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Swimming and diving, triathalon teams win national titles

Varsity athletes aren’t the only Buffs bringing trophies back to Boulder. This spring, both the ����ֱ��-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.

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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, ����ֱ�� 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, ����ֱ�� 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