Hugh Charles (Yes, the RB) Helps Buffs Stay in the Hunt

While former CU RB Hugh Charles is trying to hook up with an NFL team and finish his senior year of college, he managed to squeeze in a little time for the men's Track & Field team at the Big 12 Championships yesterday. The diminutive back competed in the long jump posting fourth and posting 5 points for the team. James Begley finished 5th in the shot put giving the Buffs 4 additional points. The Buffs find themselves in 2nd place, three points behind Missouri. No one else is within 20 points of the lead and shockingly Texas A&M, the #1 team in the country, is 29 points out of first in 5th place. The men are shooting for the first ever Big 12 competition and their is plenty of opportunity to claim that title with the 5,000 meter, 1,500 meter and the steeple chase events today. On Friday, the Buffs used the altitude and distance advantage to claim the 10,000 meter championship/sweep and expect them to do the same in the long distance events noted above.