TEMPE – For the third consecutive season, Sun Devil Triathlon finished as runners up at the Collegiate Triathlon National Championships, a finish fueled by a top five finish from Sidney Clement and top 10 finishes by Zoe Mari Adam and Brooke Rousselle.
After electing to change the race format from swim-bike-run to run-bike-run following recent heavy rainfall and water release flowing through Tempe Town Lake on Thursday night, Clement and Alex Campbell were two of 12 triathletes to post an 8:25-or-quicker time in the opening 2.5-km run.
A quick 19.4-second transition kept Clement near the front of the pack heading into the 20-km cycle stage. But a 34:42.1 time and a 22.2 transition two time, but the senior behind the eight ball down the stretch despite a 17:40.3 final 5-km run. Like Clement, though, Mari Adam used a sub-18:00 final 5-km pace to counter a 34:42.9 cycle time and 23.3 second transition time to finish in the top 10.
Rounding out the top 10 was Rousselle, a freshman, who was consistent in each running stages with a 8:26.7 opening 2.5-km and an 18:04.3 closing 5-km to be the third fastest freshman on the afternoon.
Despite their final times falling outside of the top five to contribute to a team’s final score, Cara Macdonald (34:20.3) and Alice Alessandri (34:22.4) posted two of the 11 fastest cycling times.
Individual Results
5th: Sidney Clement, 1:01:28.7
8th: Zoe Mari Adam, 1:01:39.6
10th: Brooke Rousselle, 1:01:58.5
16th Britney Brown, 1:02:24.7
18th: Alex Campbell, 1:02:53.7
22nd: Cara Macdonald, 1:03:16.2
28th: Alice Alessandri, 1:03:50.2
Team Results (points)
1st: Arizona, 936
2nd: Arizona State, 908
3rd: TCU, 860
4th: San Francisco, 820
5th: Queens, 749
6th: Navy, 721
7th: Denver, 718
8th: Duquesne, 649
9th: South Dakota, 644
10th: East Tennessee State, 610
From Head Coach Cliff English
“Yeah, it was a really good day. You know, (Arizona) was once again really strong. We definitely tried our best. We would’ve loved to have been able to swim, but it is what it is. We did everything we could give considering the situation we had.”
Event Notes
- A year after Sonja De Koning earned Division I Freshman of the Year honors as the highest-placing freshman in the field, Brooke Rousselle finished Sunday with a 10th-place finish at 1:01:58.5, earning her second team All-American honors.
- It’s the first time a Sun Devil freshman has earned All-American honors since 2023, when Zoe Mari Adam crossed the finish line 15th to earn second team All-American status.
- Rousselle’s 10th-place finish is the highest by a freshman Sun Devil at the national championship race since Alexe Coursol finished eighth (1:06:23.4) at the 2021 event.
- In its 10th season as program, Arizona State has placed either first or second at every national championship race since 2016.
- As a program, Arizona State has now had 46 All-American honors after picking up five more as a result of Sunday’s performance.
- With her eighth-place finish on Sunday, Zoe Mari Adam became a four-time second team All-American.
- Mari Adam is the program’s first four-time All-American – either first or second team since Amber Schlebusch (2021-24) concluded her Arizona State career in 2024 with her fourth consecutive first team All-American honor.
- With her eighth-place finish on Sunday, Zoe Mari Adam became a four-time second team All-American.
Up Next
Sunday’s national championship event conclusions the Sun Devil Triathlon season.
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