ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The women's triathlon team returns to competition this Saturday at the Duquesne Collegiate Cup at Brady's Run Park in Beaver Falls, Pa.
The NCAA women's sprint draft-legal race begins at 7:30 a.m. and consists of a 750m swim, 20k (12.4 mile) bike and 5k (3.1 mile) run.
"We are coming off a season opening race with some significantly important individual results and now we are going into a race against a next level of competition," remarked head coach Billy Edwards. "We will see most of the same schools from last week's Patriots Triathlon plus a few schools we faced at nationals last season."
"With a larger and more tactical field, we are really going to be tested in the water and the initial phases of the bike," said Edwards. "I am confident in the abilities and potential of the midshipman to be even better this week."
Participating Teams
Delaware State, Duquesne (host), Lenoir Rhyne, Navy, North Central, Roberts Wesleyan, St. Thomas Aquinas, Texas Christian University, University of Indianapolis and Wagner.
Last Time Out: at Patriots Triathlon
The Navy triathlon team opened its 2024-25 season with three athletes posting top-five finishes to place second out of six teams with 106 total points at the Patriots Triathlon.
A pair of freshmen had a big debut for the Midshipmen. Natalie Wang won the event and finished with 31 total points with a total time of 1:10:03.6. The San Diego, Calif., native recorded the fastest times in the 750m swim (11:46) and the 5k run (18:44), she also posted the sixth-fastest bike time of 36:59.
Dylan Cashin also had an impressive debut in a Navy uniform as she finished in third place to accumulate 29 team points. Cashin got out to a fast start with the swim as she compiled the third-fastest swim time of 11:50, her efficient pace continued over to the second group of the bike clocking a time of 36:49. She finished the race off with a time of 20:43.9 in the 5k run.
Senior captain Vela rounded out the top-five group as she finished with a career-best fifth place with a total time of 1:14:33.8 and added 27 team points for the Mids. Vela's career day started with a 12:25 swim time, followed up with a 38:45.5 bike time and finished off the race with a 20:27.1 5k run time.
Sophomore MC Kistler placed 15th for 17 points as she posted times of 13:32.7 in the swim; biked a time of 44:53.8 and ran a time of 25:56.9 to begin the season.
Sailor Eastman capped off the scoring with three points as she raced in the swim (11:52), bike (38:00.4) and opted to not compete in the run segment to conclude her day.
Up Next
Navy will take its second trip to Virginia to compete in the Robious Landing Collegiate Cup in Midlothian, Va., on Sunday Sept. 29.
