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This week's Athlete of the Week honors goes to Erin Clark (women's cross country) Ben Saarel (men's cross-country). Senior Erin Clark was the runner-up at the 2016 Pac-12 Championships on Oct. 28, leading the Buffs to their second straight team title. Clark finished the race (20:23.3) just .04 seconds behind Washington's Amy-Eloise Neale (20:22.9), as Neale passed Clark in the final meters of the race. Clark still ran a good 6k race for her highest Pac-12 finish ever; she was always in the front pack and was never lower than sixth. The top-ranked Buffs won the team title with 33 points, defeating the runner-up, No. Washington (74) by 41 points (the third largest margin of victory in Pac-10/12 history).
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