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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 232 

Congratulating the University of Colorado at Boulder Men’s Cross Country 

team for winning the 2006 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men’s Cross Country Championship. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 12, 2007 

Mr. ALLARD (for himself and Mr. SALAZAR) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the University of Colorado at Boulder Men’s 

Cross Country team for winning the 2006 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men’s Cross Country Championship. 

Whereas, on November 20, 2006, the University of Colorado 

at Boulder men’s cross country team (referred to in this 

preamble as the ‘‘Colorado Buffaloes’’) won the 2006 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I 

Men’s Cross Country National Championship in Terre 

Haute, Indiana; 

Whereas the Colorado Buffaloes team of junior Brent 

Vaughn, junior Stephen Pifer, senior Erik Heinonen, junior James Strang, and senior Billy Nelson won the 


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NCAA Cross Country Championships with a score of 94, 

which was 48 points ahead of their nearest opponent; 

Whereas this championship is the Colorado Buffaloes men’s 

cross country team’s 3rd national championship and also 

their 3rd championship in 6 years; 

Whereas the Colorado Buffaloes won the Big 12 Conference 

Championship for the 11th consecutive year and the 

NCAA Mountain Region Championship for the 4th consecutive year in 2006; 

Whereas senior Erik Heinonen and junior Brent Vaughn 

were named to the United States Track and Field and 

Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) AllAcademic Men’s Team; 

Whereas Colorado Buffaloes Head Coach Mark Wetmore was 

named USTFCCCA Men’s Cross Country Coach of the 

Year for 2006; 

Whereas Colorado Buffaloes Head Coach Mark Wetmore has 

successfully coached the University of Colorado men’s 

and women’s cross country teams to top 10 finishes in 

all of his 12 years as head coach; and 

Whereas this championship marks the 23rd national title in 

the University of Colorado’s athletic history and the 2nd 

championship of 2006: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) Congratulates the University of Colorado 

3 men’s cross country team, the Colorado Buffaloes, 

4 for winning the 2006 NCAA Division I Men’s Cross 

5 Country Championship; 


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1 (2) Recognizes the achievements of all the play2 ers, coaches, students, and support staff whose dedi3 cation was instrumental in helping the Colorado 

4 Buffaloes win the 2006 NCAA Division I Men’s 

5 Cross Country Championship; and 

6 (3) Respectfully requests the Secretary of the 

7 Senate to transmit copies of this resolution to the 

8 following for appropriate display— 

9 (A) The University of Colorado at Boulder; 

10 (B) The President of the University of Col11 orado, Hank Brown; 

12 (C) The Chancellor of the University of 

13 Colorado at Boulder, Dr. G.P. ‘‘Bud’’ Peterson; 

14 (D) The Athletic Director of the University 

15 of Colorado at Boulder, Mike Bohn; and 

16 (E) The Head Coach of The University of 

17 Colorado at Boulder men’s cross country team, 

18 Mark Wetmore. 

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