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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Western Colorado’s indoor track & field teams picked up a first-place finish in the women’s mile Saturday afternoon at the Colorado Running Company UCCS Invite as the Mountaineers’ Allison Beasley broke away from the field to capture the event by 10 seconds.
Beasley circled the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse track in a time of 5 minutes, 5.56 seconds, easily outpacing the runner-up. Teammate Gretchen Slattum ran to a fourth-place finish for Western, crossing the finish line in a time of 5:27.34.
The men’s mile also provided top five finishes for Western. Esteban Deniz (4:22.71), John Houdeshell (4:23.07) and Oliver Diaz (4:23.93) finished almost shoulder to shoulder in placing third, fourth and fifth, respectively…