BOULDER — Kaitlyn Benner and her Colorado cross country teammates want to run fast in Friday’s NCAA Mountain Region meet in Albuquerque — but not too fast.
Not so fast, anyway, that they are “flat on the ground” tired when the race is over.
That kind of effort, Benner said, is what the Buffs hope to save for the NCAA Championships eight days later in Louisville, Ky.
It’s a delicate dance in which the Buffs engage every season. They run to win the conference meet — which they successfully did this season, sweeping the men’s and women’s titles at the Pac-12 Championships — then do what is necessary at the NCAA Regionals to advance.