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Kipp Wins First Individual Pac-12 Title

Posted on12. May, 2012

Shalaya Kipp stamped her name in the record book on Saturday afternoon as she became the first University of Colorado athlete to win an individual Pac-12 Track & Field Championship, taking top honors in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

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Legendary CU Coach Jerry Quiller Passes Away

Posted on02. Feb, 2012

BOULDER – Former University of Colorado cross country and track and field coach Jerry Quiller, who coached 15 years and hundreds of student-athletes at the school, has passed away after fighting a battle against multiple myeloma.  He was 69. Coach Q started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Colorado State University and became [...]

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Buffs Capture First Ever Pac-12 Conference Titles

Posted on31. Oct, 2011

The University of Colorado cross country teams won the first ever Pac-12 Conference titles in any sport on Saturday morning, sweeping the men’s and women’s races at the Wigwam Golf Course. “I would give each team an ‘A’ for today’s performance,” head coach Mark Wetmore said. “They came out and raced what they were capable of and some even exceeded expectations. It was a good day and we couldn’t have asked for much more from either team.”

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Buffs Start Strong At Time Trial

Posted on11. Sep, 2011

The University of Colorado’s cross country season got off to a great start on Saturday morning at the CU Time Trial with strong performances from the No. 4 ranked women and No. 7 ranked men’s teams.

It’s a CU tradition to let a freshman runner cross the finish first at the time trial and this year the winners were Rachel Baptista and Ammar Moussa. Baptista won the women’s 5.8-kilometer race in 21 minutes, 44 seconds and Moussa won the men’s 8k in 26:06.

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Nelson Returns to CO to Recruit at C.U.; Wants Sub-8:15 in 2011

Posted on17. Jan, 2011

If Nelson, 26, looks comfortable in the fieldhouse, it is likely because he spent five years as an undergraduate at CU. Then, after making the 2008 Olympic team a month after his senior year, he signed a professional contract and moved to Eugene, Ore., in the fall of 2008 to compete for the Oregon Track Club. Now, Nelson has returned home, to raise his family in Longmont; help CU get the best prep runners here as the track team’s recruiting coordinator; and to see how much faster he can run in the 3,000 meter steeplechase.

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CU Cross Country 20 Year Reunion – Recap

Posted on18. Oct, 2010

Updated: To celebrate one of the most decorated track and field/cross country programs in the country, The University of Colorado will have its first reunion in 20 years this coming weekend, October 22-24, starting off with a Parade on Pearl Street at 7pm.

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Barringer, Women Win Mountain Region, Men Second

Posted on15. Nov, 2009

The No. 6 ranked women’s team won the regional for the first time since 2006 and the No. 5 ranked men’s team took second; ending a streak of six straight regional titles. Senior Jenny Barringer also won the women’s race and was the first CU woman to win the individual title since 2004 when Renee Metivier took home the crown.

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Sandrock Reviews “Honorable Run”

Posted on19. Oct, 2009

When Matt McCue was a freshman walk-on to the University of Colorado cross country team in the summer of 2001, he showed up for his first run at the Potts Field track. The were only three runners at Potts that day; future NCAA champions and Olympians Jorge Torres and Dathan Ritzenhein, as well as Edwardo Torres. McCue got hammered that July morning, but he hung tough with the “skinny Trinity” the entire 12-mile run.

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