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<span>Navy ROTC Answers Call to Battlefrog </span>
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<span><time datetime="2016-09-01T11:11:00-06:00" title="Thursday, September 1, 2016 - 11:11">Thu, 09/01/2016 - 11:11</time>
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<div><p class="lead"></p><p class="lead">CU team eliminates Pac-12 rival, but West Point wins the day </p><p> </p><p>People are taking 鈥淲eekend Warrior鈥� adventures to a new level as mud runs, obstacle courses and other military-style athletic competitions pop up around the country. </p><p>Some Buffs are especially well adapted for these races: As ROTC students, they鈥檙e training anyway. </p><p>So when the Battlefrog Obstacle Race Series and ESPN invited CU鈥檚 Navy ROTC unit to participate in the ESPN College Championship, a bracket-style competition with $10,000 in scholarships on the line, the Buffs jumped at the chance. </p><p><strong>Dan McComas </strong>(PolSci鈥�17) took advantage of a five-day March 鈥渧acation鈥� outside of Atlanta, Ga., to represent CU, along with <strong>Emily Bell</strong> (Bus鈥�19), <strong>Abby Lealaimatafao</strong> (IntlAf 鈥�19) and <strong>Mike Johnson</strong> (IntlAf 鈥�18). The race aired on ESPN in July. </p><p>鈥淲e didn鈥檛 do any training for it,鈥� McComas said, adding that ROTC training had prepared them well for the obstacles. </p><p>The course featured 20 obstacles spread over 400 meters, including a 12-foot ladder wall, 鈥淣ormandy Jacks,鈥� which require crawling through mud under wires, and the 鈥渢sunami,鈥� a slanted wall competitors run up, crest and slide down. </p><p>The Colorado crew, one of 16 teams, beat Arizona State, the other participating Pac-12 school, in the first round. The Buffs fell short against Georgia Tech in the next head-to-head matchup, and a team from (no surprise) West Point won the overall competition for the second time in a row. </p><p>鈥淚鈥檓 not really a TV person,鈥� McComas said, 鈥渂ut it definitely was a good experience.鈥�</p><p>Photo courtesy Battlefrog Obstacle Race Series</p></div>
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