Athletics

  •  Olympian
    <p>During a 24-hour pit-stop in Boulder -- between Switzerland and Park City, Utah, -- Julia Marino spent a night at her college apartment, caught up with friends over breakfast and spoke about her journey to Sochi to compete as an Olympic athlete.</p>
    <p>Marino is a CU student and Paraguay’s first Olympic athlete to compete in the winter games. A slopestyle skier, she was born in Paraguay and raised by her adoptive parents in Winchester, Mass.</p>
  • <p>The Boulder Campus Staff Council (BCSC) congratulates the 2013 Chancellor’s Employees of the Year: George “Barney” Ballinger, Martha Shernick, Larry Drees, Jennifer Law and David Kalahar. BCSC also thanks Colorado Athletics for acknowledging the award winners on the court at the CU women’s basketball game against University of California, Berkeley on Friday, Jan. 10. </p>
    <p> For more information on the awardees, read “<a href="http://www.colorado.edu/news/features/chancellor%E2%80%99s-2013-employee-year-award-recognizes-staff-excellence">Chancellor’s 2013 Employee of the Year Award recognizes staff excellence</a>” from the Jan. 9 edition of <em>CU-Boulder Today</em>.</p>
  • <p>The student-initiated expansion of the CU-Boulder Student Recreation Center re-opened on Jan. 10. While the project is not completely finished, many recreation areas are ready for use.</p>
  • <p>The University of Colorado Boulder’s expansion of the Student Recreation Center, a project initiated by students, opens on Friday, Jan. 10, at 9 a.m. The southwest addition, the second and largest phase of the project, is located just north of the Ramaley Biology Building and east of Sewall Hall and will provide an additional 83,000 square feet of indoor recreational space.</p>
  • <p>The University of Colorado Board of Regents voted 9-0 Wednesday in favor of a $142 million plan to upgrade facilities for intercollegiate athletics at CU-Boulder. The plan, presented by CU athletic director Rick George, has six major features including an indoor multipurpose practice facility, transforming the second floor of Dal Ward to increase the athletic department’s academic support and a high-performance sports center to host collaborative research conducted by faculty at CU-Boulder in Integrative Physiology and researchers at the Anschutz Medical Campus.</p>
  • <p>A huge range of activities will be offered during the University of Colorado’s 2013 Back to Boulder Homecoming Weekend Oct. 24-27 for alumni, students, faculty, staff and community members.</p>
    <p>A full description of activities and events as well as event registration can be found on the Back to Boulder website at <a href="http://alumni.colorado.edu/backtoboulder">http://alumni.colorado.edu/backtoboulder</a>.</p>
  • <p>The inaugural <a href="http://www.cubuffs.com/pdf9/2553992.pdf">University of Colorado lacrosse spring schedule</a> includes eight home matches and nine conference bouts, head coach Ann Elliott announced Tuesday. The Buffs open home play on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014 against Regis. </p>
    <p>“After being on the road for three games it will be exciting to finally be able to play at home,” Elliott said. “This will mark the first ever women’s Division I lacrosse game at CU and we are very excited to be able to play at home with the support of the community and our fans.”</p>
  • <p>Saturday’s football game between the University of Colorado and Fresno State has been postponed, university officials decided Friday morning. After careful consideration, CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano has decided that the university will not hold a football game on Saturday, Sept. 14, and that school officials will discuss a possible make-up date for the game.</p>
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    <p>Saturday’s football game between the University of Colorado and Fresno State has been postponed, university officials decided Friday morning.</p>
    <p>After careful consideration, CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano has decided that the university will not hold a football game tomorrow, and that school officials will discuss a possible make-up date for the game.</p></div>
  • <p>University of Colorado Boulder officials are urging CU fans to show sportsmanship and take buses or carpool with a designated driver to the 4 p.m. Rocky Mountain Showdown football game with Colorado State University on Sunday, Sept. 1.</p>
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