The University of Colorado triathlon team finished second at the USA Triathlon Collegiate Club National Championships, led by Annie Meeder’s win in the women’s Olympic-Distance National Championship.

The event, hosted by CLASH Endurance on March 28-29 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, featured two days of high-energy racing.

The overall club score combines the men’s, women’s and Mixed Relay scores. The event weekend also included age group racing, the Americas Triathlon Cup Miami, and the first USA Paratriathlon Nationals Qualifier Series race of 2025.

CU Boulder’s Annie Meeder Leads the Way

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.”

AJ Cuddeback of the University of Colorado Boulder won the non-binary national title in the Olympic-Distance race.

Buffs Secure Second Place in Mixed Relay

A quartet of athletes from CU Boulder teamed up to place second in the Mixed Relay, finishing 1:40 behind Queens University. Each athlete in the Mixed Relay races a 250-meter swim, 5-kilometer bike, and 1.2k run triathlon before tagging their teammate.

Collegiate Club Standings

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. CU Boulder took second with 249 points. The U.S. Naval Academy placed third 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.

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.

The University of California Berkeley won the Spirit Award, while the University of Wisconsin won the Journey to Nationals competition.

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.

2025 USA Triathlon Collegiate Club National Championships 

Overall Club Standings

1. Queens University of Charlotte, 176 points
2. University of Colorado Boulder, 249
3. U.S. Naval Academy, 330
4. U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 339
5. University of California Berkeley, 457

Women’s Club Standings

1. U.S. Naval Academy, 75
2. University of Colorado Boulder, 77
3. U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 88
4. Queens University of Charlotte, 92
5. University of California Berkeley, 135

Men’s Club Standings

1. Wingate University, 35
2. Queens University of Charlotte, 83
3. U.S. Air Force Academy, 136
4. University of Colorado Boulder, 166
5. Michigan State University, 225

Mixed Relay National Championships

(4x: 250m swim, 5k bike, 1.2k run)

1. Queens University of Charlotte, 1:03:18
2. University of Colorado Boulder, 1:04:59
3. U.S. Naval Academy, 1:05:12
4. U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 1:05:52
5. Michigan State University, 1:06:06

Olympic-Distance National Championships

1500m swim, 41k bike, 10k run

Women

1. Annie Meeder (University of Colorado Boulder), 2:07:58
2. Renae Tadrowski (Queens University of Charlotte), 2:08:38
3. Elizabeth Fetter (West Point Triathlon Club), 2:08:56
4. Bella Chirafisi (Colorado State University), 2:09:44
5. Clare Anne Dasso (Queens University of Charlotte), 2:09:44

Men

1. Mark Romano (U.S. Air Force Academy), 1:51:13
2. Jack Harrell (Michigan State University), 1:51:41
3. Edoardo Leone (UCLA), 1:52:20
4. Jack Spence (Wingate University), 1:52:30
5. Isaac Lamprecht (Wingate University), 1:52:48

Non-Binary

1. AJ Cuddeback (University of Colorado Boulder), 2:40:48
2. Piper Eriksson (University of Minnesota), 3:01:31
3. Kai Lewis (Miami University), 3:21:02

Draft-Legal National Championships 

750m swim, 21k bike, 5k run 

Women 

1. Clare Dasso (Queens University of Charlotte), 58:55 
2. Bella Chirafisi (Colorado State University), 59:30 
3. Maya Reilly (Duke University), 59:45 
4. Soilel Xie (U.S. Naval Academy), 1:00:13 
5. Annie Meeder (University of Colorado, Boulder), 1:00:16 

Men 

1. Edoardo Leone (University of California, Los Angeles), 52:00 
2. Mark Romano (U.S. Air Force Academy), 52:04 
3. Humberto Jenner (Wingate University), 52:09 
4. Jake Baugher (Wingate University), 52:19 
5. Rohan Takkar (Queens University of Charlotte), 52:38