CHARLOTTE, N.C.- The Queens University of Charlotte men's and women's triathlon teams competed in the semester-long "Dean's List Collegiate Challenge" competition for Spring 2021.
The Dean's List Spring swim/run was a virtual "time-trial" format challenge created by Cal-Berkley coach, Dean Harper.
The challenge was initiated in response to the collegiate difficulties that the in-person venue and group competitions created during the pandemic.
The Royals beat out both UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Colorado, Westpoint, and several others to take the Collegiate Club team victory:
FASTEST TEAM (top 3 men and 3 women combined)
1st Queens University of Charlotte 2:12:02
2nd UC Berkeley 2:16:32
3rd UC Davis 2:24:20
OVERALL WOMEN
1st Julia Flower – Queens 5:58 swim/17:45 run/23:43 overall time
2nd Emily Landeryou – West Point 5:30 swim/ 19:03 run/ 24:33 overall time
3rd Hannah Koski – UC Berkeley 6:45 swim/ 17:51 run/ 24:36 overall time
OVERALL MEN
1st Greg Harper – UC Berkeley 4:44 swim/ 15:24 run/ 20:08 overall time
2nd Sebastan Rivera – Queens 5:24 swim/ 15:13 run/ 20:37 overall time
3rd Tristen Jones – Queens 5:23 swim/ 15:26 run/ 20:39 overall time
FASTEST Women's NCAA TEAM
Queens University of Charlotte
FASTEST RUNS
Women:
Julia Flowers – Queens 17:45
Hannah Koski – UC Berkeley 17:51
Madison Synowlec – Queens 18:05
Men:
Sebastian Rivera – Queen 15:13
Jonathan McKinley – UC Berkeley 15:15
TEAM WITH MOST PARTICIPANTS
UC Berkeley 66
Queen 25
West Point and UC Davis both with 20
Coach Sonni Dyer added, "We were very grateful for the ability to re-start TRI discipline competitions--even doing team-time trials and submitting times--as intercollegiate sports gets back to business nationally. I'd personally like to thank Dean Harper of Cal-Berkley and his team's efforts in hosting this competition. While it doesn't replace a National Championships experience, it's a step in the right direction to a competitive re-start."
The Queens Triathlon program finished the Spring21 semester undefeated for all 3 squads in 7 total outings between the Men's team, Women's Long-course squad, and the NCAA Short-course/draft-legal squad.
