Post-Race UCLA Triathlon: Kendra's Race

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Post-Race UCLA Triathlon: Kendra's Race

11/10/2024 12:00:00 PM

The Bruins traveled to Santa Barbara for the 2024 Kendra's Race, a sprint distance triathlon. The course consisted of an 800-meter ocean swim, followed by a climb up beachside steps to reach the transition area, a 12.7-mile bike ride around the Santa Barbara Airport, and finished with a 5-kilometer run around the UCSB Campus Lagoon.

UCLA Triathlon had a solid overall showing, with top-10 finishes in both divisions. Cadence Chang had an excellent race and finished in the top 5 in the women's event, and the Bruins had five competitors in the top 20 (Kayla Kashima, Eleanor Casey, Ai-Lan McGoldrick, and Josie Goodson). In the men's race, Emiliano Olivo Caughberghs finished in 7th, an improvement from his 12th place last year. Yasha Niyazov impressively cut 3:05 off his time from last year's race, a testament to the hard work he put in over the summer break.

Defending champion Edoardo Leone did not race, but did defend his win at Ironbruin earlier this fall quarter. He also won both the classic and draft legal races at the Bearathlon sprint distance triathlon hosted by UC Berkeley. Kayla also finished in 7th in the women's draft legal race at Bearathlon and Josie finished in the top 20 in the women's classic race. Kayla, Josephine Borsetto, and Ai-Lan also finished in the top 10 in the women's race at Ironbruin. In the men's Ironbruin race, Edo was joined in the top 10 by Clifton Thompson and Emi.

Women's Results:

5th Cadence Chang 1:17:09

7th Kayla Kashima 1:18:39

12th Eleanor Casey 1:19:43

17th Ai-Lan McGoldrick 1:21:01

17th Josie Goodson 1:21:01

34th Skylar Tennant 1:28:13

40th Alison Arndt 1:30:23

44th Jolie Rice 1:32:04

48th Justine Marques 1:36:54

51st Shelby Jackson 1:37:47

53rd Reena Choi 1:40:03