Queens University of Charlotte won the 2025 Mixed Relay National Championship and 2025 overall Club National Title.
Queens University Wins 2025 USA Triathlon Collegiate Club National Title
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MIAMI — Queens University of Charlotte won the overall collegiate club national title at the 2025 USA Triathlon Collegiate Club National Championships, the program's fourth consecutive national title.
Hosted by CLASH Endurance on March 28-29 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, USA Triathlon Collegiate Club National Championships featured two days of high-energy racing.
The event weekend also included age group racing, the Americas Triathlon Cup Miami, and the first USA Paratriathlon Nationals Qualifier Series race of 2025. Read here for the recap of Americas Triathlon Cup Miami.
Queens University turned in a strong, well-rounded performance, winning the club national title with 176 points. The Royals won the Mixed Relay National Championship, while sophomore Clare Dasso won the women’s Draft-Legal National Championship.
The University of Colorado Boulder finished runner-up in the overall club standings with 249 points, boosted by Annie Meeder's win in the women's Olympic-Distance National Championship. The U.S. Naval Academy placed third in the overall club standings with 330 points, while the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (339) and the University of California Berkeley (457) rounded out the overall top five. The overall club score combines the men's, women's and Mixed Relay scores.
Wingate University won the men's club title, scoring 35 points, while the U.S. Naval Academy won the women's club title with 75 points.
Other awards were presented on Saturday, March 29, including the annual Spirit Award for the collegiate club that shows the most school pride throughout the event and the winner of Journey to Nationals, a competition for collegiate clubs to submit short videos capturing their preparation, qualification, and travel to 2025 Collegiate Club National Championships.
The University of California Berkeley won the Spirit Award, while the University of Wisconsin won the Journey to Nationals competition.
Mixed Relay National Championships #
Queens ran away with the Mixed Relay National Championship title on Saturday, March 29 to secure the program's fourth consecutive overall club national title.
The Queens quartet of Anna Besenyei, Benjamin Capozzi, Clare Anne Dasso, and Daniel Gossow teamed up to win the Mixed Relay, combining for a time of 1 hour, 3 minutes, 18 seconds — over 1:40 ahead of the University of Colorado Boulder. Each athlete in the Mixed Relay races a 250-meter swim, 5-kilometer bike, and 1.2k run triathlon before tagging their teammate.
Olympic-Distance National Championships
The University of Colorado Boulder's Annie Meeder won the women's Olympic-Distance National Championship, completing the 1500-meter swim, 41-kilometer bike and 10k run in a time of 2 hours, 7 minutes, 58 seconds.
"It feels awesome (to win). I didn't get out as fast as I wanted to on the swim, so I knew I had to work hard on the bike. I ended up third off the bike and just pushed as hard as I could on the run," Meeder said. "There's a lot of really strong girls out here, so this feels awesome."
Renae Tadrowski from Queens University of Charlotte finished second in 2:08:38, while Elizabeth Fetter of the West Point Triathlon Club placed third in 2:08:56.
Mark Romano of the U.S. Air Force Academy won the men's Olympic-Distance National Championship, clocking a time of 1:51:13.
"I didn't want to believe it until I got to the finish," said Romano, who has finished runner-up twice at Collegiate Club Nationals.
Michigan State's Jack Harrell finished runner-up in 1:51:41 and Edoardo Leone from the University of California Los Angeles placed third in 1:52:20; he won Friday's Draft-Legal Sprint National Championship.
AJ Cuddeback of the University of Colorado Boulder won the non-binary national title in the Olympic-Distance race.
Draft-Legal National Championships
The 2025 USA Triathlon Collegiate Club National Championships kicked off on Friday, March 28 with the Draft-Legal Sprint National Championship races.
Edoardo Leone from the University of California Los Angeles defended his 2024 Draft-Legal National Championship title, winning his second consecutive title on Friday morning, while Clare Dasso from Queens University of Charlotte won the women’s Draft-Legal National Championship, her first Collegiate Club national title.
Athletes in the men’s and women’s Draft-Legal Sprint National Championship raced a 750-meter swim, 21-kilometer bike and 5k run, all inside the Speedway in a spring-fed lake, a closed-course bike and run and a finish at the iconic pit road and Victory Circle., All racers finished at the iconic pit road and victory circle.
Edoardo Leone won the men’s title in an incredible sprint finish, clocking a time of 52 minutes to successfully defend his 2024 win for the Bruins.
“I won the Draft-Legal race last year in Mission Viejo, but it probably felt even better to win again today,” said Leone. “When you come in with the expectations and you’re able to deliver, it’s always great! The final straightaway felt infinite and the run was very tough...but I [said] ‘if I could be with these guys with the finish line in sight, I’ve done enough on the track then I know no one can out-kick me.’ So as soon as I saw the finish line, I went.”
Mark Romano (U.S. Air Force Academy) placed second, just four seconds behind Leone, in 52:04, while Humberto Jenner (Wingate University) placed third in 52:09 to round out the men’s podium.
A sophomore, Dasso took the tape in the women’s Draft Legal National Championship in a time of 58:55.
"It feels really awesome [to win]. I love club triathlon, so I love getting to come out here,” said Dasso. “I love my team...club triathlon just has this amazing atmosphere that is so fun to come out...I ran down the finish line and was high-fiving everyone, it was awesome!”
Bella Chirafisi (Colorado State University) placed second in 59:30 and Maya Reilly (Duke University) placed third in 59:45.
Find more information on Collegiate Club Triathlon here.
2025 USA Triathlon Collegiate Club National Championships
March 28-29 | Homestead-Miami Speedway, Miami, Fla.
Team Results
Overall Club Standings
- Queens University of Charlotte, 176 points
- University of Colorado Boulder, 249
- U.S. Naval Academy, 330
- U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 339
- University of California Berkeley, 457
Women's Club Standings
- U.S. Naval Academy, 75
- University of Colorado Boulder, 77
- U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 88
- Queens University of Charlotte, 92
- University of California Berkeley, 135
Men's Club Standings
- Wingate University, 35
- Queens University of Charlotte, 83
- U.S. Air Force Academy, 136
- University of Colorado Boulder, 166
- Michigan State University, 225
Mixed Relay National Championships
(4x: 250m swim, 5k bike, 1.2k run)
- Queens University of Charlotte, 1:03:18
- University of Colorado Boulder, 1:04:59
- U.S. Naval Academy, 1:05:12
- U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 1:05:52
- Michigan State University, 1:06:06
Olympic-Distance National Championships
1500m swim, 41k bike, 10k run
Women
- Annie Meeder (University of Colorado Boulder), 2:07:58
- Renae Tadrowski (Queens University of Charlotte), 2:08:38
- Elizabeth Fetter (West Point Triathlon Club), 2:08:56
- Bella Chirafisi (Colorado State University), 2:09:44
- Clare Anne Dasso (Queens University of Charlotte), 2:09:44
Men
- Mark Romano (U.S. Air Force Academy), 1:51:13
- Jack Harrell (Michigan State University), 1:51:41
- Edoardo Leone (UCLA), 1:52:20
- Jack Spence (Wingate University), 1:52:30
- Isaac Lamprecht (Wingate University), 1:52:48
Non-Binary
- AJ Cuddeback (University of Colorado Boulder), 2:40:48
- Piper Eriksson (University of Minnesota), 3:01:31
- Kai Lewis (Miami University), 3:21:02
Draft-Legal National Championships
750m swim, 21k bike, 5k run
Women
- Clare Dasso (Queens University of Charlotte), 58:55
- Bella Chirafisi (Colorado State University), 59:30
- Maya Reilly (Duke University), 59:45
- Soilel Xie (U.S. Naval Academy), 1:00:13
- Annie Meeder (University of Colorado, Boulder), 1:00:16
Men
- Edoardo Leone (University of California, Los Angeles), 52:00
- Mark Romano (U.S. Air Force Academy), 52:04
- Humberto Jenner (Wingate University), 52:09
- Jake Baugher (Wingate University), 52:19
- Rohan Takkar (Queens University of Charlotte), 52:38
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