Triathlon Finishes 4th at Nationals, Three Bearcats Earn All-America Honors
Clermont, Fla. - Women's Triathlon placed seven athletes in the top 30 of the Division III race, including three All-America honorees, as the team raced to a fourth-place overall finish at the Collegiate National Championships. Overall, Willamette earned 247 points and ended up just 14 points shy of third-place Central College.
Sofie Szigeti (14th), Ella Isaacson (17th), and Abbey Staniec (19th) all earned All-American honors for the Bearcats with their top-21 finishes. Szigeti earned 2nd-team honors, while Isaacson and Staniec were named honorable-mention. Other finishers for Willamette were Paulina Pioszak (25th), Katie Clemens (26th), Kalima Glascott (29th), and Natalie Thomas (30th).
The fourth-place finish was the highest ever for the Bearcats, one place above their fifth-place finish from 2023, and four spots higher than their 20202 finish in eighth.