LAKE LANIER, Ga.- On Saturday morning, bids to the NCAA Triathlon Championships were on the line in The Peach State as some of the best collegiate women's triathletes gathered for the NCAA East Regional Qualifier at Lanier Park. The race consisted of a 750-meter swim, a 20-kilometer bike ride and wrapped up with a 5k run.

Zoe Clymer, a senior from Meridian, Miss., made the trip south to represent EMU in the regional championship. She did the Royals proud by finishing seventh among all Division III athletes in the race.

Tessa Szymanski of Trine University was the top Division III triathlete with a cumulative time of 1:13:48.58 to lead a sweep of the top six DIII spots for the Thunder, who cruised to the DIII team title.  Daria Ermolova of Duquesne University was the fastest athlete out of all three divisions, clocking in at 1:03:33.36

Highlights

• Clymer completed the triathlon in a cumulative time of 1:22:11.92. She got through the 750m swim in 13:35, sixth-fastest of the DIII athletes, and she then transitioned to the bike in 2:09. After finishing the 20k bike ride in 40:35, also sixth-fastest at the DIII level, she transitioned to the run in a mere 34 seconds and ran the 5k in 25:17 to reach the finish line.

What's Next
Clymer will now await her fate to see if she clinched an individual bid to the NCAA Women's Triathlon National Championships. The national title race is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 8 in Tempe, Ariz.

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