Obviously not a big deal, but for those looking to occupy a little time, wanted to mention that thestridereport.com** is having an "April Anarchy" competition where they've created Top 64 all-time collegiate distance runner brackets for men and women, with people able to vote (through Instagram Stories*** on their account at https://www.instagram.com/thestridereport/).
**As a BIG general Buff sports fan, I can say this site, which almost solely concentrates on NCAA (all divisions) distance running, is one of my favorites for any sport.
***I had heard a little but, being a fossil, had never accessed Instagram Stories before. If there's anyone else as clueless as me, wanted to mention I had to go into (or in my case actually install) the Instagram App on my phone, followed thestridereport account (again https://www.instagram.com/thestridereport/), and the voting for the region/ gender being contested this day (one vote per screen, which auto-scrolled) came up.
As would be expected for a school with the Buffs' reputation, there are quite a few Buffs included in the brackets. (See the bottom of this post for the Buffs in the brackets.) Note that I believe this competition is only looking at collegiate careers, not what a person may have accomplished as a pro.
The "Anarchy" is already into the Round of 32, and look to just have voting going on for one region and one gender at a time, with an ~24 hour voting window per region/ gender. This afternoon they've opened voting for the Blue Region women (see https://www.thestridereport.com/post/april-anarchy-round-of-32-blue-region-women for the great runners going on this round), which includes Buff Great Kara Goucher, who as the #4 seed in her region is facing off against a surprise 1st round victor in Florida State's Colleen Quigley, who is a #12 seed. I just went in and voted, and it was very close at this point. (Ms. Goucher had a 51%-49% advantage.)
Their introduction to the contest, as I mentioned, said people can vote for 24 hours, but I'm not 100% sure when the 24 hoiur period starts. It looks like the article for this region's Round of 32 (https://www.thestridereport.com/post/april-anarchy-round-of-32-blue-region-women) was released around 2:00-3:00 PM MT, so assume anyone interested in voting should vote before that time tomorrow.?.
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A little more on the competition (all from thestridereport.com:
Introduction - https://www.thestridereport.com/post/introducing-april-anarchy
Unveiling of the brackets (pretty much only contains links to the brackets) - https://www.thestridereport.com/post/april-anarchy-bracket-unveiling
Brackets (updated as voting ends for the various rounds and regions) -
Men's -
Women's -
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Just eyeballing the names, the Buffs I see included in the brackets are (I'll include their listed Buff class, as well as a link to their Buff Hall of Fame or roster pages) :
Men:
Jorge Torres (#6 seed in the Blue Region; Class of 2003; https://cubuffs.com/honors/cu-athletic-hall-of-fame/jorge-torres/112 )
Dathan Ritzenhein (#6 seed in the Green Region; 2004 (He left CU after, I believe, his sophomore year (???) to start his pro career); https://cubuffs.com/sports/2012/7/27/205534711.aspx )
Women:
Kara (Grgas-Wheeler) Goucher (#4 seed in the Blue Region; Class of 2001; https://cubuffs.com/honors/cu-athletic-hall-of-fame/kara-grgas-wheeler-goucher/52 )
Emma Coburn (#5 seed in the Blue Region; Class of 2012; https://cubuffs.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/emma-coburn/2658 )
Jenny (Barringer) Simpson (#1 seed in the Yellow Region; Class of 2009; https://cubuffs.com/honors/cu-athletic-hall-of-fame/jenny-barringer/125 )
Dani Jones (#2 seed in the Red Region; Class of 2020 (I'm guessing?); https://cubuffs.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/dani-jones/133
Edit - Jessica (Pixler) Tebo (See post #3 for more on her.)
**As a BIG general Buff sports fan, I can say this site, which almost solely concentrates on NCAA (all divisions) distance running, is one of my favorites for any sport.
***I had heard a little but, being a fossil, had never accessed Instagram Stories before. If there's anyone else as clueless as me, wanted to mention I had to go into (or in my case actually install) the Instagram App on my phone, followed thestridereport account (again https://www.instagram.com/thestridereport/), and the voting for the region/ gender being contested this day (one vote per screen, which auto-scrolled) came up.
As would be expected for a school with the Buffs' reputation, there are quite a few Buffs included in the brackets. (See the bottom of this post for the Buffs in the brackets.) Note that I believe this competition is only looking at collegiate careers, not what a person may have accomplished as a pro.
The "Anarchy" is already into the Round of 32, and look to just have voting going on for one region and one gender at a time, with an ~24 hour voting window per region/ gender. This afternoon they've opened voting for the Blue Region women (see https://www.thestridereport.com/post/april-anarchy-round-of-32-blue-region-women for the great runners going on this round), which includes Buff Great Kara Goucher, who as the #4 seed in her region is facing off against a surprise 1st round victor in Florida State's Colleen Quigley, who is a #12 seed. I just went in and voted, and it was very close at this point. (Ms. Goucher had a 51%-49% advantage.)
Their introduction to the contest, as I mentioned, said people can vote for 24 hours, but I'm not 100% sure when the 24 hoiur period starts. It looks like the article for this region's Round of 32 (https://www.thestridereport.com/post/april-anarchy-round-of-32-blue-region-women) was released around 2:00-3:00 PM MT, so assume anyone interested in voting should vote before that time tomorrow.?.
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A little more on the competition (all from thestridereport.com:
Introduction - https://www.thestridereport.com/post/introducing-april-anarchy
Unveiling of the brackets (pretty much only contains links to the brackets) - https://www.thestridereport.com/post/april-anarchy-bracket-unveiling
Brackets (updated as voting ends for the various rounds and regions) -
Men's -
Women's -
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Just eyeballing the names, the Buffs I see included in the brackets are (I'll include their listed Buff class, as well as a link to their Buff Hall of Fame or roster pages) :
Men:
Jorge Torres (#6 seed in the Blue Region; Class of 2003; https://cubuffs.com/honors/cu-athletic-hall-of-fame/jorge-torres/112 )
Dathan Ritzenhein (#6 seed in the Green Region; 2004 (He left CU after, I believe, his sophomore year (???) to start his pro career); https://cubuffs.com/sports/2012/7/27/205534711.aspx )
Women:
Kara (Grgas-Wheeler) Goucher (#4 seed in the Blue Region; Class of 2001; https://cubuffs.com/honors/cu-athletic-hall-of-fame/kara-grgas-wheeler-goucher/52 )
Emma Coburn (#5 seed in the Blue Region; Class of 2012; https://cubuffs.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/emma-coburn/2658 )
Jenny (Barringer) Simpson (#1 seed in the Yellow Region; Class of 2009; https://cubuffs.com/honors/cu-athletic-hall-of-fame/jenny-barringer/125 )
Dani Jones (#2 seed in the Red Region; Class of 2020 (I'm guessing?); https://cubuffs.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/dani-jones/133
Edit - Jessica (Pixler) Tebo (See post #3 for more on her.)
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