Former Mines runner places first at annual BOLDERBoulder

BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Ben Schneiderman embodies the idea that Orediggers lead the way. e former Colorado School of Mines runner took rst place at the 2023 BOLDERBoulder men’s 10k race, nishing in 31:02. He even sported his Orediggers running gear as he crossed the nish line. Fellow Oredigger alumnus Jake Mitchem also nished fourth in the men’s 10k, coming in at 31:20. Mitchem competed for Mines from 2016-2022.

About 40,000 runners participated in this year’s BOLDERBoulder, the Memorial Day race that’s been called “America’s All-Time Best 10k.” e annual event draws 100,000 spectators who cheer on the runners through central Boulder, helping the race feel like a townwide party.

Generations of alumni celebrate Golden High School’s sesquicentennial anniversary

BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

What started as Colorado’s rst high school with a permanent building in 1873 has become a vast network of thousands of Demons across Colorado and around the world who bleed maroon and white.

So, when the call went out to celebrate Golden High School’s 150th anniversary this month, hundreds of graduates — from the 1960s to the future Class of 2032 — answered.

On June 4, generations of Demons gathered to celebrate their historic high school — the oldest in Colorado — during its sesquicentennial year. GHS will have more festivities for Homecoming Week this September. roughout the event, the attending alumni enjoyed reminiscing by looking through the yearbooks and newspaper clippings, watching a short documentary of the school’s history and touring the current campus.

Schneider told the Boulder Daily Camera how he’d been in third most of the race, but took the lead on the nal uphill stretch. He told the Camera how he appreciated the BOLDERBoulder because it’s a fun, local race, and he was excited to run with his brother Noah and former teammate Mitchem.

Schneiderman, a Colorado Springs native, rst started at Mines in fall 2014. He was an AllAmerican in cross country and

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