The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference is partying like it’s 1969.
The conference’s current members unanimously voted to invite South Dakota School of Mines and Technology on Jan. 17 to join its conference, and the school accepted later that evening.
Adding South Dakota Mines increases the conference’s membership to 15 schools, which is its largest constituency since 1969.
The Hardrockers, located in Rapid City, S.D., will compete in 13 RMAC-sponsored sports, including men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, football, men’s and women’s golf, men’s soccer, men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field and women’s volleyball.
South Dakota Mines’ programs currently compete as independents except for football and men’s soccer, which were members of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.
The conference will begin adding South Dakota Mines’ sports as scheduling permits in the 2014-2015 academic year.
The 2013-2014 academic year was South Dakota Mines’ first as a full NCAA Division II member.
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