One dedicated New Mexico runner is going out a champion, both literally and figuratively, putting the finishing touches on a storybook ending to a decorated collegiate career.
Not many athletes could claim the success that distance runner Courtney Frerichs has enjoyed this past year.
She was an integral part of the New Mexico 2015 Cross Country National Championship team, where her fiancé dropped to a knee and proposed after the win. She said yes.
She added an individual national championship, setting a new collegiate record on her way to winning the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon.