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Women's Triathlon

2021 Women's Triathlon Roster

Harrison Zhang
Harrison Zhang
Harrison Zhang
Harrison Zhang
Aaron C Packard/USD
Brooke Wakenhut
Brooke Wakenhut
Brooke Wakenhut
Dee Welsch
Grant Ekroth

Payton Ryz

  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • Highschool Vincent Massey Collegiate
  • Major Medical Biology

Biography

2021
Triathlon
Competed at one race during the season … posted a time of 1:10:01.6 at Pleasant Prairie for 28th place.

2020-21
Triathlon
Fall collegiate season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic … placed fifth in Clermont’s NCAA Collegiate race with a time of 1:07:54.6 in March … earned CTCA Scholar All-America honors.

2019-20
Triathlon
Placed ninth at the USA Triathlon National Championships in 1:09:32 … member of the Coyotes’ national runner-up team for the second-straight year … clocked a season-best of 1:04:14 at the East Regional to set a course record by a Coyote at Smith Mountain Lake in Huddleston, Virginia … led the Coyotes in action at the East Regional with a 15th-place finish … placed eighth at the USD Invitational in 1:08:44 … finished 14th at the West Regional in 1:09:05 … owns the fourth- and seventh-fastest times on the Tempe Town Lake course in Tempe, Arizona, where the USA Triathlon National Championships are held … earned CTCA Scholar All-America honors.

Indoor Track & Field
Redshirted.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Season cancelled by NCAA and The Summit League due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19
Triathlon
Placed 10th at the USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championship with a time of 1:08.07.5 … member of the Coyotes’ national runner-up team in the program’s inaugural season … took 13th at the West Regional Qualifier in a season-best time of 1:05:13 … finished runner-up in the season opening dual with Black Hills State with a time of 1:06:13 … earned CTCA Scholar All-America honors.

Indoor Track & Field
Raced at three meets … clocked a season-best of 11:15.17 in the 3,000 meters at the SDSU Indoor Classic.

Outdoor Track & Field
Did not compete.

Prep
Boasts a pair of top-25 finishes at the Confederación Americana de Triathlon (CAMTRI) Junior Championships in 2016 and 2018 ... the fifth Canadian and 13th overall at the 2016 North American Triathlon Championships ... the Canadian Youth Draft Legal National Champion in 2015 ... won the 3,000 meters and finished runner-up in the 1,500 meters at the 2015 Manitoba Provincial Track and Field Championships ... holds personal bests of 4:55 for 1,500 meters and 10:46 for 3,000 meters.

Personal
Daughter of Brad  and Dana Ryz ... medical biology major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

  • 2019Sophomore

  • 2020Junior

  • 2021Redshirt Junior