{"id":16702,"date":"2021-01-29T14:37:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T21:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/?p=16702"},"modified":"2021-01-26T14:38:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T21:38:39","slug":"ted-castaneda-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2021\/01\/ted-castaneda-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Castaneda Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The longest-tenured coach at Colorado College has called it a career. Head cross country and track and field coach Ted Castaneda announced his retirement, effective Dec. 15, 2020.<\/p>\n

Castaneda, who became head coach of the men\u2019s cross country team in 1981, assumed head coaching duties for women\u2019s cross country in 1993 and track and field in 1994.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has been a dream job for me, but it must come to an end sometime,\u201d Castaneda says. \u201cMy tenure at CC has been a wonderful opportunity full of ups and downs, personal growth, challenges, sports growth, and exciting improvements that I have observed for our programs.\u201d<\/p>\n

During his tenure, the men\u2019s cross country team captured seven Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference championships, while his women\u2019s teams won four.<\/p>\n

During the fall of 2019, Castaneda led both teams to the SCAC title at the conference meet in Widefield, Colorado. For his efforts, he was named the SCAC Coach of the Year for both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s cross country seasons, his seventh time earning the men\u2019s honor and fourth as women\u2019s.<\/p>\n

He has coached athletes to a total of 40 outdoor track men\u2019s and women\u2019s school records during his tenure. In indoor track, his female athletes reset all 26 records and the men broke 15 before winter competition was discontinued in 2002. In addition, 23 cross country and track athletes have earned All-America honors, including 1998 NCAA heptathlete champion Heather O\u2019Brien \u201999<\/strong>, five-time recipient Julian Boggs \u20190<\/strong>8 (three times in cross country and twice in track and field), and\u00a0standout Jackson Brainerd \u201912<\/strong>, who led CC to its third consecutive SCAC cross country team championship in 2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is hard to capture Ted\u2019s impact and legacy here at Colorado College,\u201d CC Vice President and Director of Athletics Lesley Irvine says. \u201cHe is a true ambassador for the sports he has coached for so long. We thank Ted for his dedication and leadership over the years and wish him the best in his well-earned retirement. To see both teams win conference championships last season on our home course was a special moment for us all to share with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Castaneda\u2019s Tigers also excelled academically, with regular academic accolades each year as individuals and teams, including both cross country teams earning Academic All-America status numerous times.<\/p>\n

Assistant coach Alex Nichols \u201908<\/strong> has been named interim head coach for cross country and track and field through the remainder of the academic year. Nichols, who earned All-America honors in cross country as a senior under Castaneda\u2019s tutelage at CC, returned to his alma mater as assistant coach for both sports in 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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