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Mathison Leads Charge for Colorado on Day Three
May 24, 2024 | Track and Field
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Colorado men's track team saw 10 athletes compete at the NCAA West Regionals here at John McDonnell Field to close out the men's portion of the preliminaries on Friday.
Kole Mathison and Charlie Welch were the first Buffaloes to see action, competing in the 3000-meter steeplechase. There were 12 qualifiers who punched their tickets to Eugene, Ore. and Mathison was one of them after finishing ninth.
Mathison ran a personal best 8:47.05 to keep his impressive freshman season alive as he is the first Buff since 2016 to qualify for nationals in the steeplechase.
"He had to be one of the most inexperienced people in the steeplechase in the field today," head coach Mark Wetmore stated. "He came in ranked 30th or 35th and ended up in ninth and advanced to the nationals in Eugene so it was a very pleasant surprise. But we know he's talented and we know he's mature and serious so not a total surprise."
After advancing past the first round of the 400-meter hurdles on Wednesday, Garrett Nelson and Colton Romig competed in the quarterfinals this afternoon. Neither of them managed to qualify for nationals, however, Nelson picked up his second personal best of the meet. He set a PR in the 400m hurdles on Wednesday and then broke it today with a time of 50.65.
Day three ended with the men's 4x400-meter relay. The four Buffs who raced were Luke Dry, Ian Gilmore, Daniel Tragarz and Nick Gehring.
Allie Routledge and Riley Ward will be the only field athletes to represent Colorado for Saturday's final day of the NCAA West Regionals. They are set to compete in the high jump at 1 p.m. MT.
Abbey Glynn and Emma Pollak will then race in the 400m hurdles later in the evening. Other Buffs on the track on Saturday night will be Bailey Hertenstein, Samree Dishon and Ella Baran in the 5,000-meter and the 4x400m relay team of Joy Moorer, Emma Pollak, Avery McMullen and Abbey Glynn.
Kole Mathison and Charlie Welch were the first Buffaloes to see action, competing in the 3000-meter steeplechase. There were 12 qualifiers who punched their tickets to Eugene, Ore. and Mathison was one of them after finishing ninth.
Mathison ran a personal best 8:47.05 to keep his impressive freshman season alive as he is the first Buff since 2016 to qualify for nationals in the steeplechase.
"He had to be one of the most inexperienced people in the steeplechase in the field today," head coach Mark Wetmore stated. "He came in ranked 30th or 35th and ended up in ninth and advanced to the nationals in Eugene so it was a very pleasant surprise. But we know he's talented and we know he's mature and serious so not a total surprise."
After advancing past the first round of the 400-meter hurdles on Wednesday, Garrett Nelson and Colton Romig competed in the quarterfinals this afternoon. Neither of them managed to qualify for nationals, however, Nelson picked up his second personal best of the meet. He set a PR in the 400m hurdles on Wednesday and then broke it today with a time of 50.65.
Day three ended with the men's 4x400-meter relay. The four Buffs who raced were Luke Dry, Ian Gilmore, Daniel Tragarz and Nick Gehring.
Allie Routledge and Riley Ward will be the only field athletes to represent Colorado for Saturday's final day of the NCAA West Regionals. They are set to compete in the high jump at 1 p.m. MT.
Abbey Glynn and Emma Pollak will then race in the 400m hurdles later in the evening. Other Buffs on the track on Saturday night will be Bailey Hertenstein, Samree Dishon and Ella Baran in the 5,000-meter and the 4x400m relay team of Joy Moorer, Emma Pollak, Avery McMullen and Abbey Glynn.
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