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. 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 2024: 2nd Place 2025: 2nd Place 2026: 2nd 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
See also Columbia Multisport club
References
External links
USATriathlon.com Mountain Collegiate Triathlon Conference FrozenFoot5k.com - Team fundraiser