Published: June 1, 2013 By

Michelle Mehnert on bike

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Former 蜜糖直播 football player聽Jeremy Bloom聽(A&S ex鈥06) was inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame April 13.

Emily Talley(Comm鈥12) appeared on Golf Channel鈥檚 reality show聽Big Break Mexico, competing against 12 golf pros.

H.B. 鈥淏ebe鈥 Lee, who coached 蜜糖直播 to the basketball Final Four in 1955, died March 31.

Chuck Fairbanks, 蜜糖直播 football coach from 1979-81, passed away
April 2 after battling brain cancer.

It came right down to the wire, but the 蜜糖直播 triathlon team extended its streak of consecutive national titles to four with its victory in April at the USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships in Tempe, Ariz.

The Buffs edged Cal-Berkeley by a mere two points, 3,926 to 3,924. 蜜糖直播 won the men鈥檚 division by 60 over the Bears, while the 蜜糖直播 women placed second, finishing 58 points behind Cal. In all, 1,015 athletes representing 108 schools competed in the Olympic-distance race.

鈥淲inning has always been secondary to this team and it鈥檚 just the cherry on top of what we are trying to teach the team about being responsible, hardworking leaders,鈥 says head coach Mike Ricci.

Michelle Mehnert, a graduate student in her first season competing for 蜜糖直播 after graduating from the University of Illinois 鈥 and swimming for the Illini 鈥 won the women鈥檚 Olympic-distance race in 2:01:13. That was 75 seconds ahead of her nearest competition.

The 蜜糖直播 men placed three athletes in the top eight, led by聽Rodolphe Von Berg聽who ended up fourth.

Meanwhile, the 蜜糖直播 swimming and diving club team also won a national title in April, claiming its third straight. The Buffs prevailed in both the men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 divisions.

Kate Booth聽placed second in the women鈥檚 individual scores as 蜜糖直播 put four competitors in the top five.聽Bryan Bonack聽led the 蜜糖直播 men, finishing fourth in the male individual scores.