Colorado Buffaloes track and field
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University | University of Colorado Boulder |
Head coach | Sean Carlson |
Conference | Big 12 |
Location | Boulder, Colorado |
Outdoor track | Potts Field |
Nickname | Buffaloes |
Colors | Silver, black, and gold[1] |
The Colorado Buffaloes track and field team is the track and field program that represents University of Colorado Boulder. The Buffaloes compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The team is based in Boulder, Colorado, at the Potts Field.[2]
The program is coached by Sean Carlson.[3] The track and field program officially encompasses four teams because the NCAA considers men's and women's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field as separate sports.[4]
Jenny Barringer is the only athlete on the team to have won a Bowerman Award, with four individual NCAA titles in middle-distance running.[5] The team was coached by Mark Wetmore and his partner Heather Burroughs until his contract was not renewed in 2024.[6]
A 2023 investigation showed that the Colorado track and field program used body composition analysis that harmed a significant number of athletes by exacerbating eating disorders. As part of the team practice, calipers were used to measure adipose tissue on seven different body parts. The practice was found to have negatively impacted women's team members more than men's athletes.[7]
Postseason
[edit]AIAW
[edit]The Buffaloes have had nine AIAW individual All-Americans finishing in the top six at the AIAW indoor or outdoor championships.[8]
AIAW All-Americans | |||
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Championships | Name | Event | Place |
1973 Outdoor | Heidi Davidson | 200 meters hurdles | 5th |
1973 Outdoor | Jane Frederick | Pentathlon | 1st |
1975 Outdoor | Mitzi McMillin | Pentathlon | 1st |
1975 Outdoor | Lori West | Pentathlon | 4th |
1976 Outdoor | Lori West | Pentathlon | 3rd |
1978 Indoor | Lee Ballenger | 600 yards | 1st |
1978 Indoor | Dana Slater | 2 miles | 1st |
1978 Outdoor | Lee Ballenger | 800 meters | 2nd |
1979 Indoor | Dana Slater | 3 miles | 1st |
1979 Indoor | Unknown | 4 × 440 yards relay | 4th |
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1979 Indoor | Unknown | Distance medley relay | 2nd |
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1980 Indoor | Unknown | Distance medley relay | 6th |
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1980 Outdoor | Lee Ballenger | 800 meters | 3rd |
1980 Outdoor | Brenda Chambers | 400 meters hurdles | 3rd |
1981 Indoor | Carleen Thon | 1500 meters | 6th |
1982 Indoor | Annette Tannander | Long jump | 4th |
NCAA
[edit]As of August 2025[update], a total of 83 men and 51 women have achieved individual first-team All-American status for the team at the Division I men's outdoor, women's outdoor, men's indoor, or women's indoor national championships (using the modern criteria of top-8 placing regardless of athlete nationality).[9][10]
See also
[edit]- Category:Colorado Buffaloes men's track and field athletes (31)
- Category:Colorado Buffaloes women's track and field athletes (22)
References
[edit]- ^ University of Colorado at Boulder NIL Brand Guidelines (PDF). 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ "Colorado Buffaloes Men's All-Americans". University of Colorado Boulder Athletics. Retrieved 27 December 2024. "Colorado Buffaloes Women's All-Americans". University of Colorado Boulder Athletics. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Colorado Buffaloes Track and Field Coach". University of Colorado Boulder Athletics. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Here are the differences between the indoor and outdoor track seasons". ncaa.com. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "CU legend Jenny Simpson named to inaugural USTFCCCA Collegiate Athletics Hall of Fame". timescall.com.
- ^ "Mark Wetmore discusses end of three-decade run with CU Buffs". dailycamera.com.
- ^ "Colorado Investigation Finds Body Composition Testing Harmed "Significant Number" of Athletes". runnersworld.com.
- ^ Hubbard, Mike; Pfeifer, Jack. "The early years of Women's collegiate track" (PDF). Track and Field News. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ "USTFCCCA InfoZone: Meet History by Event: NCAA Division I Indoor Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "USTFCCCA InfoZone: Meet History by Event: NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Long jump at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "High jump at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Discus throw at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b "220 yards hurdles at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships" (PDF). trackandfieldnews.com. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d "110 meters hurdles at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "100 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "200 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b "800 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Javelin throw at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "400 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "Pole vault at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d "400 meters hurdles at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "Mile run at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b "4 × 100 meters relay at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024. "Track and Field News NCAA Outdoor m4x1" (PDF). Track and Field News. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "Triple jump at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "3000 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Decathlon at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b "55 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "55 meters hurdles at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d "400 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c "Distance medley relay at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c "Long jump at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "5000 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "High jump at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "10,000 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "1000 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b "1500 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "Mile run at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Heptathlon at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c "55 meters hurdles at the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "100 meters hurdles at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "800 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b "High jump at the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "High jump at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "Shot put at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Shot put at the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Shot put at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "5000 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "30th NCAA Indoor Results • Indianapolis, IN • March 11-12" (PDF). trojanforcestats.us.
- ^ "Discus throw at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Mile run at the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "3000 meters at the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "5000 meters at the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "3000 meters steeplechase at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "1500 meters at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "3000 meters at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "10,000 meters at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "4 × 400 meters relay at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024. "Track and Field News NCAA Outdoor w4x4" (PDF). Track and Field News. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Hammer throw at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "4 × 400 meters relay at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "Colorado Buffaloes Media Guide" (PDF). Colorado Buffaloes.
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- ^ a b "60 meters hurdles at the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "3000 meters steeplechase at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "Distance medley relay at the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "400 meters at the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b c "400 meters hurdles at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Pentathlon at the NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA. Retrieved 28 December 2024.