BOULDER - Heading into his senior year, Buffs cross country standout Joe Klecker had "win the Pac-12 championship" at the top of his goals. Consider that checked off.
Klecker and the Buffs won the race his freshman season, but had come up short the past two years. On Nov. 1 in Monmouth, Ore., Klecker led CU to a 16-point win over second-place Oregon with a team score of 41. This performance earns No. 3 in CU's top competitions countdown from 2019-20.
Additionally, and perhaps more impressively, Klecker became the first CU athlete to win the Pac-12 men's cross country individual championship, and the first CU male to win a conference title since 2007 when Brent Vaughn won the Big 12 title.