CHADRON, Neb. – National qualifiers Chayton Bynes and Trace Hanchett both won shares of special awards as the RMAC announced their all-conference honors for the 2025 men's and women's outdoor track season on Monday. 

Bynes was voted as the Co-Field Athlete of the Year, matching his award win from the indoor season, while Hanchett was voted as the league's Co-Freshman of the Year. 

In addition, six Eagle athletes, including Bynes and Hanchett, made first or second team All-RMAC based on their performances at the RMAC Championships from April 25-27 in Golden, Colorado. Athletes who finished first through third in an event were given first-team honors, while fourth through sixth place earned second-team awards. 

The Chadron State First Team All-RMAC honorees are Bynes (1st, long jump; 2nd, triple jump) and senior Creighton Trembly (2nd, 110 hurdles). CSC's five Second Team All-RMAC honorees include Christopher Cormier (4th, 400 meters), Parker Gonser (4th, hammer throw), Hanchett (5th, javelin) and Nicquaine Henry (4th, 400 hurdles) on the men's side, along with freshman triple jumper Camila Salvucci (4th) on the women's side. 

Chayton Bynes doubled up on his Co-Field Athlete of the Year honors from the indoor season with another special award win, sharing the honor with UCCS's KJ McInnis. Bynes is the only RMAC athlete to repeat a 2025 indoor season special award win and take home the same award in the outdoor season. 

The redshirt sophomore starred at the RMAC championships, winning the long jump and finishing second in the triple jump at the conference meet. Bynes never finished lower than second in either the long jump or the triple jump during the outdoor season, winning at three meets in each event prior to the conference meet. The Chadron High School grad will compete at nationals this weekend in the triple jump, entering with a school-record leap of 15.54 (51 feet), which ranks 10th in Division II. 

Trace Hanchett burst onto the scene during his true freshman campaign out of Philipsburg, Kansas, sharing the co-freshman honors with Colorado Mesa's Aidan Brownell. Hanchett broke the school record in the javelin twice, most recently with an RMAC-best mark of 66.93 meters (219 feet, 7 inches) at the 2025 Loper Twilight Meet on May 10, and cleared 200 feet four times. Although Hanchett's fifth-place finish in wet conditions at the RMAC Championships matched his worst finish in a meet this year, Hanchett set the facility record at the site of the RMAC Championships earlier this season with a 65.60 meter (215-3) throw at the Kit Mayer Classic in Golden.

Bynes, Hanchett and Nicquaine Henry will be competing at the Division II National Championships in Pueblo, Colorado from May 22-24. Henry qualified after setting a school-record time of 51.56 seconds in the 400 hurdles, over 1.4 seconds faster than his time at the RMAC Championships. 

Colorado Mesa's Mateo Casados was named the Track Athlete of the Year. UCCS Head Coach Ross Fellows was named the RMAC Coach of the Year. In addition to splitting Co-Field Athlete of the Year with Bynes, UCCS's KJ McInnis was given the Dr. Randy Rhine Men's Outdoor Track Performer of the Meet award after winning both the high and triple jumps and placing third in the long jump event won by Bynes.