Kelly Wetteland of Los Alamos (and a standout 3-sport athlete at Los Alamos High School) and a Junior at the University of Arizona, led her team Saturday to an NCAA National Championship in the Triathlon yesterday. She finished #2 nationally (truly amazing). Courtesy/University of Arizona
SPORTS News:
The Arizona women’s triathlon team captured the national championship on Saturday, defeating Arizona State, TCU, Queens College and others.
It’s the first national championship for the program in just its second year of existence.
Junior Kelly Wetteland of Los Alamos capped off her amazing season with a second place finish individually in a time of 59:20, just 13 seconds behind the first place finisher.
Margareta Vrablova, a freshman from Slovakia, crossed the finish line in third place overall with a time of 59:24.
Junior Molly Lakustiak took sixth place with her time of 59:50 and Dana Prikrylova made it four Wildcats in the Top 10 with a ninth place finish.
Freshman Ellison Wolfe was 13th followed by Lydia Russell in 21st and Mia Wentzy in 27th place.
Arizona Athletics has now won 23 team national championships in its history, with this being the first since women’s golf won the national title in 2018.
Individual Results
2. Kelly Wetteland – 59:20
3. Margareta Vrablova – 59:24
6. Molly Lakustiak – 59:50
9. Dana Prikrylova – 1:00:09
13. Ellison Wolfe – 1:00:32
21. Lydia Russell – 1:01:11
27. Mia Wentzy – 1:01:29
Team Results
1. Arizona – 942 points
2. Arizona State – 920 points
3. Queens University – 895 points
4. TCU – 869 points
5. Denver – 847 points
6. San Francisco – 784 points
7. South Dakota – 777 points
8. East Tennessee State – 726 points
9. Duquesne – 609 points
10. Delaware State – 452 points
11. Navy – 405 points
12. Wagner – 207 points
13. Northern Kentucky – 96 points
14. Hampton – 20 points
