Athletics
Are you going to the Rocky Mountain Showdown and need a ride? The University of Colorado Student Government and С»ÆÊé Athletics have paired up to make free bus rides available to С»ÆÊé Boulder students going to the С»ÆÊé vs CSU game on Friday, Sept. 2. The buses will board in front of the Coors Events Center beginning at 2 p.m.
In what may be a first-ever exhaustive study of intercollegiate student-athletes, a team of С»ÆÊé Boulder researchers will gauge not only fitness but also general well-being among participants. Funded by a grant from the Pac-12 Conference, С»ÆÊé Boulder's Public Health Program, the Integrative Physiology Department, Sports Medicine, Psychology and Neuroscience and others will collaborate, examining such aspects as how quickly student-athletes acclimate to Boulder's altitude and how healthy their sleep patterns are, for example.
It's been more than a week now since two of their runners, former Colorado NCAA champions and All-Americans Emma Coburn and Jenny Simpson, claimed Olympic bronze medals.
The glow has by no means worn off.
Former Colorado star Jenny Simpson became the second Buff in two days to claim an Olympic bronze medal, putting on a terrific finishing kick over the last 200 meters Tuesday night to finish third in the 1,500-meter final. Simpson, who finished in 4
Very few Olympians get to leave the games with a medal around their neck, but Colorado's very own Emma Coburn will leave as one of the elite after earning the bronze medal in the 3,000-meter steeplechase Monday morning.
<p>Excitement for the Olympics in Rio is building for С»ÆÊé alumni Jenny Simpson and Emma Coburn. The two track and field stars and training partners are aiming for gold when they compete in August at the XXXI Olympiad in Rio.</p>
<p>Folsom Field hasn't hosted concerts since 2001. The sonic drought ends this summer with back-to-back shows by Dead & Company. </p>
JR Payne, who led Santa Clara University to its first winning record since 2008, has been named the eighth head women’s basketball coach in University of Colorado history, athletic director Rick George announced Monday.ned a five-year contract and the hire will become official pending approval of С»ÆÊé’s Board of Regents, as is the case with all high-profile campus positions.
<p><span>At its regular meeting on Thursday and Friday at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, the University of Colorado Board of Regents heard tuition proposals for the 2016-17 academic year, approved changes to С»ÆÊé-Boulder academic programs, approved new contracts for С»ÆÊé-Boulder head coaches and more.</span></p>
<p><span class="s1">Spectators at home basketball games will be prompted to text a pledge to conserve water a</span>s part of С»ÆÊé-Boulder's new Water for the West campaign. For every pledge received, С»ÆÊé Athletics will restore 1,000 gallons of water to the Colorado River Basin through a partnership with the Change the Course initiative. </p>