SPRINGFIELD, Missouri -- The Northern Kentucky women's triathlon team competed in its first postseason regional triathlon competition in program history at the Heartland Triathlon Cup this weekend.  The Norse had three athletes racing the sprint distance triathlon that consisted of a 750m lake swim, 20km four lap bike course, and a 5km two lap run course.  Overall, the team finished in 15th place, and was a great day for the team as individuals, with each athlete recording personal bests at the sprint distance. 

Head Coach Brooks Doughtie was impressed with the team's performance at the first postseason event in program history. "Each athlete had a race plan before the race and each athlete went out there and executed to their fullest and did exactly what I thought they could do.  I thought Alisha and Timmers did a great job of competing on the bike and they are starting to get a good understanding of what draft legal racing is all about.  Sophie's race plan was to do only the swim and use this experience to setup a great nationals in a month.  I was really proud of how we are starting to take the next step with competing against these stronger teams.  We have a lot to work on before Nationals, but I think they are excited and ready to have their best team showing in a month." 

THE BASICS
Team Standings: 15th out of 16 teams
Race: West Regional 
Location: Springfield, MO

HOW IT HAPPENED
A trio of Norse triathletes competed among 128 triathletes from 16 different schools at the West Regional.  Leading the Norse was Alisha Detmer finishing in 75th place in a time of 1:19:19. Detmer raced the swim in 12:46, T1 total time of 2:09, bike in 43:16, T2 time In 36s, and the run in 20:35.  Josie Timmers finished 2^nd for the Norse in a time of 1:28:22 good for 104th place.  Timmers completed the swim in 14:12, T1 time of 2:18, bike time of 43:20, T2 in 37s, and the run in 27:57.  Rounding out the team was Sophie McEwen who completed the swim in 15:46.   

TEAM SCORES
1- Arizona State 614 points
2- Arizona 614 points
3- Denver 595 points
15- Northern Kentucky University 113 points

NEXT UP
The Norse have qualified for the women's triathlon national championship that is set to take place in Clermont, Florida on November 9th.  

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