Swimming and diving, triathalon teams win national titles
Varsity athletes aren’t the only Buffs bringing trophies back to Boulder. This spring, both the CU-Boulder triathlon and swimming and diving clubs repeated as national champions.
Swimming and diving won the East Coast Collegiate Swim and Dive Championships — the national club title — in Atlanta in April. It was the team’s fifth national title in a row and ninth overall.
Also in April, triathlon earned its sixth club title in a row and 16th overall in Clemson, S.C.
CU-Boulder has 17 varsity teams and 31 active club sports teams.
In swimming, Casey Wilson (Mgmt’16) won the women’s 100-yard IM and 100-yard breaststroke, while Alaina Gosset (Jour’17) won the 100-yard backstroke and set a new meet record of 2 minutes, 6.65 seconds to win the 200-yard backstroke.
In women’s diving, CU swept the podium in the 1-meter and 3-meter events with Emma Plentl (Geol’18) finishing first in both and Hanna Le (Art, ArtHist, MCDBio’15) coming in second twice. Conor Mead (Class, Engl’18) was third in the women’s 1-meter event and Bonnie Grieson(IntPhys’17) was third in the 3-meter final.
In men’s diving, Jake Voltarel (MechEngr’17) and Matt Jagiello (IntlAf’17) finished second and third in the 1-meter.
“Our team strength comes from our depth in all the events as well as our diving,” says club president Onshalee Promchitmart (IntPhys’16). “Where many teams have only one representative in an event, CU often had multiple individuals in final events, which helps the team immensely.”
In triathlon, Rudy Von Berg (Mktg’17) led the way with a victory in the men’s overall Olympic-distance race. He finished in 1:44:41.
Photography by Daniel Appel
