Klecker Breaks School Record in Win at Husky Classic

By: Shaun Wicen, Assistant SID

SEATTLE – University of Colorado junior Joe Klecker went from not being in the men's 5,000 top-10 in school history to leading the list in just 13 minutes and 35.97 seconds Friday afternoon in the Husky Classic in Seattle, Wash., breaking Adam Goucher's 20-year old record.

Klecker won the prestigious race by nearly two seconds, moving himself into third in the nation in the event. His time is nearly two and a half seconds faster than what Goucher ran in Iowa in 1998. Klecker is now first in the nation in the 3,000 and third in the 5,000.

"Well I had no idea that he was going to be near a record," said head coach Mark Wetmore. "We didn't come here for that we just…