TABLE OF CONTENTS BUFFS AT A GLANCE 2017 IN REVIEW: Coaching Staff ...............................................................2-5 Location: Boulder, Colo. Indoors Enrollment: 33,246 Coaching Staff Accolades..............................................6-7 MPSF Indoor Championships: Men 6th, Women 5th Elevation: 5,435 Feet Above Sea Level Support Staff.....................................................................8 NCAA Indoor Championships Colors: Black & Gold : Men t16th, Women 7th Schedule............................................................................9 Nickname: Buffaloes Conference Champions (5): Erin Clark (5,000), DMR Rosters.......................................................................10-11 Mascot: Ralphie V Relay (Tabor Scholl, Elissa Mann, Sage Hurta, Dani Athlete Biographies...................................................12-43 Home Facilities: Indoor Practice Facility (Indoor), Jones), Joe Klecker (5,000), Ben Saarel (Mile), John Potts Field (Outdoor) Dressel (3,000) 2017 Cross Country Results............................................44 NCAA Affiliation: NCAA Division I All-Americans (6): Erin Clark (3,000), Dani Jones 2017 In Review ..........................................................45-51 Conference: Pac-12 (Joined 2011) (3,000), Makena Morley (5,000), DMR Relay Men’s Indoor Bests .............................................45-46 President: Bruce Benson (Scholl/Mann/Hurta/Jones), John Dressel (5,000 and Women’s Indoor Bests ........................................46-47 Chancellor: Phil DiStefano 3,000), Ben Saarel (Mile), Joe Klecker (3,000) Men’s Outdoor Bests...........................................48-49 Athletic Director: Rick George NCAA Champion (2): Dani Jones (3,000), DMR Relay Senior Woman Administrator: Ceal Barry Women’s Outdoor Bests .....................................50-51 (Tabor Scholl, Elissa Mann, Sage Hurta, Dani Jones) University Switchboard: 303/492-0111 Records ......................................................................52-71 Athletic Department Phone: 303/492-7931 Outdoor Men’s Indoor.............................................................52 Pac-12 Outdoor Championships: Men 4th, Women 3rd Women’s Indoor........................................................53 TRACK AND FIELD NCAA Outdoor Championships: Men 59th, Women Head Coach: Mark Wetmore (Rutgers ’78) Men’s Indoor All-Time Bests...............................54-57 12th Women’s Indoor All-Time Bests..........................58-61 Phone: 303/492-5227 Best Time to Reach: Mornings Conference Champions (6): Madie Boreman Men’s Outdoor..........................................................62 Assistant Coaches: Burke Bockman (Sprints/Hurdles); (Steeplechase), Erin Clark (10,000), Dani Jones (1,500 and Women’s Outdoor.....................................................63 Heather Burroughs (Distance); Casey Malone (Throws); 5,000), Zach Perrin (5,000), Nick Harris (800) Men’s Outdoor All-Time Bests ............................64-67 Lindsey Malone (Combined Events/Jumps) All-Americans (8): Madie Boreman (Steeplechase), Erin Women’s Outdoor All-Time Bests.......................68-71 Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: Billy Nelson Clark (10,000 and 5,000), Dani Jones (1,500), Ben Saarel (Distance) (1,500), Joe Klecker (5,000), John Dressel (5,000), Zach Conference History ....................................................72-73 Director of Operations: Karen Lechman Perrin (5,000) NCAA History.............................................................74-76 Office: 303/492-5227 NCAA Champion (0): None All-Americans ............................................................77-78 Fax: 303/492-1642 NCAA Champions............................................................79 Email: [email protected] except for Lindsey Malone ([email protected]) CREDITS Olympians........................................................................80 The 2018 University of Colorado Track and Field Media Buffs in the Pros.........................................................81-83 ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Guide was written and designed by the Colorado Sports Colorado Running Hall of Fame ......................................83 Assistant SID (Track Contact): TBA Information office. The covers were designed by CU University of Colorado ...............................................84-86 Office: 303/492-5626 Creative Services Manager Brent DePaepe. Boulder/Denver/Colorado Facts ................................87-88 Fax: 303/492-3811 Layout and Typesetting: Linda Hall, Whirlwind Graphics Email: Running Town, USA ........................................................89 TBA Photography: Chip Bromfield (Pro-Motion LTD), Gary Website: CUBuffs.com/trackandfield 2008 Big 12 Outdoor Championship ...............................90 Breedlove, Larry Lawson, Cliff Grassmick, Brian Lewis, Facebook: Facebook.com/cubuffstrack Pro-Motion, Ltd., Casey Malone and Casey Cass and 2013 Pac-12 Cross Country Championship.....................90 Twitter/Instagram: @cubuffstrack Glenn Asakawa, University of Colorado Walk On To All-American................................................91 Academics and Athletics...........................................92-94 SPORTS MEDICINE STEPS/Read With The Buffs...........................................95 Athletic Trainer: Kim Detwiler DWAC Office: 303/492-3266 Pac-12 Conference.....................................................96-97 DWAC Training Room: 303/492-3801 Facilities..........................................................................98 Fax: 303/492-4217 Email: [email protected] 2018 Colorado Track and Field Media Guide 1 Coaches / Support Staff MARK WETMORE BURKE BOCKMAN Head Coach/Distance Assistant Coach/Sprints & Hurdles 23rd Season Third Season Mark Wetmore enters his 26th season at Colorado, his 23rd as the head coach, Burke Bockman is in his second season as the sprints and hurdles and is the only NCAA Division I coach to win all four NCAA cross country titles at the coach at the University of Colorado. same school. In his first year with CU, Bockman saw his athletes set three school Wetmore’s squads have won seven team titles since 2000. The women won in records. The women’s 4x400-meter relay team broke the record at the 2000, while the men won the following year. Both teams captured the championship MPSF Championships, clocking in at 3:42.52, a full second ahead of the again in 2004 (CU became only the third school to win both championships in the same previous time. Individually, Ana Holland set a pair of records during the year), and in 2006 the men won again. The men also earned back-to-back titles in outdoor season. She recorded a time of 11.61 in the 100 and ran 23.45 2013 and 2014. Wetmore has coached Adam Goucher (1998), Jorge Torres (2002) and in the 200. Dathan Ritzenhein (2003) to men’s individual titles, while Kara Grgas-Wheeler won Holland, along with the women’s 4x400 relay, scored for the Buffs at the 2000 women’s crown. the MPSF Championships during the indoor season. At the Pac-12 Wetmore became CU’s sixth head cross country and track and field coach on Nov. Championships in May, once again the women’s 4x400 relay, along with 6, 1995. He has tutored 71 individual conference champions and 12 individuals who the 4x100, scored points for CU. On the men’s side, Jaron Thomas placed have combined for 23 NCAA titles. In addition, he has coached the 2017 women’s third in the 110-meter hurdles and was fourth in the 400-hurdles. Three distance medley relay to an NCAA and conference title. Wetmore has coached 90 of Bockman’s individual athletes, Thomas, Holland and Eileen Gehring, individuals to 297 All-American selections and has produced 34 conference qualified for regionals along with the women’s 4x100 and 4x400-meter championship teams, most recently capturing the 2017 Pac-12 Women’s Cross relay teams. Country Championship. Bockman came to CU after one season at Saint Martin’s University Wetmore’s distance runners have represented the United States in international where he coached the sprinters, hurdlers, middle distance, jumpers and competitions. During their collegiate careers, 12 qualified for the World Junior multi-event athletes. Bockman coached SMU’s first indoor and outdoor Cross Country Championships and seven earned berths in the World Senior Cross All-American, Mikel Smith, a high jumper, who also set conference record Country Championships. Since 2000, 10 Buffaloes have combined for 19 spots on in the indoor and outdoor high jump. the U.S. Olympic Team roster, including then-CU students Emma Coburn and Prior to his time at SMU, Bockman worked with the women’s track Shalaya Kipp in 2012, both in the steeplechase. In 2016, Coburn (steeplechase) and and field team at the University of Utah for nine seasons (2005-14), again Simpson (1,500) each earned an Olympic Bronze Medal in their respective events, with the sprinters, hurdlers, middle distance, jumpers and multi-event becoming the first American woman to medal in each event. At the 2017 IAA World athletes and was also the recruiting coordinator. During his time at Utah, Championships, Simpson finished second in the women’s 1,500, while Coburn won his athletes broke 16 school records. A total of 31 athletes qualified for gold in the steeplechase. the NCAA Championships, including 12 400-meter hurdlers and UU’s first His graduates have experienced post-collegiate success unrivaled by any NCAA NCAA sprint relay. Bockman coached the Utes’ only two All-Pac-12 distance