finished the 2019 season 57-1-1 against RMAC competition.
 
After dominating the RMAC Championships, the Pack will try to make waves at the NCAA West Regional. This event will begin Monday May 6 at the Amarillo Country Club in Amarillo, Texas.

Thomas Staines Wins Another National Championship! Pack Cross Country/Track & Field Finish a Historic Year

All five members of the Colorado State University-Pueblo men's and women's track and field programs who raced Saturday earned First Team All-American honors, while Thomas Staines (Jr., Colorado Springs, Colo.) won his fifth national title on the final day of the 2019 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Kingsville, Texas. The men tied for 10th, while the women tied for 39th.
 
Staines won his second NCAA Division II Outdoor Championship in the 800m, which was his fourth straight title in the event (twice an indoor champion). He has five national championships to his name after anchoring the distance medley relay team to the top of the podium at this year's indoor championships. He is the 11th athlete at the Division II level to win back-to-back 800m outdoor championships. 
 
Staines posted a time of 1:50.03 to gather First Team All-American honors and 10 team points for the Pack. The ThunderWolves finished with 22 points to finish in a tie for 10th. 
 
The men also tied for 10th at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships, while the top 10 placement is the fifth in program history among indoor or outdoor championship appearances (NCAA and NAIA). The ThunderWolves fell just shy of the 1967 outdoor team that recorded 25 points and the highest finish at seventh. 
 
Adding three points in the 800m was senior Devundrick Walker, as he crossed the finish line in 1:51.44 to place sixth. He finishes his senior year collecting a national championship with the DMR and indoor and outdoor First Team All-American honors in the 800m run. 
 
The other nine points came from junior Marcelo Laguera (Chihuahua, Mexico), as he followed up his runner-up performance in Thursday's 10,000m run with an All-American effort in the 5000m race Saturday. He scored one point when he crossed the finish line in eighth with a time of 14:34.51. 
 
The women tied for 39th with five points, which is the program's best outdoor national championship finish in the NCAA Division II era. The 2011 team finished 46th with four points. The indoor squad posted a 12th-place finish to secure the best performance in program history at a national championship. According to available records, these championships mark the first time in program history the ThunderWolves have had two outdoor First Team All-Americans.
 
Sophomore Yasmine Hernandez (Johnstown, Colo.) scored four points when she raced to fifth in the 800m with a time of 2:10.50. She gathered First Team All-American recognition for the second time in her career, as she was a member of the women's distance medley relay team that placed fourth at the indoor championships. 
 
Sophomore Hailey Streff (Madison, S.D.) raced to eighth in the 1500m to earn All-American honors. She posted a time of 4:38.54 to gather her second time on the podium this year, as she was also a member of the DMR. The sophomore ran the 19th fastest time in the event this year to make nationals, was ranked 13th in the championships field and was 12th out of the qualifying group, but raced to finish eighth in the end. 
 
The outdoor national meet puts a bow on a historic 2018-19 for CSU-Pueblo men's and women's cross country and track and field. In the end the programs combined for five national championships and 19 NCAA All-American awards. The Pack men can also tout as the only program in NCAA Division II with a national champion in five straight cross country and track and field national championships (2018 indoor – Staines, 2018 outdoor – Staines, 2018 cross country – Laguera, 2019 indoor – Staines and DMR, 2019 outdoor – Staines).