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How Fast Is CUs Saarel?
May 2nd
Saarel, of Park City, Utah, arrived in Boulder already in the passing lane.
An engineering physics major with an interest (bet on it not being mild) in chemistry, he earned a 4.0 GPA in his first semester. And that, said Wetmore, was because “you can’t get a 5.0 . . . he finishes practices, takes his shoes off and goes to the library.”
When the Buffs leave the state for meets, as some will do this weekend for competitions in Austin, Texas and Stanford, Calif., Wetmore says Saarel “studies on the bus to the airport, studies at the airport and studies on the airplane. He’s a willing worker when he gets to practice and will do anything we ask of him. If he’s ever tired he doesn’t show it. He’s intense in practice, intense about his school work. I’d like to find a way for him to get a 3.999 (GPA) and relax a little, gear it down a little more.”
Saarel didn’t start running until he was a high school freshman, and that came at the urging of his sister, Emma, now a runner at Swarthmore (Pa.) College. After starting in cross country, he branched out to track, and in a short time reached a comfort level in both.
After winning the Utah State Class 3A cross country championship in the second-fastest time (14:56.7) ever run on the course, he was named the 2012 Gatorade Utah Cross Country Runner of the Year. Other accomplishments that year included first place at the Foot Locker West Regional and a second-place finish at the Nike Cross Nationals Southwest Regional championship. In track as a senior, he also won Utah state titles, with record times in the 800 (1:51.13) and the 1,600 meters (4:07.95).
Like all else he attempts, Saarel is into it in a big, big way at CU. Last fall, in his first cross country season for the Buffs, his finishes earned All-Pac-12 First Team, All-Mountain Region and All-America honors. In his first race for the Buffs – the NCAA Pre-Nationals – he was CU’s No. 2 scorer with a ninth-place finish. In the NCAA Championships, he finished eighth as the Buffs won their fourth NCAA team title since 2001. He became CU’s first true freshman since Billy Nelson to earn All-America recognition. Nelson, who finished 42nd that year (2002), now is one of Wetmore’s assistants.
Saarel is among 14 CU student-athletes who will compete on Sunday in the Payton Jordan Invitational at Stanford, while a pair of CU sprinters will run at the Longhorn Invitational on Saturday in Austin. Saarel is scheduled to run in the 5,000 meters on Sunday night.
Source: CU Buffs
22 Boom – A Taste of 22 Boom – Episode 23
Aug 23rd
This episode of 22 Boom hosts Summer fun and events starting with Dan Culberson’s Hotshots critical movie review of the film “Dinner for Schmucks”, “A Taste of Colorado”, Jena Latham’s Cool After School teaches kids how to cook Vegearian Butternut Squash, Aaron goes to the Le Mars, Iowa and visits the Blue Bunny Ice Cream Factory and Cleveland Castle Park, Boulder Channel 1 checks out other booths at the Boulder County Farmers’ Market, Jann and Pete go to the Denver Aquarium, Julie visits Park City, Utah and Jann Scott Live speaks out on “Medical Marijuana” and “Pain Drugs”.
Videos in this Episode
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22 Boom Intro -
22 Boom Open -
Hotshots Movie Review – Dinner for Schmucks -
A Taste of Colorado -
Gorgeous Food with Jena – Vegetarian Butternut Squash Soup -
Blue Bunny Ice Cream Factory -
Cleveland Castle -
Boulder Farmer’s Market, Boulder Channel 1 giveaway, Fringe Fest and more -
Downtown Aquarium Denver -
Park City, Utah -
Jann Scott Live – Medical Marijuana -
Jann Scott Live – Pain Drugs -
Outro