Colorado University Athletics
Bolf Earns CU Athlete of the Week Honors
May 03, 2005 | General, Track and Field
BOULDER-- Christine Bolf this past weekend earned University of Colorado Athlete of the Week honors ran a 30 second personal record, NCAA Midwest Region qualifying, league and region leading 15 :57.13 effort in the women's 5,000-m run at the Cardinal Invitational held in Stanford, Calif.Â
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The Los Angeles, Calif. (Notre Dame Academy) native was the second fastest collegian in the race, fifth overall, and is also fifth in the nation with her mark this season and eighth all-time at CU. This is Bolf's second CU Athlete of the week this year, and second of the track and field season.
Veera Nurmi (women's tennis),men's track and field), Brent Vaughn (men's track and field), and Edward McGlasson (men's golf) were also nominated for this week's honor.
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Men's Golf: Edward McGlasson, Junior, Orange, Calif.
place finish.11th overall at Big 12 Championships. On the last day, he had it going at the start, as he was 3-under par after scoring birdies on Nos. 11, 14 and 17 (CU started on the back nine), but a triple bogey on No. 18 brought him back to even. The Buffaloes concluded their season with an 22ndThe junior shot a 76-77-75?228, as he tied for
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Men's Track and Field: Brent Vaughn, Sophomore, Aurora,
l qualifiers in two heats.In the sophomore's first 5,000-m, he finished seventh in the Cardinal Invitational's seeded heat, running a league-leading 13:39.69, which also leads the Midwest region and is ranked eighth nationally. Vaughn led a CU contingent of five regiona
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Women's Tennis: Veera Nurmi, Freshman, Lahti, Finland
The freshman won a pair of clinching singles matches helping the CU women's tennis team advance to a semifinal placing at the Big 12 Tennis Championships in Austin, Texas. In the No. 6 seed, CU defeated Kansas, 4-2 in the opening round behind Nurmi's come-from-behind victory at No. 4 (3-6, 6-4, 6-0). She followed that with a straight-set winner (6-2, 6-2) at the same slot a day later helping the Buffaloes upset No. 3 seed and No. 31 nationally ranked Nebraska, 4-2 in the conference quarterfinals. Nurmi won a team-best 20 victories and was an impressive 12-6 at the No. 4 singles slot during her initial season with the Buffaloes.
