LAKE LANIER, GA– The Queens University of Charlotte club triathlon team has won the USAT Collegiate Club Overall National Championship for the third time in Royals history. The Royals become champions after winning the men's overall title and placing second in the women's title and mixed team relay. To clinch the men's title, the Royals had four athletes in the top 10.
The Royals team went second and third in Men's Sprint Distance race on Friday. In the Women's Sprint Distance, Queens placed third overall. The Royals had three men in the top five of the Olympic Distance Race. There was also a total of six men in the top 20, four of which placed in the top 10. In the Women's Olympic Distance, Queens put three Royals in the top 20.
Notable Individual Performances:
- Katharina Krosta placed third in the Women's Sprint Distance Draft-Legal Race, ninth in the Women's Olympic Distance non-draft race, and was apart of the second place in the mixed team relays as the anchor leg.
- Jake Baugher was second in the Men's Draft Legal-Race, fifth in the Men's Olympic Distance Race, and competed in the third leg in the mixed team relays.
- Niall Caley was third in the Men's Sprint Distance and fourth in the Men's Olympic Distance.
- Alejandro Dominguez was second in the Men's Olympic Distance.
- Tristen Jones was 18th on the Men's Olympic Distance and was the lead off in the mixed team relays.
- Jana Millat placed 20th in the Women's Olympic Distance, helped got the overall team title and was the in second leg of the mixed team relays team.
- Daniel Gossow was ninth in the Men's Olympic Distance.
- Dan O'dell was 16th overall in the Men's Olympic Distance.
- Julia Flower was 12th overall in the Women's Olympic Distance.
Coach's Quote
"It was an incredible weekend of racing at Lake Lanier, Georgia! Our student-athletes had so many inspiring performances and it was great to finally show off how hard they've been working. We won the men's overall title and our women were second. These combined results give us the overall team national championship for the 3rd time in our program's history. It takes more than a village to bring all of this together and we could not be more grateful. To all of our supporters we say a huge thank you! It's an honor for us to bring a few more titles back to Queens. Go Royals!"
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