Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer)
The No. 1 Colorado women's cross country team and No. 4 CU men are the latest iterations of a program steeped in tradition.
In the Mark Wetmore era, now in its 22nd year, an integral part of the teams' preparation has been the Rocky Mountain Shootout, a collegiate invitational on CU's Buffalo Ranch home course in South Boulder.
The Shootout, the Buffs' lone home meet of the season, is a chance for fans to watch some of the top runners in the Pac-12, and the nation, test themselves on the rolling course, running up Jawbone Hill in the footsteps of Buff greats such as Adam and Kara Goucher, Jorge Torres, Dathan Ritzenhein, Emma Coburn, Jenny Simpson — all Olympians and NCAA champs, all of whom ran the Shootout during their collegiate years.