CU Triathlon Team

The CU Triathlon Team is a sports team at the University of Colorado Boulder that competes in the sport of triathlon. The club was created in 1993 and has won 18 USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships.^[1][2] As a team, they compete at the USA Triathlon's Collegiate National Championship as well as other selected competitions throughout the year.

The CU Triathlon Team at the end of the 2010 season bbq

The team competes in the Mountain Collegiate Triathlon Conference, a 12 club association of colleges and universities in the region.^[3]

Team performance

The team currently has 18 USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championship titles awarded as a combined men's and women's team score, which is 4x more championships than all other teams combined. Since the inception of the Collegiate National Championship title in 1992 the team has placed:^[4]

• 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

  CU Triathlon Team

  Sport	Triathlon
  School	University of Colorado Boulder
  Founded	1993
  Conference	Mountain Collegiate Triathlon Conference
  Head coach	Brad Seng
  National championships	18

• 2004: National Champions
• 2005: National Champions
• 2006: 3rd Place
• 2007: 3rd Place
• 2008: 2nd Place
• 2009: 3rd Place
• 2010: National Champions
• 2011: National Champions^[5]
• 2012: National Champions^[6]
• 2013: National Champions^[7]
• 2014: National Champions^[8]
• 2015: National Champions^[9]
• 2016 National Champions^[10]
• 2017: National Champions^[11]
• 2018: 2nd Place^[12]
• 2019: 3rd Place^[13]

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-current

See also

• Columbia Multisport club

References

1. "CU triathlon team wins eighth consecutive national title". CU Boulder Today. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
2. Fields, Jenn (13 April 2011). "Buffs win 12th triathlon championships". ColoradoDaily.com. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
3. "MCTC Clubs". USA Triathlon. Retrieved 21 September 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
4. . The Colorado Triathlete. 19 March 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
5. . Competitor Group, Inc. 9 April 2011. Archived from the original on 7 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
6. "CU-Boulder triathlon team wins 13th national championship". 24 April 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
7. . Archived from the original on 2013-04-17. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
8. . USA Triathlon. April 5, 2014. Archived from the original on April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
9. . USA Triathlon. April 25, 2015. Archived from the original on April 28, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
10. "2016 USAT Collegiate Club National Championships". 303 Triathlon. April 29, 2016.
11. "Colorado Wins Eighth Straight Team Title at USA Triathlon Collegiate Club National Championships". Team USA. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
12. https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Triathlon/News/Articles-and-Releases/2018/April/28/US-Naval-Academy-Wins-Overall-Club-Title-at-USA-Triathlon-Collegiate-Club-National-Championships^{[bare URL]}
13. http://results.sportstats.ca/res2019/Collegiate%20Clubs_Breakout.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

External links

• Official website
• USATriathlon.com
• FrozenFoot5k.com - Team fundraiser