COLORADO TRIATHLON
Coaches and Officers
Head Coach: KJ Kroetch
Lives in: Boulder, CO
Originally from: Lafayette, CA
Studied: Architecture and Art History at Tuffs University
Favorite Triathlon Discipline: The Swim - I love the challenge of reading the conditions and trying to use them to my advantage!
A few words about CU Triathlon: CU Triathlon has an amazing reputation and cultivates such a great mixture of competitiveness and spirit. The program's commitment to the team as a whole is inspiring and makes me want to be the best coach (and athlete!) I can be. Champions are made by programs that believe in the team's success as a whole and that is where the CU Tri Team stands out.
Assistant Coach: Dave Sheanin
Lives in: Erie, CO
Originally from: Woodland Hills, CA
Studied: Psychology at UC-Irvine (go anteaters!) and MBA at CU-Boulder.
Favorite Triathlon Discipline: Swim for sure. Love the water but it's a curse--no one wins a tri in the swim, but I'm willing to keep trying.
A few words about CU Triathlon: "I love/hate living and training in Boulder. It's awesome to rub shoulders with some of the very best in the world as well as tons of really inspirational amateurs giving it their best. But training rides can easily turn into road races and runs into track meets. Sometimes it feels like it's competition all the time around here. Still, I would never trade the fantastic people, beautiful geography, and relaxed pace for anywhere else.
The CU Tri Team is a unique group. The championships are nice but that's not what makes this team special. We're a family and I've never seen such closeness among members of a group or team of this size anywhere else. It's hard to describe but you all make each other better every day you're together--on and off the race course."