CU Boulder takes Men’s, Coed team crowns
Individual runners-up Cedric Wane and Jessica Broderick led CU Boulder to the men’s team and combined men’s and women’s team titles at the USA Triathlon Collegiate Nationals Saturday in Lubbock.
Falling just short of team perfection, the CU Buffaloes women’s team were 8 points short of the US Military Academy at West Point for the women’s team title on a cold, windy day marked by light rain and heavy shivering in West Texas. The US Naval Academy women placed 3rd, just two points back of CU.
The CU men’s team win – adding to their 2005 win – earned their second team title in the category since USAT took control of the event in 2003.
The CU men won with a balanced attack, placing four competitors in the top 18. Last year’s third place finisher Cedric Wane took 2nd in 1:49:17, just 23 seconds behind overall men’s winner Chris Stehula of Cal Poly, while Chris Braden took 8th, Bryant Mason 11th, and Will Nabours 18th for a total of 39 points for the Buffaloes’ best four results. Runner-up Cal Poly San Luis Obispo finished well back with 104 points as Stehula’s 1 point win could not make up for 26th, 37th and 40th place finishes by his supporting cast.
The CU combined men’s and women’s teams win gives them four wins in the 2003-2010 USAT era, adding to their 2003-2004-2005 three peat.
The US Military Academy women, led by 4th place individual Ashley Morgan’s 2:06:52 performance, won West Point its first team title of any kind in USAT Collegiate Nationals history. Combined with Morgan’s performance, Marci Nordt’s 14th, Sarah Haight’s 18th and Andrea Filozof’s 24th place finishes added up to 62 points and closed the door on the CU women’s try for a Buffalo teams sweep. Broderick’s 2nd place, combined with Tess Amer’s 13th, Ashley Walker’s 17th and Ashley Scott’s 38th place finishes, left the Buffaloes 8 points short of the victorious Army women.
With their 1-2 record in Men’s and Women’s team competition, CU Boulder outpaced West Point combined teams, whose men were 3rd and women 1st — by 109 to 166 points. Navy took 3rd in combined team scores with a 4th place for the men and 3rd for their women.
"I think it's great to see CU coming back into the mix for [in teams competition] because I know that we have the history of national championships, so it's really exciting," Broderick told USAT media. "I'm looking forward to next few years."
2010 Collegiate National Team Championships
April 17, 2010
Lubbock, Texas
S 750 m/ B 40k/ R 10k
Male Team Results
1. University of Colorado Boulder: 39 points
Cedric Wane (2) 1:49:17
Chris Braden (8) 1:54:35
Bryant Mason (11) 1:54:56
Will Nabours (18) 1:57:06
2. Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo: 104 points
Chris Stehula (1) 1:48:54
Taro Moberly (26) 1:58:58
Timothy Black (37) 2:01:14
JP Donovan (40) 2:01:23
3. US Military Academy – West Point: 104 points
Brendan Fox (12) 1:55:16
Robert Sherry (16) 1:56:53
Brian Trainor (21) 1:57:48
Andrew Stock (55) 2:04:34
4. US Naval Academy – Annapolis: 115 points
Scott Terry (7) 1:52:26
Nathan Wallace (22) 1:58:01
Tyler Sharp (25) 1:58:56
Scott Maxfield (61) 2:04:52
5. UCLA: 128 points
Brad Jacobs (10) 1:54:50
Brady O’Bryan (28) 1:59:20
Henry Szeto (42) 2:01:29
Joshua Lamden (48) 2:02:55.
Female Team Results
1. US Military Academy – West Point: 62 points
Ashley Morgan (4) 2:06:52
Marci Nordt (14) 2:13:58
Sarah Haight (20) 2:18:17
Andrea Filozof (24) 2:20:24
2. University of Colorado – Boulder: 70 points
Jessica Broderick (2) 2:05:18
Tess Amer (13) 2:13:47
Ashley Walker (17) 2:15:39
Ashley Scott (38) 2:23:58
3. US Naval Academy – Annapolis: 72 points
Alexandra Gass (10) 2:13:06
Elizabeth Milewski (15) 2:15:17
Jessica Hafey (22) 2:19:29
Caroline Barlow (25) 2:20:27
4. University of California – Santa Barbara: 81 points
Kathrine Warren (6) 2:10:40
Lauren Capone (18) 2:16:43
Kristina Hill (23) 2:20:02
Elizabeth Whiteley (34) 2:22:29
5. Duke University: 156 points
Morgan Anderson (11) 2:13:23
Chelsea Koglmeier (28) 2:21:00
Adrienne Greenough (41) 2:26:02
Jennifer McCulley (76) 2:31:55
Coed Results
1. University of Colorado – Boulder:
Male Team: 39 points
Female Team: 70 points
Total: 109 points
2. US Military Academy – West Point
Male Team: 104
Female Team: 62 points
Total: 166 points
3. United States Naval Academy – Annapolis
Male Team: 115 points
Female Team: 72 points
Total: 187 points
4. Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo
Male Team: 104 points
Female Team: 172 points
Total: 276 points
5. Texas A&M
Male Team: 141 points
Female Team: 157 points
Total: 298 points
