Cycling: Winn takes second straight Morgul omnium The infamous stretch of the Morgul Bismark road race with a 12 percent grade, affectionately called 'The Wall' by cyclists, was twice as punishing during the final stage of the Superior Morgul Classic on Sunday. Full Story
CU President Bruce Benson extends enrollment invitation to troops For the past seven years, Bolder Boulder race organizers have sent T-shirts, bib numbers and all the materials to put on a race to military bases -- and sometimes navy ships, too -- all around the world. But troops this year will get something extra in their Bolder Boulder package: An enrollment invitation from the University of Colorado's president.
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Mike Sandrock: Carnegie exhibit jogs memories from past Bolder Boulders Included in the exhibit is a copy of the Camera preview article from May 27, 1979, the day before the inaugural Bolder Boulder. It opens with race founder Steve Bosley pinning a button on the T-shirt of Ric Rojas, which read: "I raced Frank Shorter. And lost." Full Story
Boulder fundraiser aiding Everest climbing school When they learned that Sherpas account for nearly one-third of all deaths on Mount Everest, Jennifer Lowe-Anker and Conrad Anker decided to help educate high-altitude workers, giving them the tools and climbing skills to lead Everest expeditions safely. Full Story
Boulder's Fairview High brothers skiing across the world This will be a busy week for Boulder's Andringa family. Fairview junior Casey Andringa, 17, will compete at the FIS Freestyle Junior World Championships in Valmalenco, Italy, Tuesday through Sunday. Full Story
CU-Boulder skier wins national freestyle title CU sophomore Ben Hitchcock took home the men's individual title at the United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association National Freestyle Skiing Championships. He's also started a party bus company. Full Story
CU-Boulder women's ultimate Frisbee team chasing national title After two disappointing seasons, the University of Colorado women's ultimate Frisbee team, Kali Ultimate, is ready to make a run for the national title. After making it to semi-finals in 2010, the team fell short at regionals in 2011 and 2012. But this year the team is older, more experienced and has recruited enough women to create a development team. Full Story
CU-Boulder alum to compete in Iditarod dog sled race "The thing about sled dogs -- all they want to do is go. The same way a lab only ever wants to chase a ball, it could be exhausted and it will still chase a ball. Sled dogs want to run. I don't really say anything, I just let them go." Full Story
Boulder athletes set to compete in Colorado Biathlon State Championships Local biathletes will race this weekend at the Colorado Biathlon State Championships at Snow Mountain Ranch near Winter Park. The sport, which is made popular every four years as the winter Olympics invade living rooms across the world, includes various distances of cross-country skiing and either two or four shooting components, depending on the event. Full Story
Boulder climber Sam Elias returning to the joy of the sport Boulder climber Sam Elias took first in the mixed climbing competition at last year's Winter Mountain Games in Vail. He said he'd like to win again this year, but lately, he's been putting more emphasis on the pure joy of climbing, rather than winning. Full Story
CU-Boulder senior competing in Vail telemark event at Winter Mountain Games University of Colorado-Boulder senior Kjell Ellefson will have home-field advantage this weekend at the Winter Mountain Games in Vail. The 21-year-old photography major practically grew up on the mountain, so competing in the games' telemark big air competition, complete with fireball, will feel like coming home to Ellefson. Full Story
CU-Boulder senior shreds all over the world When Martina Nemcova was 15, she made the decision to leave her home in Prague, Czech Republic, to attend a prestigious international boarding school near Lake Tahoe called Squaw Valley Academy. Full Story
CU-Boulder Olympic-style weightlifter setting the bar high Fellow students tease him for bringing a lunchbox to class, but Phil Locker doesn't have a choice -- he eats between 4,000 and 5,000 calories a day in order to stay in his weight class in Olympic-style weightlifting competitions. Full Story
