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Buffs making major strides in gender equality

Before he actually began his tenure as Colorado athletic director in July 2013, Rick George knew that CU's female athletes needed more.

Many of the female athletes didn't have a locker room to call their own, and they were often leaving workouts to wash their faces in a bathroom sink and change clothes in a handicap stall just to freshen up for class.

"When we saw that, we made a change right away," George said. "They didn't have a place to shower, and neither did our male athletes other than football in Dal Ward at the time.