TEMPE, Ariz.—South Dakota fourth-year junior Maddie Lavin paced the Coyotes to a third-place team finish at the USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships held Saturday afternoon at Tempe Town Lake.
 
Lavin took fifth individually in the race with an overall clocking of 1:05:47.7. She completed the swim in 10:14.8, the bike in 34:35.2 and the run in 19:34.3. Lavin was in the lead pack of five throughout all three segments of the race. Her time is the second-fastest by a Coyote on the Tempe Town Lake course.
 
Freshman Micah Poellet was the second Coyote across the finish tape in 1:06:58.7. Poellet posted the fastest 5,000-meter run by a Coyote, clocking 19:19.3 and making up eight spots to finish in 10th place.
 
Third-year sophomore Ella Kubas took 14th place with a time of 1:08:11.7. Her time is 15 seconds faster than her freshman season two years ago.
 
Fourth-year junior Leah Drengenberg, an All-American at the last national meet in 2019, finished in 17th place as USD's fourth finisher. She came out of the water in second with a time of 10:08.8 and sat in fourth place through the bike. She fell back to 17th in the run, clocking an overall time of 1:08:30.6.
 
The duo of freshman Andrea Cernuda and fourth-year junior Sammy Whitting finished back-to-back in 22nd and 23rd, respectively. Cernuda clocked 1:08:50.2 and Whitting completed the course in 1:09:18.6.
 
Rounding out the varsity squad was third-year sophomore Cass Dalbec in 29th place. She completed the course in 1:10:33.2.
 
South Dakota finished in third place in the team race with 68 points. Arizona State defended its status at national champion with 35 points, while San Francisco's frontrunners put on an impressive showing to finish runner-up with 58 points.
 
USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships Division I  Team Results
1. Arizona State 35 (2 6 7 8 12 15 39)
2. San Francisco 58 (1 3 4 20 30 32 34)
3. South Dakota 68 (5 10 14 17 22 23 29)
4. Denver 91 (9 13 19 24 26 33 41)
5. East Tennessee State 113 (11 18 25 28 31 35 42)
6. Wagner 154 (16 21 36 38 43)
7. Delaware State 199 (27 37 44 45 46)
 
USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships Division I  Individual Results
1. Kira Gupta Baltazar, San Francisco, 1:04:20.8
2. Hannah Henry, Arizona State, 1:04:46.3
3. Gillian Cridge, San Francisco, 1:05:23.7
4. Molly Elliott, San Francisco, 1:05:27.5
5. Maddie Lavin, South Dakota, 1:05:47.7
6. Amber Schlebusch, Arizona State, 1:06:05.1
7. Kyla Roy, Arizona State, 1:06:12.1
8. Alexandrine Coursol, Arizona State, 1:06:23.4
9. Freya McKinley, Denver, 1:06:47.0
10. Micah Poellet, South Dakota, 1:06:58.7
11. Izi Belogay, East Tennessee State, 1:07:14.4
12. Kira Stanley, Arizona State, 1:07:39.6
13. Olivia Ebenstein, Denver, 1:08:01.7
14. Ella Kubas, South Dakota, 1:08:11.7
15. Audrey Ernst, Arizona State, 1:08:14.5
16. Yasmin Rieger, Wagner, 1:08:24.9
17. Leah Drengenberg, South Dakota, 1:08:30.6
18. Sarah Plant, East Tennessee State, 1:08:35.8
19. Avarie Faulkner, Denver, 1:08:44.2
20. Katherine Badham, San Francisco, 1:08:46.2
21. Clara Normand, Wagner, 1:08:48.1
22. Andrea Cernuda, South Dakota, 1:08:50.2
23. Sammy Whitting, South Dakota, 1:09:18.6
24. Emily Pincus, Denver, 1:09:26.5
25. Lane McDonald, East Tennessee State, 1:09:29.3
26. Grace Arlandson, Denver, 1:09:40.6
27. Maria Garcia Rabago, Delaware State, 1:10:06.0
28. Abby Church, East Tennessee State, 1:10:25.4
29. Cass Dalbec, South Dakota, 1:10:33.2
30. Maddie Perkins, San Francisco, 1:10:39.8
31. Lindsey Batkiewicz, East Tennessee State, 1:11:09.8
32. Chloe Ramirez, San Francisco, 1:11:18.7
33. Bella Chirafisi, Denver, 1:11:30.8
34. Hayley Diemar, San Francisco, 1:11:43.2
35. Holle Guntz, East Tennessee State, 1:12:37.3
36. Maia Vitoratos, Wagner, 1:12:57.1
37. Carmen Medina, Delaware State, 1:14:25.3
38. Til Ocvirk, Wagner, 1:14:44.3
39. Liberty Ricca, Arizona State, 1:15.42.2
40. Pamela Hernandez Quevedo, Delaware State, 1:16:12.2
41. Amanda Ballard, Denver, 1:17:45.0
42. Cameron Seeley, East Tennessee State, 1:17:56.5
43. Allyson Meehan, Wagner, 1:18:31.7
44. Ashley Stanley, Delaware State, 1:18:56.5
45. Danielle Fleurima, Delaware State, 1:19:15.4
45. Chad Hinds, Delaware State, 1:21.31.4