CALIFORNIA – Just a day after losing her NCAA-leading mark, Colorado track and field senior Abby Nichols reclaimed the lead with an exclamation, posting the second-fastest time in CU history and eighth-best time in NCAA history.
Nichols was the top collegiate runner at the Mt. SAC Relays Invitational women's 5,000-meter run, finishing fifth overall in 15:15.95. Her mark trails only the NCAA record and CU school record set by Jenny Simpson and she slides into eighth in NCAA history behind BYU's Whittni Morgan and ahead of BYU's Courtney Wayment, the defending NCAA cross country champion.