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Trujillo ties for for 11th at Wyoming Cowboy Classic
Feb 25th
PALM DESERT, Calif. — University of Colorado redshirt freshman Drew Trujillo shined here this weekend, tying for 11th in the Wyoming Cowboy Golf Classic which was concluded on Sunday.
The second-year team member Montrose had his best career tournament to date, a 1-over 217 which included his first collegiate round in the 60s, a 3-under par 69 on Sunday. That was one of just five rounds in the 60s on Sunday, when the average score on the 7,305-yard, par-72 Classic Club course layout was 76.13.
Pretty fancy dids for a “cowboy” golf tournament
He also “won” the tournament within the tournament, as he was the top individual among 15 playing here either without a full team or as an extra player for a team with more than five players. Trujillo was very consistent over the three day event, as he recorded his 76-72-69—217 scorecard by making eight birdies and 37 pars with only nine bogeys. He was one of only 18 players in the 100-man field to not record a single hole score worse than a bogey.
He was one of three CU individuals who participated in the meet.
Freshman Ross Thornton turned in a 76-75-80—231 effort, which tied him for 60th; he had 12 birdies, the most by a Buff this spring in a 54-hole tournament, but countered with just 23 pars to offset 14 bogeys, two doubles and three triples.
Junior Johnny Hayes improved a bit each day in fashioning an 80-78-74—232 score, tying him for 62nd. He effort this weekend included five birdies, 33 pars, 12 bogeys, three doubles and a triple.
“It was a great experience for all three guys,” CU head coach Roy Edwards said. “Even though Ross and Johnny didn’t play their best overall, they played some good golf in stretches. However, Drew Trujillo was solid all week an improved each day, and was particularly good in today’s final round. His bogeys were very small and correctable. I was very impressed with him the entire tournament.
TCU ran away with the team title, with its 19-under par 845 score good for a 19-stroke win over St. Mary’s, Calif. TCU’s Julien Brun claimed medalist honors with a 10-under par 206 score.
The entire Colorado team will return to action in two weeks, traveling to the Pacific Northwest to play in the Bandon (Ore.) Dunes Championship, March 8-10.
BUFFALO INDIVIDUALS
T11. Drew Trujillo…………………………. 76-72-69—217
T60. Ross Thornton………………………. 76-75-80—231
T62. Johnny Hayes……………………….. 80-78-74—232
TOP 5 INDIVIDUALS
1. Julien Brun, TCU…………………….. 68-71-67—206
2. Eli Cole, TCU………………………….. 69-73-69—211
3. Finley Ewing, Texas Tech………….. 70-69-74—213
4. Jon De Los Reyes, St. Mary’s……. 69-70-75—214
5. Three tied……………………………… 215
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No. 20 Buffs Earn Critical Win Over the Washington Huskies
Feb 24th
Story by B.G. Brooks, Contributing Editor, CUBuffs.com
BOULDER – The No. 20 Colorado Buffaloes outlasted Washington 68-61 on Sunday afternoon at the Coors Events Center and took a large step toward securing the No. 4 seed for next month’s Pac-12 Conference Tournament.
The Buffs, winning their seventh consecutive game, improved to 11-5 in the Pac-12 and moved into a fourth-place tie with the Huskies. But Sunday’s win gives CU the head-to-head tiebreaker, and the Buffs’ remaining schedule appears more favorable than the Huskies’ for securing the No. 4 seed.
CU (22-5) closes the regular season with games at Oregon (March 1) and Oregon State (March 3), while UW (19-8) finishes with home games against Pac-12 co-leaders Stanford and California. The conference tournament is March 7-10 in Seattle.
Freshman Arielle Roberson lead CU with 16 points
CU had four players in double figures against UW, topped by Arielle Roberson’s 16. Brittany Wilson added 13, with Chucky Jeffery and Jen Reese chipping in 11 each. Five of Reese’s points came in the final 2:55, with her critical pair of final field goals coming after the Huskies had closed to 59-57.
Jeffery, one of three seniors playing their final regular-season home game, added 13 rebounds for her ninth double-double of the season and 29th of her career. Jeffery left the game with 8.5 seconds to play, while seniors Meagan and Brenna Malcolm-Peck came onto the court about three seconds earlier.
Kristi Kingma led UW with 19 points. Aminah Williams added 12, Talia Walton 11 and Mercedes Wetmore 10. Guard Jazmine Davis, the Pac-12’s No. 2 scorer with a 19.7 average, was held to nine points on two of 13 shooting from the field.
CU never trailed by more than three points in the first half, and after Kingma hit a three-pointer to send the Huskies up 16-14, the Buffs launched a 16-3 run that produced a 30-19 advantage.
An acrobatic put-back by freshman Jamee Swan enabled CU to maintain that 11-point lead (36-25) at intermission. The Buffs got 11 first-half points from Brittany Wilson, who was the only player on either team in double figures.
Jen Reese’s two pull-up jumpers, like the one above, secured, in the final two minutes the winning margin for CU
UW opened the game hitting six of its first 11 shots, but made only three of its final 18 attempts to close the first half. CU hit 15 of its 32 first-half field goal attempts (47 percent) and outrebounded the visitors 25-15.
The Huskies scored the first six points of the second half, pulling to 36-31. The Buffs, meanwhile, had Jeffery leave the game with what appeared to be a left ankle injury at the 19:12 mark. But she was back about four minutes later, and her return might have given CU an emotional lift.
After UW crept to within five points, CU went on an 8-1 run and shot ahead 44-32 with 12:41 to play. Roberson scored six of the Buffs’ points during that surge.
But that 12-point CU lead disappeared quickly.
UW, the Pac-12 leader with 8.5 treys a game, put together an 11-0 run that featured treys by Wetmore and Kingma and another three free throws by Kingma. That pulled the Huskies to within one twice in the final 9:58, but an 8-0 CU that included four points by Jeffery opened a nine-point Buffs lead (56-47).
UW wouldn’t roll. The Huskies outscored the Buffs 8-2 over the next three minutes, closing to 58-55 with 3:38 to play, then pulling to 59-57.
But Reese got her pair of monstrous mid-range jumpers to give CU breathing room at 63-57, and the Buffs hit five of six free throws in the final 48.5 to tuck away the win.
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Buff skiers extend lead at RMISA Championships
Feb 24th
BOZEMAN, Mont. — The University of Colorado ski team picked up a third regional champion in taking all three top spots in a race for the second straight day in extending its lead as the second day of competition was completed here Saturday in the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association Championships, an event that doubles as the NCAA West Regional.
The Buffaloes finished the day with 711 team points, extending its lead over second-place Utah (625) from 40 to 86 points with two events remaining. Denver moved from fifth into third (616) with host Montana State fourth (550). Heavy snowfall overnight and into the morning made things challenging for all the skiers, especially those competing in the giant slalom.
Eliska Hajkove
Colorado is bidding for its 12th RMISA/West Regional title in the 23 years that Richard Rokos as served as the program’s head coach, as its 23rd overall in the 60-plus year history of the conference.
For the second straight day, Colorado’s women’s Nordic team posted a 1-2-3 sweep, this time in the 15-kilometer freestyle race, duplicating the effort in Friday’s 5k classical event. Prior to Friday, Colorado had not recorded a 1-2-3 sweep in women’s Nordic action since the sport went coed in 1983; with Saturday’s accomplishment, it matched the number of times Buff skiers had done in all other disciplines (two, once in men’s Nordic and in women’s alpine).
Senior Eliska Hajkova won for the first time this year, marking the first time in CU history that three different women’s Nordic skiers have captured races in the same season, joining senior Joanne Reid (eight wins) and freshman Maria Nordstroem (one). Hajkova’s eighth career victory (third in freestyle) also allowed CU skiers to win all 10 RMISA women’s cross country races this winter, another school first.
Hajkova led the pack of 27 skiers in the mass start format in a time of 51:25.7, with Reid next in at 51:40.2 and then Nordstroem in 51:45.9; the first non-Buff was Utah’s Rose Kemp, who crossed the finish line some 37 seconds later. The only “downside” to this was that Hajkova ended her teammate Reid’s string of seven consecutive wins, tied for the second longest in any discipline in Buff history.
“I wanted it so much today,” Hajkova said. “I had prefect skis. I was rested and my skis went so fast. On the last uphill, I just felt like I should try, so I did and it worked. It feels great when you’re at the end of the second lap and it’s just your teammates and friends around you. Sometimes when people get away from the main pack, they slow down and rest, but we worked really hard to make it a bigger gap, and I’m so proud of all of us.”
“I was thinking that we should keep a gap as a team,” Reid said. “I was in the lead on the final lap until the final uphill, which isn’t smart if you want to win a race, but we went 1-2-3, so it was worth it. It’s pretty perfect for us to all get podiums again, and helps our confidence going to NCAA’s.”
“We thought our biggest competition would be from the Alaska Anchorage girl Marine (Dusser),” Nordstroem said. “When she started falling back, I started pulling ahead on the flats. But then I was struggling, so my teammates took over and it was awesome. I’m a little relieved, the more you win in a row the more nervous you get and I’ve always said I want us to go 1-2-3 more than me winning, so I’m so happy right now.”
Arnaud Du Pasquier
And with senior Mary Rose coming in eighth in 52:46.8, it marked the fourth time this winter four CU skiers, and the only four on the roster this year, finished in the top 10. It was Rose’s sixth career top 10 effort, all coming in her last 13 collegiate races, as she is one of the most improved skiers from freshman to senior seasons in school history.
In the men’s 20-kilometer race, Utah won as a team by placing four in the top five, including winner Miles Havlick in a time of 58:35.6. Colorado sophomore Rune Oedegaard took second, less than three seconds back in 58:38.2; the two finished in reverse order from Friday’s classic result.
Sophomore Arnaud Du Pasquier recorded his best collegiate finish, as his 59:28.1 time placed him seventh, also his second top 10 effort. Junior Andreas Hoye was CU’s third scorer, finishing 11th in 1 hour, 26.6 seconds. Rounding out the CU men on Saturday were freshmen Charlie Von Thaden (matching his career best finish,15th, in 1:01:13.8) and Gustav Nordstrom (16th, 1:01:22.0), senior Ian Mallams (17th, 1:02:00.0) and freshman Michael Vigers (20th, 1:02:33.7).
“At the beginning, I started really easy, since I was sixth in our lane, so I knew it wasn’t worth killing myself to have a good start,” Du Pasquier said. “You have to use a lot of energy out front anyway with these conditions. Then I just wanted to keep the pace for every lap. I was able to stay with the lead pack, I had some issues with pacing and I think that hurt me at points, but I was able to fight back and almost caught the lead pack again at the end.”
Hajkova, Reid and Oedegaard continued their climb up CU’s all-time podium (top three) list. The Nordic trio has 67 among them: Hajkova is third with 31; Reid is now tied for 10th with 19, while Oedegard pulled into a tie for 12th.
The meet concludes Sunday with the slalom races; CU will return to Boulder ahead of departing next weekend for the NCAA Championships in Vermont.
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