by Jeff Dahlen

The journey began with a 6 hour drive through the beautiful California desert, next to the Mexican border, and into the smokin' hot town of Tempe Arizona, home of the Arizona State Sun Devils.  Upon arrival we settled into the luxurious Four Points Sheraton with our speedos, bikes, helmets, shoes, uniform kits, water bottles, food, and yes - three other roommates along with their speedos, bikes, helmets, shoes, uniform kits, water bottles and food.  Let the team bonding begin.

by Michael Lu

On the Saturday of finals week, while everyone else was already well into the process of enjoying their spring break, the UCSD triathlon team was driving up to Lake Lopez for the 2013 West Coast Collegiate Triathlon Conference Championships, where the best triathletes in the west come together to compete in swimming, biking, running, and for the especially ambitious ones, mustaches. For many of us, this race would be our first time competing in an Olympic-distance triathlon and as if to add onto the pressure, it has been hyped as one of the most important of the year. Needless to say, we were all anxious.

That's at least what our Tritons did over the course of the two days of racing. Competition was steep this weekend, as most of the WCCTC teams came down, along with those crazy Wildcats from Arizona. Short of the Colorado teams and the service academies, we had a pretty good preview of Collegiate Nationals. Megan Cross, who was thrown into a den of lions (the draft legal Saturday race) in only her second triathlon EVER emerged triumphantly. Her racing experience and the team's weekend results after the break.