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CU Buffs Place 12
Apr 22nd
University of Colorado’s track and field team placed 12 student-athletes on the 2014 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation All-Academic teams, announced on Monday by MPSF Executive Director Al Beaird.
The men had three honorees, while the women placed nine on the team. Juniors Lindsy Mattson and Bridget Sweeney had the two highest GPAs on the team. Mattson has recorded a 3.814 GPA while majoring in economics and Sweeney has accumulated a 3.813 GPA while majoring in communication. The other women who were named to the team include: Courtney Bouchet, Maddie Alm, Jenny DeSouchet, Emily Hunsucker, Ewelina Pena, Kelsey English and Shalaya Kipp.
Junior Morgan Pearson, an economics major, led the men’s selections with a 3.470 GPA. Joe Bosshard, a graduate student, also carries an impressive 3.425 and is majoring in business. Blake Theroux was also named to the team.
To be chosen for this distinction, honorees must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00, must be a sophomore academically, must have completed at least one academic year with their institution and must have competed in at least 50 percent of the institution’s competition.
Source: CU Buffs
CU Buffs tracksters ready for World Championships
Aug 9th
BOULDER—University of Colorado senior Shalaya Kipp is poised to compete at her second major international competition, the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Athletes, August 10-18, in Moscow.
Kipp, the 2012 NCAA 3,000-meter steeplechase champion, qualified for her second U.S. team after placing third at the USATF Championships in June. The Salt Lake City native made her first international team in 2012 when she qualified for the Olympic Games in London.
Kipp enters the world championships fresh off of her best performance of the season, placing fourth with a season-best time of9:37.23 at the Diamond League Meet in Monaco. The time was just shy of her personal best (9:35.73) which she ran at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.
She is joined at the world championships by two-time Olympian and CU volunteer assistant coach Jenny Simpson. Simpson is the reigning 2011 world champion in the 1,500 and is one of nine Americans who enter the meet as reigning champions. Simpson ran the 1,500 at the meet in Monaco and won her first Diamond League Meet in 4:00.48. She was named the USATF Athlete of the Week for her performance.
Former Buff and three-time Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein is also a member of the U.S. team and will run in the 10,000 at worlds. Ritzenhein finished second at the U.S. championships to advance to Moscow.
Parts of the meet will be televised on Universal Sports and NBC. A complete schedule can be found here: http://buffs.me/13JVOHL.
IAAF World Championships in Athletics (all times Mountain)
Women’s 3,000 Meter Steeplechase
(Shalaya Kipp)
Saturday, August 10, Round 1, 7:20 a.m.
Tuesday, August 13, Finals, 11:25 a.m.
Men’s 10,000 Meters
(Dathan Ritzenhein)
Saturday, August 10, Finals, 8:55 a.m.
Women’s 1,500 Meters
(Jenny Simpson)
Sunday, August 11, Round 1, 12:25 a.m.
Tuesday, August 13, Semifinals, 10:40 a.m.
Thursday, August, 15, Finals, 11:20 a.m.
COLORADO BUFFALOES
Linda Sprouse
Assistant Sports Information Director
Volleyball/Cross Country/Track & Field
University of Colorado
303-492-5626
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CU trackster headed to world championship
Jun 23rd
DES MOINES, Iowa – University of Colorado senior Shalaya Kipp recorded a third-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase finals at the USA Track & Field Championships to earn a spot on the U.S. roster of the IAAF World Championships in Moscow this August.
Kipp, who was third at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, finished the race with a season-best time of 9:46.83, coming in just under the IAAF World Championships ‘B’ Standard of 9:48.00 on Saturday. She will have until July 20 to record the ‘A’ standard (9:43.00) which is required to participate at the world championships.
The race was run under extremely hot and humid conditions with temperatures on the track over 100 degrees during the day. Kipp started the race fairly conservatively as she was in the back of the field, running about 10th for the first couple of laps, but slowly started to work her way up in the pack.
With two laps remaining, Kipp was in eighth-place and picked off three runners to move into fifth at the start of the bell lap. Kipp continued her strong surge and was in fourth-place with just over 200 meters left. As Kipp approached the final water jump, she was just about neck and neck with the then-third place runner Jamie Cheever. She propelled off of the barrier to gain the advantage and would never look back as Kipp continued to put distance between her and Cheever, who finished in 9:53.01.
Also on Saturday afternoon, former Buff Jeremy Dodson advanced to the semifinal round of the 200, clocking a 14th place overall finish in 20.40. Dodson finished third in his heat, so he advanced to the semis on time as the top two from each of the five heats automatically moved on.
The last day of the USATF Championships is Sunday. Billy Nelson and Aric Van Halen will be running in the steeplechase finals and Dodson will compete in the 200 semis. Jenny Simpson, who is the reigning IAAF 1,500-meter World Champion, has a bye in the 1,500 and will compete in the women’s 5,000. Laura Thweatt and Dathan Ritzenhein are also set to compete in the 5,000.
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