Colorado Buffaloes cross country

Colorado Buffaloes Cross Country
Colorado Buffaloes Cross Country
University	Colorado
Head coach	Mark Wetmore
Conference	Big 12
Location	Boulder, CO
Nickname	Buffaloes
Colors	Silver, black, and gold;
Men's national championships
	2001, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2014
Women's national championships
	2000, 2004, 2018
Men's NCAA appearances
	1957, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Women's NCAA appearances
	1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Men's conference champions
	1962, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021
Women's conference champions
	1987, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022

Colorado Buffaloes Cross Country represents the University of Colorado and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I. The team is coached by Mark Wetmore.

Coaches[edit]

Frank Potts 1927-1969

Colorado's outdoor track and field stadium is named after Coach Potts.^[2]

Don Meyers 1969-1975

Dean Brittenham 1976-1979

David Troy 1980-1985

Jerry Quiller 1986-1994

Mark Wetmore 1995–present

Coach Wetmore was the first NCAA division one coach to have won both a men's and women's team national championship along with having a men's and women's individual champion.^[2]

Wetmore is known for having the team train on Magnolia road, otherwise known as Mags. The Road is 13 miles long and the team uses it for their Sunday long runs. Mags has become a tourist attraction for other runners.^[3]

In the media[edit]

Chris Lear published Running with the Buffaloes in June 2000. The book gives an inside look into the 1998 Colorado men's cross country team and gained a cult following within the running community.^[4]

In 2014 FloSports running brand, FloTrack, released a Docuseries called The Program: Colorado which followed the men's team on their way to winning the 2014 NCAA Championship.^[5]

Notable athletes[edit]

**Men's individual national championships**
Year	Athlete	League
1982	Mark Scrutton	NCAA
1998	Adam Goucher	NCAA
2002	Jorge Torres	NCAA
2003	Dathan Ritzenhein	NCAA

Men's individual conference champions[edit]


Year	Athlete	Conference
1964	Dave Wighton	Big 8
1967	Craig Runyan	Big 8
1968	Craig Runyan	Big 8
1976	Kirk Pfeffer	Big 8
1977	Mark Spilsbury	Big 8
1978	Kirk Pfeffer	Big 8
1979	Mark Anderson	Big 8
1980	Mark Scrutton	Big 8
1981	Mark Scrutton	Big 8
1982	Mark Scrutton	Big 8
1986	Chuck Truijillo	Big 8
1997	Adam Goucher	Big 12
1998	Adam Goucher	Big 12
1999	Ryan Roybal	Big 12
2000	Jorge Torres	Big 12
2001	Jorge Torres	Big 12
2002	Jorge Torres	Big 12
2003	Dathan Ritzenhein	Big 12
2007	Brent Vaughn	Big 12
2019	Joe Klecker	Pac-12
2020	Eduardo Herrera	Pac-12

Women's individual national championships
Year	Athlete	League
1978	Mary Decker	AIAW
2000	Kara Grgas-Wheeler	NCAA
2018	Dani Jones	NCAA

Women's Individual conference champions
Year	Athlete	Conference
1992	Brooke Baugh	Big 8
1995	Patty Roberts	Big 8
1996	Kelly Smith	Big 12
1999	Kara Wheeler	Big 12
2000	Kara Grgas-Wheeler	Big 12
2001	Molly Austin	Big 12
2002	Molly Austin	Big 12
2003	Natalie Florence	Big 12
2004	Renee Metivier	Big 12
2005	Christine Bolf	Big 12
2009	Jenny Barringer	Big 12
2017	Dani Jones	Pac-12
2018	Dani Jones	Pac-12
2021	Abby Nichols	Pac-12
2022	Bailey Hertenstein	Pac-12

Men's All-Americans

Dave Wrighton 1963, 1964, 1965
Craig Runyon 1966, 1967, 1968
Rick Truijillo 1967
John Lunn 1968
John Gregorio 1972, 1973
Mike Peterson 1974
Mark Spilsbury 1977, 1979
John Hunsaker 1978
Mark Anderson 1979
Michael Buhmann 1979
Mark Scrutton 1980, 1981, 1982
Sam Reese 1982
Dan Reese 1984, 1985
Chuck Truijillo 1985, 1986
Mike Nahom 1989
Shawn Found 1992
Alan Culpepper 1993, 1994, 1995
Scott Larson 1993
Jay Cleckler 1994
Jon Cooper 1994, 1995
Adam Goucher 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998
Clint Wells 1994, 1995
Ricky Cron 1996
Chris Severy 1996
Zeke Tiernan 1996
Tom Reese 1997
Matt Napier 1997
Adam Batliner 1997
Mike Friedberg 1998, 1999, 2000
Ron Roybal 1998
Jorge Torres 2000, 2001, 2002
Ed Torres 2000, 2001, 2002
Sean Smith 2000
Steve Slattery 2000, 2001
Dathan Ritzenhein 2001, 2003
Billy Nelson 2002, 2003
Bret Schoolmeester 2004, 2005
Jon Severy 2004
Brent Vaughn 2004, 2006, 2007
Stephen Pifer 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
James Strang 2005, 2006
Erik Heinonen 2006
Jordan Kyle 2008
Joe Bosshard 2010, 2011
Andy Wacker 2010, 2011
Richard Medina 2011
Jake Hurysz 2012
Blake Theroux 2012, 2013, 2014
Aric Van Halen 2012
Pierce Murphy 2013, 2014, 2015
Morgan Pearson 2013, 2015
Ben Saarel 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Ammar Moussa 2014
Connor Winter 2014, 205
John Dressel 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
Joe Klecker 2016, 2018, 2019
Eduardo Herrera 2017
Ryan Forsyth 2018
Alec Hornecker 2019
Eduardo Herrera 2021
Austin Vancil, 2022, 2023

Women's All-Americans

Mary Decker (AIAW) 1978
Carol McMordie 1986
Chris McNamara 1986, 1987
Patty Roberts 1994, 1995
Heather Burroughs 1994, 1995, 1998
Natalie Raveling 1994
Colleen Glyde 1995, 1996
Kelly Smith 1995, 1997
Carrie Messner 1996
Kara Grgas-Wheeler 1999, 2000
Sara (Gorton) Slattery 2000, 2002, 2004
Jodie Hughes 2000
Molly Austin 2001, 2002
Natalie Florence 2002, 2004
Renee Metivier 2003, 2004
Kalin Toedebusch 2003
Christine Bolf 2004, 2005
Liza Pasciuto 2004, 2005, 2006
Jenny Barringer 2006, 2007
Sara Vaughn 2007
Allie McLaughlin 2009
Shalaya Kipp 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Laura Tremblay 2010
Emma Coburn 2011
Erin Clark 2014, 2015
Kaitlyn Benner 2015, 2016, 2017
Mackenzie Caldwell 2016
Sage Hurta 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Dani Jones 2016, 2017, 2018
Val Constien 2018
Makena Morley 2018
Tabor Scholl 2018
Tayler Tuttle 2018
Abby Nichols 2020, 2021
Emily Covert 2021
Bailey Hertenstein, 2022
Ella Baran, 2022

Olympians^[6]


Athlete	Olympics	Event	Place
Mary Decker	1984	3000m	DNF
Alan Culpepper	2000	10,000m	H2 17th
Alan Culpepper	2004	Marathon	12th
Shayne Culpepper	2000	1500m	H3 9th
Shayne Culpepper	2004	5000m	H1 13th
Adam Goucher	2000	5000m	13th
Dathan Ritzenhein	2004	10,000m	DNF
	2008	Marathon	9th
	2012	10,000m	13th
Jenny Simpson	2008	Steeplechase	9th
	2012	1500m	SF2 10th
	2016	1500m	3rd
Kara Goucher	2008	5000m	9th
	2008	10,000m	10th
	2012	Marathon	11th
Billy Nelson	2008	Steeplechase	29th
Jorge Torres	2008	10,000m	27th
Emma Coburn	2012	Steeplechase	9th
	2016	Steeplechase	3rd
	2020	Steeplechase	DNF
Shalaya Kipp	2012	Steeplechase	H1 12th
Joe Klecker	2020	10,000m	16th

Year by year results[edit]


	Men's				Women's
Year	Conference Finish	Points	NCAA Finish	Points	Conference Finish	Points	NCAA Finish	Points
Big Eight Conference
1950	4th
1951	5th	85
1952	3rd	43
1953	2nd	19
1954	4th	54
1955	3rd	34
1956	2nd	88
1957	2nd	52	8th	198
1958	3rd	98
1959	5th	98
1960	8th	180
1961	2nd	78
1962	1st	60	7th	202
1963	4th	85
1964	3rd	72
1965	4th	76	14th	281
1966	2nd	57	6th	248
1967	2nd	59	3rd	110
1968	2nd	61	5th	241
1969	6th	137
1970	4th	83	15th	450
1971	4th	110	26th	662
1972	2nd	76
1973	2nd	55	T- 6th	217
1974	6th
1975	2nd	73	20th	447
1976	1st	46	20th	471	2nd	59	16th	546
1977	1st	21	10th	303	2nd	62	3rd	164
1978	1st	22	5th	234	2nd	70	4th	147
1979	1st	23	4th	189	5th	108	18th	430
1980	1st	26	13th	369	2nd	75	19th	408
1981	3rd				4th	100	9th	237
1982	1st	35	7th	219	3rd	80
1983	5th	94			5th	123
1984	5th	114	22nd	413	3rd	79
1985	1st	48	3rd	167	5th	106
1986	1st	37	5th	195	3rd	64	6th	186
1987	3rd	92	15th	385	1st	49	12th	249
1988	2nd	71			6th	120
1989	3rd	92	18th	365	5th	135
1990	6th	113			3rd	94
1991	2nd	86			3rd	93
1992	1st	42	11th	320	1st	52	20th	454
1993	2nd	49	4th	181	3rd	78	14th	326
1994	2nd	49	2nd	88	1st	29	4th	126
1995	2nd	53	4th	181	1st	25	2nd	123
1996	1st	66	5th	179	1st	30	4th	145
1997	1st	32	3rd	108	1st	23	3rd	178
1998	1st	31	3rd	158	2nd	99	7th	332
1999	1st	22	7th	307	1st	62	8th	351
2000	1st	16	2nd	94	1st	29	1st	117
2001	1st	31	1st	90	1st	33	8th	240
2002	1st	25	4th	190	1st	34	5th	220
2003	1st	38	5th	259	1st	45	5th	269
2004	1st	48	1st	90	1st	25	1st	63
2005	1st	44	5th	222	1st	38	2nd	181
2006	1st	36	1st	94	1st	45	2nd	223
2007	1st	34	7th	287	1st	59	23rd	479
2008	2nd	66	12th	372	5th	145
2009	2nd	56	6th	315	2nd	52	20th	458
2010	2nd	46	15th	366	2nd	53	6th	314
Pac-12 Conference
2011	1st	46	3rd	144	1st	50	11th	335
2012	1st	49	3rd	158	5th	124	24th	519
2013	1st	28	1st	149	2nd	75	7th	265
2014	1st	30	1st	65	3rd	82	7th	267
2015	1st	46	2nd	91	1st	45	2nd	129
2016	1st	41	6th	223	1st	33	3rd	134
2017	2nd	47	8th	294	1st	53	3rd	139
2018	3rd	82	4th	178	2nd	48	1st	65
2019	1st	41	3rd	164	4th	89	10th	294
2020	2nd	60	14th	398	2nd	50	7th	279
2021	1st	39	8th	249	1st	24	4th	187
2022	2nd	61	8th	281	1st	66	11th	286
2023	4th	81	25th	551	3rd	87	19th	446
Big 12 Conference
2024

^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

References[edit]

^ University of Colorado at Boulder NIL Brand Guidelines (PDF). January 28, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Jamieson, Quinn (July 3, 2020). "A CU Buffs Cross Country Crash Course". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
^ Shryack, Lincoln (August 27, 2014). "Five Elements of The Wetmore Factor". FloTrack. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
^ Gault, Jonathan (November 27, 2018). "Running With The Buffaloes At 20: Author Chris Lear Reflects On the Running Cult Classic In An In-Depth Interview". LetsRun.com. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
^ "The Program: Colorado". FloTrack. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
^ "Olympians" (PDF). CUBuffs.com. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
^ "Men's Cross Country Big 12 Record Book" (PDF). Big 12. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
^ "Women's Cross Country Big 12 Record Book" (PDF). Big 12. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
^ "Conference_History_Page" (PDF). CUBuffs.com. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
^ "NCAA Championship History" (PDF). CUBuffs.com. Retrieved January 17, 2024.

[1] University of Colorado at Boulder NIL Brand Guidelines (PDF). January 28, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2023.

[:0-2] Jamieson, Quinn (July 3, 2020). "A CU Buffs Cross Country Crash Course". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 18, 2024.

[3] Shryack, Lincoln (August 27, 2014). "Five Elements of The Wetmore Factor". FloTrack. Retrieved January 18, 2024.

[4] Gault, Jonathan (November 27, 2018). "Running With The Buffaloes At 20: Author Chris Lear Reflects On the Running Cult Classic In An In-Depth Interview". LetsRun.com. Retrieved January 18, 2023.

[5] "The Program: Colorado". FloTrack. Retrieved January 18, 2024.

[6] "Olympians" (PDF). CUBuffs.com. Retrieved January 17, 2024.

[7] "Men's Cross Country Big 12 Record Book" (PDF). Big 12. Retrieved January 12, 2024.

[8] "Women's Cross Country Big 12 Record Book" (PDF). Big 12. Retrieved January 12, 2024.

[9] "Conference_History_Page" (PDF). CUBuffs.com. Retrieved January 12, 2024.

[10] "NCAA Championship History" (PDF). CUBuffs.com. Retrieved January 17, 2024.

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