Jones And Klecker Set For Millrose

BOULDER – Just a week after setting the Colorado mile soil record and breaking the 42-year-old 800-meter school record, Colorado track and field stars Joe Klecker and Dani Jones will take their talents to the national stage in the 2020 Millrose Games in New York this Saturday.

Klecker will take the track in the Dr. Sander Invitational men's 3,000 at 2:56 p.m. MT. He will have his first rematch against Edwin Kurgat of Iowa State, the NCAA Cross Country Champion, as well as be up against Paul Kipngetich Tanui of Kenya (four-time global medalist), US Olympian Hassan Mead and former NCAA Champ Justyn Knight.

Shortly after that, Jones will line up in the New York Road Runners Women's Wanamaker mile at 3:33 p.m. The defending Wanamaker champion and bronze medalist in the 5,000-meters at the World Championships this year, Konstanze Klosterhalfen of Germany is slated to start, along with Canadian Gabriela DeBues-Stafford and 2018 NCAA Indoor mile champion Elinor Purrier. She will also see the 2019 NCAA 1,500-meter champion Sinclaire Johnson.

Both individuals are on watch lists for the Bowerman, with Jones on the list and Klecker being mentioned in additional athletes to watch. Both are also listed as the top distance athlete in the nation according to The Stride Report. The CU men are ranked 14th in the nation overall with Klecker's mile as the top mark, while Jones' 800 mark is second and the women are 15th as a team.

Both events will be nationally televised on NBC beginning at 2 p.m. MT. Live results and start lists can be found here.

The rest of the squad will either take the weekend off in preparation for next weekend or compete at the Colorado Running Company Mountain Lion Open at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. The entire throws group, as well as hurdler Kellen Monestime, will compete this weekend in Colorado Springs.

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