57 1998 Adam The sign of things to come was on was come sign of things to The Adam 21, 1994 when then-freshman Nov. nish line of the NCAA the fi Goucher crossed Country Championships in Fayetteville, Cross runner-up. Ark. as the national nished sixth. he fi year His sophomore as race in the national third to improved ‘96 season and He redshirted the he was S.C. , a race a junior in Greenville, win. to predicted had eluded him the title that Goucher took career, of his collegiate In the last race ve seasons. for fi the Rim bettered crowd, an unbelievable he called what by Goucher , buoyed in 29:26.9, 23 seconds Record Rock Course who Abdi Abdiraham, ahead of Arizona’s the last with Goucher until pace had kept eld. the fi from mile when he pulled away to win the fall classic since rst American the fi become the win, Goucher would With rst CU in 1992, and the fi won trifecta the distance of complete runner to the country, titles in cross winning national seasons. track indoor and outdoor 1982 in the record cial world Mark Scrutton

2016 colorado cross country Zakarie nish and beat the fi from yards the lead 300 took Mark Scrutton for the seconds two Barie of UTEP by Ind. title in Bloomington, NCAA men’s the Big Eight dominate to in 1980 was CUto rst goal when he came His fi the tune of to He did that Conference. surpassing Kansas titles, 14 conference 13 in record Billy Cunningham’s great the early 1930s. the indoor two-mile run his freshman race, He lost just one Big Eight he turned season. By his senior year in the best two-mile indoor time in the NCAA national in winning his second title. he set an unoffi Shortly title, winning that after Newport Beach Back Run with a Bay the 8k course. time of 22:25.8 over )

COLORADO’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONS COLORADO’S NATIONAL 1978 (AIAW Mary Decker Tenth months after she bettered she bettered after months Tenth her own world record in the 1,000-me- record world her own run, Mary Colorado’s ter won Decker country cross title in her rst national fi then-home course, on CU’s last race, Country Day. Denver Kent she had set record the course tered 16:59.4 bet- record Her course a minute. by year earlier that NC State’s the lead from she grabbed championships the national At Julie Shea and defending national State Mills of Penn champion Kathy as much by (who had led the race nal loop). Shea the fi going into 20 yards passed Mills and Decker passed Mills, by win the race Shea to by and kicked 10 yards.

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fourth in the 2001 NCAA Championships as the crossed Ritzenhein Dathan a freshman, fourth as CU’s Iowa Waterloo, finish line in champion in six seasons as a redshirtnational sophomore. Ritzenhein with the windchill factor. zero below hovered that In temperatures pack Stanford favored a heavily outdistanced win to Hall in the closing meters Ryan led by 14 seconds, in 29 minutes, rst NCAA crown his fi in the just 1.3 ahead of Hall for the crescendo season. only unbeaten nation’s ‘90 seasons that the 1989 and rst since and fi just the fourth win marked time The the same school runners from erent diff two won Torres as Jorge titles, back-to-back took also It was Ind. Haute, Terre ‘02 in in the race Americans ‘88 that 1987 and rst time since the fi individual titles and likely straight two had won played have both scenarios rst time that the fi out simultaneously. when impressive more even was the nation rise as the best runner in Ritzenhein’s 10 weeks training he had resumed considering suf- fractures stress femoral earlier following seasons. and track cross the previous fered 2002

2016 colorado cross country Torres Jorge on his shoulders, a junior resting nal fi nishes as in the Cragg Allister NCAA runner-up fi three Arkansas’ With held off Sports Valley Wabash the cover to meters 10k challenge in a then-course record Center title. rst national 29:04.7 and win his fi initial the race’s took Cragg memory, recent in contests In one of the best men’s the halfway reached the race but before lead, Torres, between a four-man battle it was point, Kimani and Eastern David Alabama’s Cragg, Boaz Cheboiywo. Michigan’s and the 7k mark with Cragg Cheboiywo at ‘01 champion the lead from took Torres the 8k mark it was Kimani hanging on, and at shoulder shoulder to and Cragg Torres the pro- With of the race. for the remainder the two Torres”, “Torres, chanting crowd Torres and the straightaway nal turn into the fi took build a to surge made an unanswered Torres to close out nish line lead ot the fi 10-meter season and turn only undefeated the nation’s races. in as many record course fth in his fi a set of the best by him, the 1-10 punch was behind just nine places Ed brother With twins in the history of the championships.

COLORADO’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONS COLORADO’S NATIONAL 2000 Kara Grgas-Wheeler 58 won CU’s Grgas-Wheeler senior Kara fth-year fi championship sweep, In the women’s the complete to rst individual title sans AIAW fi campaign. only individual undefeated nation’s capped of a Grgas-Wheeler the title, With the next opponent 1,035-0 season beating of 2:07. margin a total by in 20:30.5, 7.3 Country Course Cross State Iowa nish on the fi a dominant to She ran ahead of the individual runner up in seconds included a temperature that harsh conditions with a wind chill of minus-19 at of 17 degrees the start. the after four seconds the lead pack by trailed fashion, she In textbook Colorado 1k mark.the 2-mile mark, She had closed in by of the defending national losing site never who was Erica Palmer, Wisconsin’s champion, Soon the cold. to but succumbing in the lead, the took bridged the gap, Grgas-Wheeler after nal back... the fi until looked and never lead, her over she glanced where of the course crest rst time of the season and shoulder for the fi the tape. to the sprint savor began to 1994 that rst time since the fi Her win marked rst in the fall. fi her third, title was The champion represented the individual national Team. on the NCAA Championship