Article on today's action.
Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2019/2/8/t...ks-school-record-in-win-at-husky-classic.aspx
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By: Shaun Wicen, Assistant SID
SEATTLE – University of Colorado junior Joe Klecker went from not being in the men's 5,000 top-10 in school history to leading the list in just 13 minutes and 35.97 seconds Friday afternoon in the Husky Classic in Seattle, Wash., breaking Adam Goucher's 20-year old record.
Klecker won the prestigious race by nearly two seconds, moving himself into third in the nation in the event. His time is nearly two and a half seconds faster than what Goucher ran in Iowa in 1998. Klecker is now first in the nation in the 3,000 and third in the 5,000.
"Well I had no idea that he was going to be near a record," said head coach Mark Wetmore. "We didn't come here for that we just came here for a qualifying mark which we thought would be about 13:45, but he felt well and things were going and people were cheering and his girlfriend was here and he ended up running a little faster."
Gabby Scott also broke a school record today at the Tyson Invitational in Arkansas, scraping three-tenths of a second off her school record 400 performance from last week with a time of 53.22. The senior placed second in the event and would be 15th in the nation before today with that time.
"Another nice run for Gabby, and another record," said Wetmore. "She is closing in on an NCAA qualifying mark. She'll likely have the competition she needs in two weeks at the MPSF. Coach Bockman had a good weekend at the 400."
Scott was just one of a handful of Buffalo women today that etched their names in the top-10 lists in CU history. Makena Morley made a significant move up the women's 5,000 list when she ran 15:37.23 to take over the second position. She finished third in the women's 5,000 overall. If she had run her time last season she would be fifth in the nation right now, but an extremely fast women's 5,000 in December has 14 of the top-16 marks in the nation before today. She should be inside the top-16 with her run today.
"Well 15:37 is an excellent time, I think it is superior to her outdoor best," said Wetmore. "She did everything we planned the whole way, and that was the pace we planned for. Quite a few women left the NCAA cross country season immediately and went to a track and ran some really fast times in Boston making the NCAA list by far the deepest and fastest list that I've ever seen. It has never been a question that 15:37 would get to the NCAA but it is this year. I think at the end of tonight she will be 14th or 15th, 16 get to go. You never know if someone chooses to scratch out of it to run in another event. I still think her chances are very good but we will have to keep our fingers crossed for a week or two."
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Today was a crazy day for the CU track program on the west coast as the Husky Classic was condensed to a one day meet with incoming weather. The change of schedule at the last minute didn't affect the runners though as the later half of the day showed plenty of marks dropping. Tomorrow the squad in Seattle will have most of the day off before travelling back in the evening, while the Tyson squad will focus on the men's 200s for McClurkin Jr. and Jon Maas, then the 4x400 meter relays for both the men and women.
"Given the chaos of yesterday and the complication of not knowing when we would race as of last night, I am proud of the team for staying calm and adapting and turning out good performances."
After tomorrow's conclusion Colorado has just one meet between itself and the MPSF championships with a one day meet at the Air Force Academy. All qualified runners will return to Seattle in two weeks for the MPSF championships on Feb. 22-23.
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Results -
Arkansas - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2019/2/8//Tyson_Day_one.pdf
Washington - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2019/2/8//2019_Husky_Classic_Compiled.pdf
Direct link - https://cubuffs.com/news/2019/2/8/t...ks-school-record-in-win-at-husky-classic.aspx
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By: Shaun Wicen, Assistant SID
SEATTLE – University of Colorado junior Joe Klecker went from not being in the men's 5,000 top-10 in school history to leading the list in just 13 minutes and 35.97 seconds Friday afternoon in the Husky Classic in Seattle, Wash., breaking Adam Goucher's 20-year old record.
Klecker won the prestigious race by nearly two seconds, moving himself into third in the nation in the event. His time is nearly two and a half seconds faster than what Goucher ran in Iowa in 1998. Klecker is now first in the nation in the 3,000 and third in the 5,000.
"Well I had no idea that he was going to be near a record," said head coach Mark Wetmore. "We didn't come here for that we just came here for a qualifying mark which we thought would be about 13:45, but he felt well and things were going and people were cheering and his girlfriend was here and he ended up running a little faster."
Gabby Scott also broke a school record today at the Tyson Invitational in Arkansas, scraping three-tenths of a second off her school record 400 performance from last week with a time of 53.22. The senior placed second in the event and would be 15th in the nation before today with that time.
"Another nice run for Gabby, and another record," said Wetmore. "She is closing in on an NCAA qualifying mark. She'll likely have the competition she needs in two weeks at the MPSF. Coach Bockman had a good weekend at the 400."
Scott was just one of a handful of Buffalo women today that etched their names in the top-10 lists in CU history. Makena Morley made a significant move up the women's 5,000 list when she ran 15:37.23 to take over the second position. She finished third in the women's 5,000 overall. If she had run her time last season she would be fifth in the nation right now, but an extremely fast women's 5,000 in December has 14 of the top-16 marks in the nation before today. She should be inside the top-16 with her run today.
"Well 15:37 is an excellent time, I think it is superior to her outdoor best," said Wetmore. "She did everything we planned the whole way, and that was the pace we planned for. Quite a few women left the NCAA cross country season immediately and went to a track and ran some really fast times in Boston making the NCAA list by far the deepest and fastest list that I've ever seen. It has never been a question that 15:37 would get to the NCAA but it is this year. I think at the end of tonight she will be 14th or 15th, 16 get to go. You never know if someone chooses to scratch out of it to run in another event. I still think her chances are very good but we will have to keep our fingers crossed for a week or two."
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Today was a crazy day for the CU track program on the west coast as the Husky Classic was condensed to a one day meet with incoming weather. The change of schedule at the last minute didn't affect the runners though as the later half of the day showed plenty of marks dropping. Tomorrow the squad in Seattle will have most of the day off before travelling back in the evening, while the Tyson squad will focus on the men's 200s for McClurkin Jr. and Jon Maas, then the 4x400 meter relays for both the men and women.
"Given the chaos of yesterday and the complication of not knowing when we would race as of last night, I am proud of the team for staying calm and adapting and turning out good performances."
After tomorrow's conclusion Colorado has just one meet between itself and the MPSF championships with a one day meet at the Air Force Academy. All qualified runners will return to Seattle in two weeks for the MPSF championships on Feb. 22-23.
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Results -
Arkansas - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2019/2/8//Tyson_Day_one.pdf
Washington - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2019/2/8//2019_Husky_Classic_Compiled.pdf