Seven athletes from the Colorado track and field team will compete at the NCAA championships this week.
Led by four-time qualifier Abbey Glynn, the Buffaloes will hit the national stage at Oregon’s Hayward Field starting Wednesday.
For CU, competition will begin with freshman Kole Mathison in the 3000-meter steeplechase on opening day. The lone male at nationals for CU, Mathison is seeded eighth in his heat. Of the 24 competitors, 12 will advance to Friday’s finals.
Glynn will compete in the 400-meter hurdles and the 4×400-meter relay semifinals on Thursday. She’ll team with Avery McMullen, Joy Moorer and Emma Pollak in the relay. Finals for both of those events will take place on Saturday.
Nine athletes will advance to finals in the women’s 400-meter hurdles and nine teams will advance in the 4×400 relay. Glynn is seeded seventh in the 400 hurdles.
McMullen will also compete in the heptathlon on Friday and Saturday. Also on Saturday, Ella Baran and Bailey Hertenstein will run in the finals of the 5,000 meters.
McMullen is the seventh seed in the heptathlon, while Hertenstein comes into nationals having posted the sixth-best time this season in the 5000 meters.
NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships
DATES: Wednesday-Saturday, Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
TV (all times MT): Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. (ESPN2); Thursday, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN2); Friday, 7 p.m. (ESPN2); Saturday, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
COLORADO PARTICIPANTS: Men — Kole Mathison, Fr. (3000-meter steeplechase). Women — Ella Baran, Sr. (5000 meters); Abbey Glynn, Sr. (400-meter hurdles); Bailey Hertenstein, Sr. (5000 meters); Avery McMullen, Sr. (Heptathlon); 4×400-meter relay (Glynn; McMullen; Joy Moorer, Fr.; Emma Pollak, Jr.).
NOTES: Glynn has reached the NCAA championships for the fourth consecutive season in the 400 hurdles. She was eighth last year, earning first-team All-American honors. She was second-team All-American in 2022 and received honorable mention in 2021. … Glynn and Pollak are both in the 4×400 relay for the third straight year. They helped CU earn All-American honorable mention in 2022 and 2023. … McMullen has earned second-team All-American honors the past two years in the heptathlon, placing 10th in 2023 and 12th in 2022. … Baran is at nationals for the second time. She placed 22nd in the 5000 meters last year, earning All-American honorable mention. … A sixth-year senior who transferred from Indiana two years ago, Hertenstein has reached the NCAA championships for the first time. … Mathison is the first CU male athlete to qualify for the NCAA championships in an individual event since 2021 (John Dressel in the 10,000 meters).
