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First-year Sun Devils triathlon team wins national championship

New Orleans, La. – There are lots of ways to announce your arrival as a new collegiate power. None are better than winning a national championship in Year 1 of the program.

That's what the Sun Devil women's triathlon team accomplished on Saturday in New Orleans. ASU placed three student-athletes in the top seven of the USA Triathlon Women's Collegiate National Championship near the New Orleans Lakefront to capture the team title with a score of 10 points. ASU edged defending champion Queens University of Charlotte (13), California (28), Texas A&M (54) and East Tennessee State (55).