Year two of the program reboot under head coach Sean Carlson featured a significant step forward for the Colorado cross country programs.

That effort continued through a solid performance at the NCAA Championships.

The Buffaloes rejoined the ranks of the nation’s elite distance running programs on Saturday, with both programs finishing in the top 15 in the team standings at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Columbia, Missouri.

The CU men finished 10th, using a balanced and consistent effort to offset a lack of individual dominance. The Buffs had only one runner crack the top 60 and barely so, with Dominic Serem finishing 58th. Yet all five of CU’s scoring runners finished between 58th and 92nd.

Serem finished the 10K men’s final in 29 minutes, 18 seconds and the Buffs’ next finish

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