FORT WORTH, Texas – Sun Devil Triathlon will head into the NCAA Women’s Collegiate Triathlon National Championship race in November with a lot of momentum following a second-place finish at Sunday’s NCAA Women’s Collegiate Triathlon West Regional Championship in Fort Worth.
Sidney Clement (1st - 10:01.91) and Alex Campbell (3rd - 10:09.84) were two of the top three finishers following the opening swim segment. But it was a strong finishing run by Arizona’s Kelly Wetteland (a race-best 17:20.27) and a 34:18.36 bike time – the 12th fastest – prevented Clement from standing atop the podium.
Clement (2nd – 17:23.84), Zoe Mari Adam (5th – 17:50.04), Campbell (7th – 17:59.98) and Britney Brown (12th – 18:33.28) all posted run times good enough to be listed among the 12-fastest times. Seven different Sun Devils also had bike times that ranked in the top 20, including Alice Alessandri, who had the second fastest mark at 33:46.92. And in addition to Clement and Campbell’s swim times, Brown (10th – 10:21.90), Mari Adam (11th – 10:22.54) Brooke Rousselle (14th – 10:25.39) and Kathrin Ritter (18th – 10:30.18) all had swim times that were among the 18 fastest.
Individual Results
2nd: Sidney Clement, 1:03:14.08
6th: Alex Campbell, 1:03:50.17
9th: Zoe Mari Adam, 1:04:18.17
10th: Britney Brown, 1:04:24.68
14th: Alice Alessandri, 1:05:12.13
17th: Cara Macdonald, 1:05:47.53
26th: Kathrin Ritter, 1:06:32.77
29th: Luna Sraka, 1:06:46.99
31st: Brooke Rousselle, 1:07:09.33
48th: Sonja De Koning, 1:09:50.63
Team Results
1st: Arizona, 744 points
2nd: Arizona State, 739
3rd: TCU, 704
4th: San Franciso, 681
5th: Denver, 614
6th: Drury*, 585
7th: South Dakota, 578
8th: Colorado Mesa*, 556
9th: Cal Poly Humboldt*, 543
10th: North Central College^, 519
*Division II
^Division III
From Head Coach Cliff English
“We had a really strong day today. The seniors were once again super strong out there with Sidney (Clement) earning a second place on the individual leaderboard. We’re very happy with the team performance and now we go into a final three-week training block that we’re looking forward to in order to make a final push for a national championship.”
Up Next
Sunday’s action concluded the Sun Devils’ action during the month of October as Arizona State will return to action on Sunday, Nov. 8, when it participates in the Collegiate Triathlon National Championship, which will be co-hosted by ASU and the CTCA throughout the city of Tempe.
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