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As if coach Mark Wetmore's peerless cross country and track programs at the University of Colorado haven't already made a monumental impact over the past two decades, there also is this fact to consider.
In the entire history of the Olympics, American women have collected a total of six medals in track events longer than 800 meters. Two of those were earned in a span of about 36 hours earlier this week by CU alums Emma Coburn and Jenny Simpson.
On Wednesday, a day after Simpson earned a long-coveted medal in her third Olympics appearance, the CU campus was abuzz with both the excitement of move-in day and the awe-inspiring accomplishments of Coburn and Simpson, both of whom will be bringing bronze medals back to Boulder.