TEMPE, AZ. – The Calvin women's triathlon team took sixth place with a team score of 121 points at the Women's Division III Collegiate Triathlon Championships.
It marked Calvin's third trip to the national finals since 2019. The Knights were competing in a field of 12 teams.
Saturday's competition included a 750 meter swim, a 20 kilometer bike and a five kilometer run. The race included temperatures in the mid-to-low 70's. The swim portion of the competition took place Tempe Town Lake.
Senior Paige Brodeur (St. Charles, Il./St. Charles East HS) led the way for the Knights, placing 23rd with an overall time of 1:21.17. She exited the water in 17:34, did the bike course in 41:45 and traversed the run in a time of 23:32.
Junior Annaliese Admiraal (Pella.Ia./Pella Christian HS) was right behind Brodeur, taking 24th in a time of 1:21.32. She came out of the water with a career-best time of 17:44, did the bike in 41:26 and the run in 23:48.
Freshman Brianna Timmer (Byron Center, Mich./Plymouth Christian HS) was 31st in a cumulative time of 1:24.15. She completed the swim in 18:23, the bike in 42:29 and the run in 24:42.
Freshman Rebekah Etherington (Brighton, Mich./Pinckney Community HS) was 33rd in a time of 1:25.47. She did the swim course in 19:09, the bike portion in 43:07 and the run in 24:48.'
Freshman Karissa Kuperus (Sussex, NJ/Eastern Christian HS) was 37th in 1:27.43. Her swim was 18:19, her bike 44:23 and her run 25:59.
Senior Morgan Hoving (Elmhurst, Il./Timothy Christian HS) was 51st in 1:36.01. Her swim time was 19:43, her bike time 47:24 and her run time 29:36.
North Central took first place in the team standings with a score of 215 points.
COACHES COMMENT: "I want to first salute Paige Brodeur who is the first four-year athlete in the history of our program," said Calvin head triathlon coach Kattie Carpenter. "She has led the way in competition and also just bringing our team together. Annaliese Admiraal had a breakthrough race today as well. She had the best swim of her career which is usually her weakest event but today she was right behind Paige and had an outstanding performance. I though the rest of our athletes also did a tremendous job. They have worked so hard to get to nationals and they performed their best in the biggest race of the year. They are a joy to coach. The goal now is to continue to build this program and to add to what we have produced over the last four years."
