Sara Gorton (Slattery) (2016) - CU Athletic Hall of Fame

Sara Gorton (Slattery)

Induction:
2016
Class:
2005

She compiled one of the most impressive women’s cross country and track resumes during her time at Colorado (2000-05) ... She was a 10-time All-American and a six-time Big 12 Conference champion (14 All-Big 12 performances) … A two-time NCAA champion, winning the 2003 Indoor 5,000-meter run and the 2005 Outdoor 10,000-meter run … Slattery remains the CU record holder in the indoor mile (4:40.35), the indoor 3,000 (9:07.16) and the outdoor 5,000 (15:24.97) … In cross country, she was a three-time, first-team All-Big 12, All-Mountain Region and All-American performer (12 top 10 finishes in 14 career races) … She was the first CU female to earn All-America honors as a freshman, when she finished eighth in the NCAA meet (still a program best for a frosh) … She was just the second Buff to earn three All-American titles in cross country (2000-02-04, the same years she earned All-Region and All-Conference accolades) … Selected as the Big 12’s Female Cross Country Newcomer of the Year in 2000 … Helped CU to its first national championship in women’s cross country in 2000 (as a freshman), and led CU its second crown as a senior in 2004 … A member of four Big 12 champion cross country teams (and a fifth, if you count her redshirt year) … Indoors, she was the Big 12 champion in the indoor mile (2001, 2002, finishing as the runner-up in the indoor 3k those same years – on the same day) and was the conference champion in the both the indoor 3k and 5k in 2003 … She earned the nod as the Big 12’s Indoor Freshman of the Year for 2001 … Garnered Indoor All-America honors in the 3k (2001, 2003) and the mile (2002) … Outdoors, she was the Big 12 champion in the 5,000-meter run twice (2003, 2005) and in the 10k (2005) … She is the NCAA record holder for sophomores in the Outdoor 5k (15:24.97), still the fourth-fastest collegiate time … She was a five-time Academic All-Big 12 team member (three times in track, twice in cross country), and earned two degrees from CU (Bachelor’s in Economics and Master’s in Education) … Has enjoyed a stellar professional career since graduating from Colorado … Is married to former CU distance runner Steve Slattery.