There's Erin Clark and then there's everybody else.
The CU long-distance runner repeated as the Pac-12 conference 3,000-meter steeplechase champion Saturday in Seattle, winning in a personal-best time of 9 minutes, 48.72 seconds. She beat out Oregon's Frida Berge by more than eight seconds.
"We were very excited about Erin defending her steeple title," Buffs head coach Mark Wetmore said. "The Oregon woman stayed with her for quite a long part of the race, maybe six of the seven and a half laps, but Erin took the lead immediately and kept the pressure on and one by one, people went out the back.