MIDLOTHIAN, Va. – The Gallaudet University women's triathlon team finished 10th overall here Sunday at the Robious Landing Triathlon hosted by Live Red Foundation at Robious Landing Park just outside of Richmond.
Due to the lingering effects of Hurricane Helene, the James River was deemed unsafe to swim as the swimming portion of the race was cancelled. The slated triathlon changed to a duathlon as student-athletes had to complete a mile run, a 20K draft-legal bike ride (four laps) and a 5K run that used trails and neighborhood roads.
The meet was very competitive as several top Division I and II teams participated. East Tennessee State University won the meet with 378 points. Wingate University was second with 347 points followed by Duquesne University (322), Navy (300) and Delaware St. (255) round out the Top 5. Eastern Mennonite University was the top Division III team in the field as the Royals finished seventh with 140 points. Gallaudet compiled 97 team points to place 10th out of 14 teams in a field. There were 76 participants that finished the event.
East Tennessee State's Julia Visgueiro won the duathlon with a time of 57 minutes and 46.28 seconds.
Gallaudet had eight participants finish the duathlon.
Kathe Wilken-Yoder (Oviedo, Fla.) was the first Bison to cross the finish line in 38th place with a time of 1:07:09.17.
A trio of Bison finished in consecutive order;
Danielle Fisher (Pittsburgh, Pa.) in 64th place (1:23:25.81),
Crystal Salit (Boyds, Md.) was 65th (1:23:58.12) and
Alecia Miller (Litchfield, Ill.) was 66th (1:24:36.41).
The next wave of Bison included
Jewel Rocha (Austin, Texas) in 69th place (1:28:21.91) along with
Ashley Corcoran (Broussard, La.) was 70th (1:29:18.73).
The final three Bison to finish the race included
Talia Boren (Fair Oaks, Calif.) in 72nd place (1:33.24.87),
Mara Land (Dell Rapids, S.D.) was 73rd (1:36:33.23) and
Tiadra Vang (Kansas City, Kan.) was74th (1:38:09.38).
UP NEXT
Gallaudet will next plan to attend the East National Qualifier in two weeks at Lake Norman State Park in Troutman, N.C., on Saturday, Oct. 12.
