CU Triathlon Team
The CU Triathlon Team is a coed, student-run club sports team at the University of Colorado Boulder that competes in the sport of triathlon. The club was created in 1993 and has won 16 USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships.[1] As a team, they compete at the USA Triathlon's Collegiate National Championship as well as other selected competitions throughout the year.
The team competes in the Mountain Collegiate Triathlon Conference, a 12 club association of colleges and universities in the region.[2]
Team performance
The team currently has 16 Collegiate National Championship titles awarded as a combined men's and women's team score, which is more championships than all other teams combined. Since the inception of the Collegiate National Championship title in 1994 the team has placed:[3]
- 1994: National Champions
- 1995: 2nd place
- 1996: National Champions
- 1997: National Champions
- 1998: National Champions
- 1999: National Champions
- 2000: National Champions
- 2001: 2nd place
- 2002: National Champions
- 2003: National Champions
- 2004: National Champions
- 2005: National Champions
- 2006: 3rd Place
- 2007: 3rd place
- 2008: 2nd Place
- 2009: 3rd Place
- 2010: National Champions
- 2011: National Champions[4]
- 2012: National Champions[5]
- 2013: National Champions[6]
- 2014: National Champions[7]
- 2015: National Champions[8]
- 2016 National Champions
Coaches
- Rick Ellison: 1996-1998
- Neal Henderson: 1999-2000
- Bettina Younge: 2001-2002
- Ryan Ignatz: 2003
- Matt Eagan: 2004
- Kirk Nelson: 2007-2008
- Mike Ricci: 2009-2013
- Dave Sheanin: 2014
- Brad Seng: 2014-
See also
References
- ↑ Fields, Jenn (13 April 2011). "Buffs win 12th triathlon championships". ColoradoDaily.com. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
- ↑ "MCTC Clubs". USA Triathlon. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- ↑ "University of Colorado Maintains Dominance at Mountain Collegiate Triathlon Conference Championships". The Colorado Triathlete. 19 March 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- ↑ "Kahsar, Shiver Earn USA Triathlon Collegiate National Titles". Competitor Group, Inc. 9 April 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- ↑ "CU-Boulder triathlon team wins 13th national championship". Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ↑ "Colorado Clinches Fourth Consecutive Collegiate Nationals Team Title".
- ↑ "Colorado Nabs Fifth Straight Overall Team Title at Collegiate Nationals". USA Triathlon. April 5, 2014.
- ↑ "Colorado Victorious for the 6th Straight Collegiate Club Nationals". USA Triathlon. April 25, 2015.
External links
- Official website
- USATriathlon.com
- Mountain Collegiate Triathlon Conference
- FrozenFoot5k.com - Team fundraiser