SAN FRANCISCO — Colorado's cross country team added a pair of conference honors Wednesday with Bailey Hertenstein being named the Pac-12 Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Year and head coach Mark Wetmore being named the Pac-12 Women's Coach of the Year.
Hertenstein took the Pac-12 women's 6K title in a course record of 19:11.3 last Friday, leading the women to the title over Utah. The graduate student passed Utah's Emily Venters in the final 200 meters and put on the burners, winning by five seconds. That pass, along with others from the CU women, allowed the team to tie Utah with 66 points and ultimately win the title on the NCAA tiebreaker.