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Triathlon preview: NCAA West Regional Championship

Arizona State returns to the NCAA West Regional after a one-year absence

Triathlon preview: NCAA West Regional ChampionshipTriathlon preview: NCAA West Regional Championship

FORT WORTH, Texas – For the first time since the 2024 season, Sun Devil Triathlon will participate in the NCAA West Regional Championship, which will be co-hosted by TCU and is slated to begin on Sunday, Oct. 18. Last season, Arizona State took part in the NCAA East Regional in Troutman, N.C., where the program finished second.

The last time Arizona State participated in a NCAA West Regional (2024), the Sun Devils beat 15 other programs to earn the regional championship. The 2024 event was also the last time Sidney Clement participated in a regional content as the then-sophomore finished fourth (1:03:04), while Naomi Ruff (1:02:25) took home the overall top individual spot.

How to Follow Along

A live results link, provided by TCU, will be active here upon the start of the event on Sunday morning.

Arizona State Participants

Last Regional Action

Alex Campbell (1:03:35) and Naomi Ruff (1:03:39) paced Arizona State at the 2025 NCAA East Regional with third and fourth place finishes, respectively. The duo, when combined with Britney Brown and Zoe Mari Adam's 10th and 11th finishes, helped the Sun Devils to a second place finish out of the 10-team field.

Alice Alessandri (14th - 1:05:15), Sonja De Koning (17th - 1:06:01) and Luna Sraka (18th - 1:06:16) all finished in the top 20, respectively.

Last Time Out

Last Saturday, Arizona State beat its in-state rival Arizona, 45-32, at the Collegiate Cactus Cup in Tucson, Ariz., where the Sun Devils swept the event’s podium. In fact, ASU claimed five (1, 2, 3, 5, 6) of the top six finishing spots.

Sidney Clement earned her third podium of the season after winning the Collegiate Cactus Cup with a time of 30:00.83. It was the second race win of the season for the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada native after the senior won ASU’s season-opening event – Southern Hills Super Sprint in South Dakota – with a 30:51. In between race wins, Clement became the first collegiate triathlon student-athlete to earn a podium finish at the World Triathlon Championship, where she finished third. She became the first Canadian to podium at the event since 2013.

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