Colorado University Athletics
Bosshard, Coburn Earn CU Athlete of the Week
May 03, 2011 | General, Track and Field
Junior Emma Coburn cruised to a world-leading mark of 9 minutes, 40.51 seconds in the 3,000-meter steeplechase on Sunday night at the Jordan Payton Cardinal Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif.
Coburn took the lead from the start of the race and never looked back. She started to pull away from the field after the first two laps, although Sara Hall (Asics) was just a few steps behind her. Coburn started to extend her lead on Hall and had a 20 meter lead on the chase pack with three laps remaining. With two laps left she extended her lead to 30 meters and with just one lap remaining her lead was up to 40 meters. Coburn finished well ahead of Hall who crossed the finish in 9:48.85.
Coburn's time was a personal record as she improved on her previous best of 9:51.86, which she set at the 2010 NCAA Championship. It was also an Olympic 'A' standard and is the 13th best ever by a Buff.
Sophomore Joe Bosshard raced in the top section of the 5,000-meter run and placed 10th overall after finishing in 13:34.57. His mark currently ranks seventh in the NCAA. The time was the 11th fastest in CU history and put him sixth on the CU performers list. The time was also a huge PR for Bosshard, surpassing his previous time of 14:05.31 that he recorded on April 15 at the Mt. SAC relays.
