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Fifteen Lacrosse Seniors Graduate

Eleven seniors and four super-seniors played their last game for Colorado lacrosse on May 4. While the Buffs (11-6, 5-5 Pac-12) were upset 14-10 by Oregon in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament in Tempe, Arizona, the 2022 season was a historic one. The Buffs entered the national rankings twice, reaching No. 19 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine poll. They beat three Top-25 teams, including a 12-10 victory at No. 10 Denver on April 27.

鈥淭his group is really important to me and our program,鈥� said head coach Ann Elliot Whidden. 鈥淥ur fifth-year players came in and dealt with the death of Julia Sarcona (StComm鈥�18). Then they went through Aine Williams (PolSci鈥�22) getting really sick. Then COVID-19 and the challenges of the last couple of years. 鈥� This team is a close team that cares about each other and plays for each other.鈥�

The Buffs earned three 2022 Pac-12 All-Conference selections. Kate Burnside (StComm鈥�22) was First Team, and Sadie Grozier (Mktg鈥�21) and Charlie Rudy (StComm鈥�22) made Second Team. Rudy was named USA Lacrosse Magazine Division I Women鈥檚 Player of the Week in early March.聽

Buffs Bits

Micaela DeGenero (MTechCyb鈥�22) won the mile run at the 2022 NCAA Indoor Track and Field National Championships in March. DeGenero moved from last to first in the final quarter-mile of the race to win the women鈥檚 national title. 鈥� Magdalena Luczak (Bus鈥�26) won the women鈥檚 individual national championship in giant slalom at the 2022 NCAA Ski Championships on March 10 in Utah. Filip Forejtek (CompSci鈥�22) followed to win the men鈥檚 individual giant slalom national championship. Forejtek was subsequently named National Men鈥檚 Alpine Skier of the Year by the U.S. Collegiate Ski Coaches Association in April. 鈥� Golf鈥檚 Justin Biwer (Bus鈥�25) was named to both the Pac-12 All-Conference Second Team and All-Freshman Team. 鈥� Ben Bettin (Phys鈥�23) won two national titles at the 2022 USA Triathlon Collegiate Club National Championships April 1鈥�2 in Lake Lanier, Georgia: the Draft-Legal sprint-distance race and the Olympic-distance Collegiate Championship. 鈥� 鈥淏uffalo鈥� Bill Harris (A&S鈥�64) died April 5 at the age of 79. Harris, a star running back at Colorado in the early 60s, became director of CU鈥檚 Alumni C Club in 2001 and went on to serve nine years as its leader.

Coach Talk

鈥�It鈥檚 about as much fun as I鈥檝e had coaching football in quite some time.鈥�

鈥� Mike Sanford, CU football鈥檚 new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach told BuffZone in April. He was hired in December.