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Buffs Impress on Final Day of NCAA West Regionals
May 25, 2024 | Track and Field
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Colorado women's track and field teams closed out the fourth and final day of the NCAA West Regionals here at the University of Arkansas on Saturday. The Buffaloes had 10 athletes compete across four events and saw their most successful day of action take place.
In one of the first events of the day, Allie Routledge and Riley Ward represented Colorado in the high jump. Routledge was able to clear 1.71m while Ward's best mark came in at 1.66m.
Later on, Abbey Glynn and Emma Pollak raced in the 400-meter hurdles after advancing to the quarterfinals on Thursday. Glynn put together a great performance, finishing sixth in 56.25. She punched her ticket to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships for the fourth consecutive year.
The booked trips to Eugene, Oregon didn't stop there for the Buffs. Bailey Hertenstein and Ella Baran both qualified for nationals in the 5,000-meter with top-five finishes. Hertenstein placed second with a time of 15:54.17 while Baran came in fifth-place after finishing in 15:57.97.
In the final event of the day, the 4x400-meter relay, Colorado ran the eighth fastest time out of 24 total teams. The group of Joy Moorer, Avery McMullen, Pollak and Glynn finished in 3:32.19 for a third-place finish in their heat. The Buffs have now made it to nationals in the 4x400m for three straight years while also making an appearance in 2019.
"Avery [McMullen] was already in Eugene before we came here because the heptathlon qualifies with different rules," head coach Mark Wetmore said after the meet. "So Avery came down here to help the relay and she certainly did. That was a great last half hour to win and get through in the 5000. Relay then gets a big Q, an automatic qualifier, in the heat for the 4x400. And of course Abby [Glynn] was normal, a nice time, a comfortable qualifier in the 400m hurdles."
"So it was a good day. We're pleased we got just about everybody through that we had reasonable hopes to."
Colorado will have seven athletes make the trip to Oregon for the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The meet is scheduled for June 6-9 at Hayward Field.
In one of the first events of the day, Allie Routledge and Riley Ward represented Colorado in the high jump. Routledge was able to clear 1.71m while Ward's best mark came in at 1.66m.
Later on, Abbey Glynn and Emma Pollak raced in the 400-meter hurdles after advancing to the quarterfinals on Thursday. Glynn put together a great performance, finishing sixth in 56.25. She punched her ticket to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships for the fourth consecutive year.
The booked trips to Eugene, Oregon didn't stop there for the Buffs. Bailey Hertenstein and Ella Baran both qualified for nationals in the 5,000-meter with top-five finishes. Hertenstein placed second with a time of 15:54.17 while Baran came in fifth-place after finishing in 15:57.97.
In the final event of the day, the 4x400-meter relay, Colorado ran the eighth fastest time out of 24 total teams. The group of Joy Moorer, Avery McMullen, Pollak and Glynn finished in 3:32.19 for a third-place finish in their heat. The Buffs have now made it to nationals in the 4x400m for three straight years while also making an appearance in 2019.
"Avery [McMullen] was already in Eugene before we came here because the heptathlon qualifies with different rules," head coach Mark Wetmore said after the meet. "So Avery came down here to help the relay and she certainly did. That was a great last half hour to win and get through in the 5000. Relay then gets a big Q, an automatic qualifier, in the heat for the 4x400. And of course Abby [Glynn] was normal, a nice time, a comfortable qualifier in the 400m hurdles."
"So it was a good day. We're pleased we got just about everybody through that we had reasonable hopes to."
Colorado will have seven athletes make the trip to Oregon for the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The meet is scheduled for June 6-9 at Hayward Field.
| NCAA Nationals Qualifiers | |
| Avery McMullen | Heptathlon, 4x400m |
| Abbey Glynn | 400m hurdles, 4x400m |
| Joy Moorer | 4x400m |
| Emma Pollak | 4x400m |
| Bailey Hertenstein | 5000m |
| Ella Baran | 5000m |
| Kole Mathison | 3000m steeplechase |
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