BOULDER — Colorado middle-distance runner Nick Harris doesn’t run for times.
Harris, a junior transfer from the University of Washington, runs to race. His reasoning is this: if he does well in the racing part, solid times will come along for the ride.
Thus far in his career, the strategy has worked. Thursday, Harris will line up for the NCAA West Preliminary meet for the third year in a row. If all goes as planned — if his 1,500 race strategy plays out — he’ll qualify for the NCAA Championships, a trip he earned as a freshman but one that he missed out on a year ago.