Buffs Bits
Nearly all of CU鈥檚 fall teams spent time ranked in the Top 25, including women鈥檚 cross-country, which checked in at No. 1. Men鈥檚 cross-country and golf, plus women鈥檚 soccer, volleyball and golf were among the nation鈥檚 elite 鈥� not to mention football. 鈥� The cross-country teams swept the Pac-12 Championships for the second year in a row, two weeks after the women won the NCAA Pre-National Invitational and the men finished third. 鈥� Junior outside linebacker Derek McCartney (IntPhys鈥�16; MS鈥�18) was one of 24 college football players named to the American Football Coaches Association鈥檚 2016 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. It鈥檚 among football鈥檚 most coveted off-the-field honors, as it recognizes athletes who better the community and the lives of others.
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Senior Esther Lee (Anth鈥�17) tied the NCAA women鈥檚 golf record when she fired a 61 in New Mexico鈥檚 Branch Law/Dick McGuire Invitational in September. Only one other golfer, Stanford alumna Mariah Stackhouse, has shot a 61 in a women鈥檚 NCAA competition. Lee鈥檚 mark is all the more remarkable because she carded the 61 on a par 72 course; Stackhouse鈥檚 came on a par 71.
During her record round, Lee tallied 11 birdies and seven pars. She posted a school record 7 under par 29 on the back nine.
鈥淚 can鈥檛 remember the last time I had that much fun playing a round of golf, because everything was so easy and I just was having so much fun,鈥� she told CUBuffs.com.
Lee went on to win the tournament by crushing the CU record with an 18-under score of 198. Her five-stroke win matches the second-largest margin of victory in school history, and her three tournament wins as a Buff is a CU best.
Lee was named September鈥檚 Pac-12 Golfer of the Month. Morten Toft Hansen (Econ鈥�20) claimed the men鈥檚 award after four top-10 finishes, including two in the top five.聽
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