CLEMSON, S.C. — The Queens University of Charlotte men's and women's triathlon team competed in the 2016 Triathlon Collegiate Club National Championships on Saturday, April 23, 2016. The women's team claimed the second overall team finish with 1,987 points to fall just behind UCLA in the event who scored 2,054 points. Colorado tabbed first for the men with 2,048 team points.

Additionally, Queens had a combined result placement of seventh as they tallied 3,798 points between their male and female competitors. The men's team would conclude the day in ninth place with 1,811 points.

In the Daft Legal Sprint competition, Queens' Caroline Condon finished the day with the 14^th fastest time with a 1:05:28.91. The men's team saw Eli Smith finish the event in 17^th place with an overall time of 55:56.14. Both would finish in the top half of the race as more than 40 females and 50 males competed in the event.

In the Olympic Distance competition, Logan Cerwin found the fastest time on the women's side for the team posting a 2:23:18.10. She would finish with the 11^th overall finish. Again taking to the competition, Condon raced her way into 20^th overall to tab a time of 2:26:31.92. Not far off, Queens saw Phelan Purnell put together a 2:27:24.54 performance to reach 23^rd in the results. Jessica Tomasek rounded out the women's competition to take the 37^th overall finish crossing the finish line with a time of 2:29:38.00.

The men's competition started with Seth Rider tabbing the 22^nd overall finish of the day as he found a time of 2:04:42.23. Finish six spots behind, Eli Smith found raced his way to the No. 27 spot in the rankings to cross with a time of 2:06:00.91. Queens placed one more athlete inside the top 30 as Graham Pimentel rounded out the spots with a time of 2:06:31.73.

Also competing was Flynn Lancaster who finished 182 with a time of 2:21:58.35 and Andrew Fairman with a time of 2:22:47.38 for 194^th place.

In the mixed-team-relay competition (2-women & 2-men), the Royals finished 13^th, led by Caroline Condon's 3^rd-fastest relay-leg split of all women in the country.

Complete results from all events from Collegiate Club Nationals, including the traditional Olympic-distance race and Friday's Draft-Legal Collegiate Championships, available here.  

2016 USA Triathlon Collegiate Club National ChampionshipsAwards

Draft-Legal Collegiate Championships
Men's Overall
1. Mike Meehan (Penn State), 53:16
2. Dan Feeney (Colorado), 53:32
3. John Felix (Clemson), 53:45
4. Dylan Morgan (West Point), 54:03
5. Michael Arishita (Texas A&M), 54:11

Women's Overall
1. Brittany Warly (Colorado), 1:00:34
2. Erika Ackerlund (Montana), 1:01:12
3. Kelly Kosmo (UCLA), 1:01:47
4. Melissa Rios La Luz (Webber International), 1:02:44
5. Melissa Teeple (Marymount), 1:02:53

Collegiate Club National Championships (Olympic-distance)
Men's Overall
1. Mike Meehan (Penn State), 1:58:24
2. Sean Harrington (UCSB), 1:59:11
3. Michael Arishita (Texas A&M), 1:59:50
4. Collin Chartier (Marymount), 1:59:53
5. Dan Feeney (Colorado), 2:00:41

Women's Overall
1. Erica Clevenger (Arizona), 2:15:50
2. Kelly Kosmo (UCLA), 2:16:10
3. Erika Ackerlund (Montana), 2:16:31
4. Laura Haley (Arizona), 2:18:40
5. Brittany Warly (Colorado), 2:18:47

Collegiate Paratriathlon National Champion
1. Newton Nguyen (California), 1:22:08

Men's Combined Award
1. Mike Meehan (Penn State), 600
2. Dan Feeney (Colorado), 594
3. Michael Arishita (Texas A&M), 590

Women's Combined Award
1. Erika Ackerlund (Montana), 596*
2. Brittany Warly (Colorado), 596
3. Kelly Kosmo (UCLA), 595

Overall Team Standings 
1. Colorado, 4,033
2. UCLA, 4,012
3. Navy, 3,995
4. Texas A&M, 3,867
5. California, 3,855

Women's Team Standings 
1. UCLA, 2,054
2. Queens University of Charlotte, 1,987
3. Colorado, 1,985
4. Navy, 1,975
5. California, 1,961

Men's Team Standings
1. Colorado, 2,048
2. Navy, 2,020
3. UCLA, 1,958
4. Texas A&M, 1,935 
5. West Point, 1,922

Mixed Team Relay
1. UCLA, 1:08:17
2. Arizona, 1:08:22
3. Navy, 1:08:54                                           

Armed Services Team Champions: Navy 
Team Spirit Award: Oregon State
*tie-breaker – higher Olympic-distance result wins the tie