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Steamboat Pilot & Today Athlete of the Week Gus Allen

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Steamboat Pilot & Today Athlete of the Week Gus Allen

Athlete of the Week: Gus Allen

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Athlete of the week: Gus Allen

Steamboat Springs High School senior Gus Allen is this week's Steamboat Pilot and Today athlete of the week.

Steamboat Springs High School senior Gus Allen is this week's Steamboat Pilot and Today athlete of the week.

— Gus Allen

School: Steamboat Springs High School

Year: Senior

Age: 18

Height: 5 feet, 10 inches

Sport: Cross-country

Why Allen: Allen led the Steamboat Springs cross-country team last week as it made final preparations for the regional meet. He was third in the race at Rifle, finishing the 5-kilometer course in 16 minutes, 40 seconds.

Quotable: "Sub-17 (minutes) was my goal for the season, so I got that. Now I want to get to state and run as fast as I can."

- Allen

Send your nominations for Athlete of the Week to sports@steamboatpilot.com.

Comments

Sid (Amy Harris) says...

Congratulations to Gus! Maybe the new goal should be a sub-16. Wow.

October 22, 2009 at 8:05 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

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