No. 5 Yellow Jackets Journey East to Prairie State Cup

SPEARFISH, S.D. – The No. 5 Black Hills State University ladies’s triathlon workforce is ready for race quantity three and the ultimate race earlier than they attain the postseason as they are going to compete on the Prairie State Cup on Saturday, October 4. A 12 months in the past the Yellow Jackets completed second within the occasion and look to as soon as once more make the most of the journey east as a momentum increase main as much as regionals.
 
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Date & Time: Saturday, October 4 at 8:15 a.m. MT / 9:15 a.m. CT
Location: Clinton, Illinois – Clinton Lake State Recreation Area
Super Sprint: 750-meter swim, 20-kilometer bike, and 5.0-kilometer run
 
BLACK HILLS STATE STORYLINES

• In 2025 Black Hills State has recorded an eighth place end at each the Southern Hills Triathlon and the Desert’s Edge Triathlon, competing towards among the prime NCAA Division I competitors in each races.
• In 2024 Black Hills State recorded their seventh consecutive top-6 end on the Women’s Collegiate Triathlon National Championships, ending sixth in NCAA Division II with 462 workforce factors.
• The Yellow Jackets are presently the No. 5 workforce within the CTCA Coaches’ Poll in NCAA Division II.
• One of two returning nationwide qualifiers from a 12 months in the past, sophomore Peyton Sheehan started the 2025 season with a career-best tremendous dash time of 35:12 for 35^th place on the Southern Hills Triathlon. She then adopted it up with a dash time of 1:14:07.0 for 47^th on the Desert’s Edge Triathlon. She was the highest ending Yellow Jacket in every of the primary two occasions of the 12 months.
• Another sophomore, Scarlett Walsh, has additionally emerged as one of many prime tri-athletes for the Green & Gold this season, ending second within the workforce lineup in each of the primary two races of the 12 months. At the Southern Hills Triathlon she clocked career-best dash time of 36:16 for 44^th place, after which on the Desert’s Edge Triathlon she was 55^th with a dash time of 1:18:31.0.
• The second of two returning nationwide qualifiers for BHSU, Sydney Campbell has completed third within the workforce lineup in each of the primary two races of the 12 months. She notched a career-best finest tremendous dash time of 38:09 for 48^th on the Southern Hills Triathlon to start the season after which posted a time of 1:19:42.0 for 56^th place in her first dash triathlon of the 12 months on the Desert’s Edge Triathlon.
• In her lone race of the 12 months to date for the Yellow Jackets, Chantel Bickler notched a career-best on the season opening Southern Hills Triathlon, posting an excellent dash time of 38:54 for 50^th place.
• Making her return to triathlon for the Green & Gold, Lilly Brophy started the season with a 53^rd place end and tremendous dash time of 41:15 on the Southern Hills Triathlon after which adopted it up with a 61^st place end and dash time of 1:27:16.0 on the Desert’s Edge Triathlon.
• Black Hills State University triathlon alumna, Katie Christy, is in her first season as head coach of the Yellow Jackets.