Dynamic Duo
University of Colorado Boulder alums Emma Coburn (Mktg’13) and Jenny Simpson (Econ, PolSci’09) won USA Track & Field titles on back-to-back days in June.
Coburn won the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase for the fourth time and set a meet record of 9:15.59 despite steamy conditions at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., on June 27. She also won the U.S. steeplechase title in 2011, 2012 and 2014.
Simpson won the women’s 1,500 for the second year in a row, in 4:14.86, on June 28. The victory was Simpson’s eighth USATF title overall.
CU's Erin Clark has made a big splash in Pac-12 track and field.
Facilities Open
Colorado football has new players, new uniforms — and new digs.
The Champions Center opened to players in July. The Folsom Field addition offers a new weight room, team lounge and dining space, plus a locker room with its own barbershop. Renovations to Dal Ward have also been finished, including an expanded student-athlete academic center and new locker rooms for other CU teams.
The final major upgrade, an indoor practice facility, is scheduled for completion in January 2016.
Buff Bits
Guard Xavier Johnson (Comm’16) tore his left Achilles tendon during off-season workouts and may miss the entire 2015-16 men’s basketball season. Johnson, who averages 10.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, had surgery in June, but there is no definitive timetable for his return. … Erin Clark (IntPhys’18) was named the Pac-12 Conference women’s track and field Freshman of the Year in May. … Two CU-Boulder alums returned to the university this summer as assistant coaches. Annie Brunner (Mgmt’14) will be coordinator of performance analysis and camp operations for women’s soccer, and Patrick Grady (Fin’09) will be an assistant on the men’s golf team. … Lexy Kresl (IntPhys’15) and Brittany Wilson (Soc’14), who played three seasons together in Boulder, signed one-year contracts with Swedish professional basketball team Mark Basket Marbo Kinna.
Photo courtesy CU Athletics
