Triathlon Earns NECTC Conference Championship

Triathlon The Army West Point Triathlon Team competed in the Northeast Collegiate Triathlon Conference (NECTC) Championship race during the Westchester Triathlon event in Rye, New York. This event marked the culmination of a season consisting of seven conference races held in various locations throughout the northeast. The Westchester Triathlon was an Olympic distance race consisting of a 1.5 km swim, 40 km bike, and 10 km run. Jacob Slife ’18 was the first triathlete to finish the race in a field of over 1,000 athletes which consisted of both age group competitors and collegiate triathletes. Teresa Groton ’18 led most of the race for the collegiate females and finished second while Megan Jarrell ’19 finished fifth. The team also took first place in both the male and female collegiate team categories and first place overall as a combined team. The conference also presented awards for the 2016 season which included points scored from five of the seven NECTC races. The Army team earned yet another male and female team combined NECTC conference championship. The males finished first and the females finished second in their separate categories. Now the team will shift gears to focus on the Half Ironman distance as they strive to win another Ironman 70.3 Collegiate National Championship in Austin, Texas on 30 October.