TEMPE, Ariz. – Adding to the incoming class for the three-time defending national champion Sun Devil triathlon team, head coach Cliff English announces the signing of Gal Rubanenko to a National Letter of Intent (NLI).
"We are very pleased to welcome Gal to the Sun Devil family," said head coach Cliff English, who recently earned his second CTCA Coach of the Year honor. "She brings a lot of international racing experience to ASU as a member of the Israeli National Triathlon Team."
Rubanenko is a three-time Israeli Junior National Champion and has been racing in triathlon since she was eight years old. She has represented her home country in five European Championships and three World Championships and finished 14th in the U23 Eilat European Championship in October 2018.
A Hod Hasharon, Israel native, she is the top ITU ranked Israeli female athlete and is ranked 10th overall during the ETU U23 2018 season.
Rubanenko joins Liberty Ricca in the signing class. Ricca is a Colorado Springs native who was a member of the U.S.'s Junior Elite triathlon team in 2017 and 2018 as well as a state champion in track and All-State in track/cross country.
"We are very pleased to welcome Gal to the Sun Devil family," said head coach Cliff English, who recently earned his second CTCA Coach of the Year honor. "She brings a lot of international racing experience to ASU as a member of the Israeli National Triathlon Team."
Rubanenko is a three-time Israeli Junior National Champion and has been racing in triathlon since she was eight years old. She has represented her home country in five European Championships and three World Championships and finished 14th in the U23 Eilat European Championship in October 2018.
A Hod Hasharon, Israel native, she is the top ITU ranked Israeli female athlete and is ranked 10th overall during the ETU U23 2018 season.
Rubanenko joins Liberty Ricca in the signing class. Ricca is a Colorado Springs native who was a member of the U.S.'s Junior Elite triathlon team in 2017 and 2018 as well as a state champion in track and All-State in track/cross country.