The CU Triathlon Team is a sports team at the

University of Colorado Boulder The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is the flagship university of the University o ...

that competes in the sport of

triathlon A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of Swimming (sport), swimming, Cycle sport, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the ...

. The club was created in 1993 and has won 18

USA Triathlon USA Triathlon (USAT) is the national governing body for the multisport disciplines of triathlon, duathlon, aquathlon and winter triathlon in the United States. USA Triathlon is a member federation of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee and ...

Collegiate National Championships. 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.

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: *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: 4th Place *2010: National Champions *2011: National Champions *2012: National Champions *2013: National Champions *2014: National Champions *2015: National Champions *2016 National Champions *2017: National Champions *2018: 2nd Place *2019: 3rd Place *2021: 2nd Place *2022: 3rd Place *2023: 3rd Place

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: 2014-2023 *KJ Kroetch: 2023-Current

References

External links

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USATriathlon.comMountain Collegiate Triathlon ConferenceFrozenFoot5k.com
- Team fundraiser {{University of Colorado Boulder Triathlon organizations University of Colorado Boulder Sports in Boulder, Colorado Colorado Buffaloes Running clubs

Team performance

Coaches

See also

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