Colorado Buffaloes cross country represents the University of Colorado and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I. The team was coached by Mark Wetmore for 29 years.
Coaches Frank Potts 1927–1969
Colorado's outdoor track and field stadium is named after Coach Potts.
Don Meyers 1969–1975
Dean Brittenham 1976–1979
David Troy 1980–1985
Jerry Quiller 1986–1994
Mark Wetmore 1995–2024
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.
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. Wetmore's time as coach was also immortalized in the 2000 book Running With the Buffaloes.
Sean Carlson 2024–https://www.thestridereport.com/post/breaking-colorado-hires-sean-carlson-as-buffaloes-next-director-of-tfxc
In the media 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.
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.
Notable athletes +Men's individual national championshipsYearAthleteLeague1982Mark ScruttonNCAA1998Adam GoucherNCAA2002Jorge TorresNCAA2003Dathan RitzenheinNCAA
+Men's individual conference championsYearAthleteConference1964Dave WightonBig 81967Craig RunyanBig 81968Craig RunyanBig 81976Kirk PfefferBig 81977Mark SpilsburyBig 81978Kirk PfefferBig 81979Mark AndersonBig 81980Mark ScruttonBig 81981Mark ScruttonBig 81982Mark ScruttonBig 81986Chuck TruijilloBig 81997Adam GoucherBig 121998Adam GoucherBig 121999Ryan RoybalBig 122000Jorge TorresBig 122001Jorge TorresBig 122002Jorge TorresBig 122003Dathan RitzenheinBig 122007Brent VaughnBig 122019Joe KleckerPac-122020Eduardo HerreraPac-12
+Women's individual national championshipsYearAthleteLeague1978Mary DeckerAIAW2000Kara Grgas-WheelerNCAA2018Dani JonesNCAA
+Women's Individual conference championsYearAthleteConference1992Brooke BaughBig 81995Patty RobertsBig 81996Kelly SmithBig 121999Kara WheelerBig 122000Kara Grgas-WheelerBig 122001Molly AustinBig 122002Molly AustinBig 122003Natalie FlorenceBig 122004Renee MetivierBig 122005Christine BolfBig 122009Jenny BarringerBig 122017Dani JonesPac-122018Dani JonesPac-122021Abby NicholsPac-122022Bailey HertensteinPac-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 Dean Casey 2024
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 +AthleteOlympicsEventPlaceMary Decker 19843000mDNFAlan Culpepper 200010,000mH2 17th2004Marathon12thShayne Culpepper 20001500mH3 9th20045000mH1 13thAdam Goucher 20005000m13thDathan Ritzenhein 200410,000mDNF2008Marathon9th201210,000m13thJenny Simpson 2008Steeplechase9th20121500mSF2 10th20163rdKara Goucher 20085000m9th10,000m10th2012Marathon11thBilly Nelson 2008Steeplechase29thJorge Torres 200810,000m27thEmma Coburn 2012Steeplechase9th20163rd2020DNFShalaya Kipp 2012SteeplechaseH1 12thJoe Klecker 202010,000m16thMorgan Pearson2020Triathlon mixed relay2nd20242ndValerie Constien 2020Steeplechase12th202415th
Year by year results +Men'sWomen'sYearConference finishPointsNCAA finishPointsConference finishPointsNCAA finishPointsBig Eight Conference19504th19515th8519523rd4319532nd1919544th5419553rd3419562nd8819572nd528th19819583rd9819595th9819608th18019612nd7819621st607th20219634th8519643rd7219654th7614th28119662nd576th24819672nd593rd11019682nd615th24119696th13719704th8315th45019714th11026th66219722nd7619732nd55T- 6th21719746th19752nd7320th44719761st4620th4712nd5916th54619771st2110th3032nd623rd16419781st225th2342nd704th14719791st234th1895th10818th43019801st2613th3692nd7519th40819813rd4th1009th23719821st357th2193rd8019835th945th12319845th11422nd4133rd7919851st483rd1675th10619861st375th1953rd646th18619873rd9215th3851st4912th24919882nd716th12019893rd9218th3655th13519906th1133rd9419912nd863rd9319921st4211th3201st5220th45419932nd494th1813rd7814th32619942nd492nd881st294th12619952nd534th1811st252nd12319961st665th1791st304th14519971st323rd1081st233rd17819981st313rd1582nd997th33219991st227th3071st628th35120001st162nd941st291st11720011st311st901st338th24020021st254th1901st345th22020031st385th2591st455th26920041st481st901st251st6320051st445th2221st382nd18120061st361st941st452nd22320071st347th2871st5923rd47920082nd6612th3725th14520092nd566th3152nd5220th45820102nd4615th3662nd536th314Pac-12 Conference20111st463rd1441st5011th33520121st493rd1585th12424th51920131st281st1492nd757th26520141st301st653rd827th26720151st462nd911st452nd12920161st416th2231st333rd13420172nd478th2941st533rd13920183rd824th1782nd481st6520191st413rd1644th8910th29420202nd6014th3982nd507th27920211st398th2491st244th18720222nd618th2811st6611th28620234th8125th5513rd8719th446Big 12 Conference20245th12219th4776th165
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