Colorado ultimately didn’t come away with any conference titles at the Pac-12 outdoor track and field championships. But three Buffaloes athletes among the women’s field made it oh so close.
Abbey Glynn, Ella Baran and Allie Routledge all posted runner-up finishes during the final day of competition on Sunday in Walnut, Calif.
Glynn, the standout from Mead High School, finished second in the 400 hurdles with a time of 56.77. Glynn trimmed .99 seconds of the top preliminary time she posted on Friday but was edged by Oregon’s Shana Grebo (56.41) for the title.
Baran led a strong showing by CU in the women’s 5K, finishing second in 16 minutes, 7.55 seconds. Baran finished nearly six seconds behind 5K conference champ Grace Fetherstonhaugh (16:01.78). One day after placing fourth in the women’s steeplechase, Gabrielle Orie added a seventh-place finish in the 5K (16:32.25) while Kaitlyn Barthell placed eighth (16:33.89).
Allie Routledge collected CU’s other runner-up finish on Sunday, placing second in the women’s high jump with a mark of 1.81 meters. Routledge fell just short of the winning mark of 1.84 posted by Arizona State’s Grace Campbell.
On the men’s side, the Buffs received a pair of fifth-place finishes from Ben Greene (1:49.80 in the 800) and Garrett Nelson ( 51.62 in the 400 hurdles).
Overall, the Buffs posted six podium finishes during the three-day meet, a performance also highlighted by Jada Green’s third-place finish in the women’s javelin on Friday and Avery McMullen’s third-place finish in the women’s heptathlon on Saturday.
The CU women placed seventh in the team standings while the men placed ninth (out of 10 men’s teams).
The Buffs will be idle from competition this week before action begins in the NCAA West Preliminaries on May 24 in Sacramento.
Pac-12 outdoor track and field championships
Colorado results Day 3 (May 14, 2023)
Men
Team scores — Washington 151, USC 137, Stanford 96, California 82, Arizona 76, Oregon 75, Arizona State 66, UCLA 54, Colorado 42, Washington State 40.
400 relay — 9. 41.09.
800 — 5. Ben Greene, 1:49.80; 8. Ryan Lindrud, 1:51.88; 9. Isaiah Givens, 1:55.81.
400 hurdles — 5. Garrett Nelson, 51.62; 8. Cole Romig, 52.86.
5000 — 6. Charlie Sweeney, 14:21.38; 7. Hunter Appleton, 14:37.35; 10. Grady Rauba, 14:32.85; 11. Ethan Powell, 14:37.35; 14. Jace Aschbrenner, 14:40.73; 15. Jake Derouin, 14:42.66.
1600 relay — 4. 3:06.86.
Discus — 15. Matt Ward, 50.97; 16. Laurence Atkinson, 48.83.
Triple jump — 9. Jackson Meyer, 13.76.
Women
Team scores — Oregon 158.50, USC 127, Washington 85.5, Stanford 84, UCLA 61.5, California 60, Colorado 57, Oregon State 55, Utah 45, Arizona 39, Arizona State 31, Washington State 15.5.
400 relay — DQ.
400 hurdles — 2. Abbey Glynn, 56.77.
1500 — 15. Bailey Hertenstein, 4:33.70.
5000 — 2. Ella Baran, 16:07.55; 7. Gabrielle Orie, 16:32.25; 8. Kaitlyn Barthell, 16:33.89; 13. India Johnson, 16:42.54; 30. Carley Bennett, 17:51.15.
1600 relay — 5. 13:36.99.
High jump — 2. Allie Routledge, 1.81.
Heptathlon — 3. Avery McMullen 5,831.
