TCU wins Desert's Edge Collegiate Cup triathlon title

TCU captured the team title at the Desert's Edge Collegiate Cup held at Highline Lake State Park in Colorado. The Horned Frogs secured the victory with a strong performance, placing four athletes in the top 10 and six within the top 16 overall.

Marley Andelman led the TCU team with a fifth-place finish, recording the fastest 5K run split in the collegiate field with a time of 18:41. Other top finishers for TCU included Sara Gimena, Gwen Watson, Stefania Salazar, and Anna-Maria Besenyei.

The competition featured several nationally ranked programs. Arizona took second place overall, followed by San Francisco in third and Denver in fourth. Arizona State finished fifth, narrowly edging out Colorado Mesa University, which placed sixth. Colorado Mesa's performance was led by Rosa Schmidt-Moll and Alexandra Schipai, marking them as the highest-finishing NCAA Division II team in the field.