Naval Academy Athletics

Triathlon Honors
2022 USA Triathlon All-American
Scoring member in Navy’s fourth-place finish at the 2023 Collegiate Club Nationals

2024 (Senior Season):

Date	Meet (Distance)	Time	Place (Navy)
Sept. 8	Patriots Triathlon (750m Swim, 20km Bike, 5k Run)	1:14:33	5th of 31 (2)
Sept. 14	Duquesne Collegiate Cup (750m Swim, 20km Bike, 5k Run)	1:09:05	25th of 69 (6)
Sept. 29	Robious Landing Collegiate Cup (1 Mile Run, 20km Bike, 5k Run)	1:01:14	13th of 79 (4)
Oct. 12	NCAA East Regional Qualifier (750m Swim, 20km Bike, 5k Run)	1:05:26	54th of 133 (8)
Nov. 8	NCAA Nationals (750m Swim, 20km Bike, 5k Run)	1:07:46	93rd of 194 (11)

2023 (Junior Season):
 

Date	Meet (Distance)	Time	Place (Navy)
Sept. 3	Wingate Bulldog Super Sprint Kickoff (2km Run; 16 km Bike)	43:48.0	12 of 25 (5)
Sept. 9	Duquesne Collegiate Cup (750m Swim; 20km Bike; 5k Run)	1:08:43.89	32 of 78 (3)
Sept. 24	Giant Acorn Collegiate Cup (750m Swim; 25km Bike; 5k Run)	1:17:20.0	38 of 86 (4)
Oct. 1	Waterman's Sprint Triathlon (750m Swim; 23.5 km Flat Bike; 5k Flat Run)	1:14:58.3	6 of 27 (5)
Oct. 14	NCAA East Regional Qualifier (750m Swim; 20 km Bike; 5k Run)	1:01:41.3	31 of 94 (3)
Nov. 11	NCAA Championship  (750m Swim; 20 km Bike; 5k Run)	1:11:09.7	72 of 208 (4)

High School
A 2021 graduate of Damascus High School in Damascus, Md. … Earned four varsity letters in cross country, swimming and track and field … Also competed for Rockville Montgomery Swim Club … Competed in the breaststroke for the 200 medley relay team that broke the Damascus school record … Served as team captain of cross country team senior year … Recipient of the Maryland Seal Of Biliteracy Award … Graduated in the top-five percent of graduating class as an AP Scholar with Honors … Member of National Honors Society and Mu Alpha Theta Society.
 
Personal
Daughter of Fausto and Marisol Vela … Majoring in honors robotics and control engineering, she owns a 3.76 GPA … Has earned USNA academic honors in six semesters … Enjoys raising goats, alpacas, chickens and ducks.