TEMPE, Arizona – South Dakota senior Ella Kubas raced to a school record to pace the Coyotes to a fourth-place team finish at the USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships held Saturday afternoon at Tempe Town Lake.
 
Kubas took fourth individually in the race with an overall clocking of 1:05.23, the fastest ever by a Coyote on the Tempe Town Lake course. She completed the swim in 10:02, the bike in 34:43 and the run in 19:12.
 
Kubas, competing in her third national championships, improved from a 14^th-place finish in 2021.
 
Senior Cass Dalbec was the second Coyote across the finish line, clocking 1:06.23 for 13^th-place. Dalbec was four minutes faster than her time in 2021 when she placed 29^th.
 
Freshman Chelsea Webber was the third Coyote to finish with a 28^th place effort in 1:09.12. Rounding out the scoring five were sophomore Andrea Cernuda, who was 35^th in 1:10.56, and senior Teagan Shapansky, who was 36^th in 1:11.04.
 
Junior Verena Vesely rounded out the competing team of finishers for South Dakota with a 42^nd place time of 1:12.45.
 
USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships Division I  Team Results
1. Arizona State                 239
2. Queens Univ.                 230
3. Denver                          194
4. South Dakota                159
5. San Francisco                145
6. East Tennessee State     135
7. Delaware State              98
8. Wagner                         48
 
USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships Division I  Individual Results
1. Amber Schlebusch, Arizona State, 1:03.41
2. Liberty Ricca, Arizona State, 1:04.51
3. Letizia Martinelli, Queens, 1:04.55
4. Ella Kubas, South Dakota, 1:05.23
5. Sam Mcinnes, Queens, 1:05.27
6. Natalia Hidalgo Martinez, Queens, 1:05.31
7. Alexandrine Coursol, Arizona State, 1:05.35
8. Camille Buchanan, Arizona State, 1:05.42
9. Abby Church, East Tennesse State, 1:05.51
10. Kira Guptia-Baltazaar, San Francisco, 1:05.55
11. Olivia Ebenstein, Denver, 1:05.55
12. Freya McKinley, Denver, 1:06.15
13. Cass Dalbec, South Dakota, 1:06.23
14. Juliette Jannedothee, San Francisco, 1:06.43
15. Kira Ribbink, Queens, 1:06.51
16. Cara MacDonald, Queens, 1:06.57
17. Clara Normand, Denver, 1:07.03
18. Heidi Jurankova, Arizona State, 1:07.07
19. Melissa Funes, Denver, 1:07.35
20. Evan Welch, Arizona State, 1:08.05
21. Natalie Bash, Queens, 1:08.05
22. Elizabeth Harita, Denver, 1:08.15
23. Izi Belogay, East Tennessee State, 1:08.40
24. Eleonora Pierre, Delaware State, 1:08.49
25. Naomi Ruff, Arizona State, 1:09.07
26. Maria Garcia Rabado, Delaware State, 1:09.09
27. Weronika Ptaszynska, Queens, 1:09.10
28. Chelsea Webber, South Dakota, 1:09.12
29. Carmen Medina, Delaware State, 1:09.29
30. Sarah Plant, East Tennessee State, 1:09.45
31. Ava Larkin, Delaware State, 1:09.55
32. Maddie Perkins, San Francisco, 1:10.08
33. Veronika Divis, San Francisco, 1:10.28
34. Courtney Diemar, Denver, 1:10.32
35. Andrea Cernuda, South Dkaota, 1:10.56
36. Teagan Shapansky, South Dakota, 1:11.04
37. Avarie Faulkner, Denver, 1:11.51
38. Delaney Hammill, East Tennessee State, 1:12.24
39. Maia Vitoratos, Wagner, 1:12.08
40. Lindsey Batkiewicz, East Tennessee State, 1:11.55
41. Clodagh Mellett, San Francisco, 1:12.32
42. Verena Vesely, South Dakota, 1:12.45
43. Presley Staretz, Wagner, time N/A
44. Carla Alcantarilla Garcia, East Tennessee State 1:14.25
45. Noga Gottlieb, San Francisco, 1:15.01
46. Til Ocvirk, Wagner, 1:17.16
47. Chara Hinds, Delaware State, 1:18.05
48. Ally Meehan, Wagner, 1:18.29
49. Katja Krenn, Delaware State, 1:23.01
50. Taylor Bartlett, East Tennessee State, 1:25.59
51. Kayla Renwick, Wagner, 1:28.21
52. Leticia Campos, Wagner, time N/A