Colorado Springs, Colo. – Three members of the Transylvania triathlon team were named All-Americans by the Collegiate Triathlon Coaches Association on Thursday.
Freshman Charlotte Kumler was named a CTCA First Team All-American and was joined in collecting All-American honors by junior Grayson Bray and sophomore Delaney McPherson, who both were named CTCA Second Team All-Americans.
The Transylvania trio all finished in the top 10 of last weekend's USA Triathlon National Championships Division III Championship race.
Kumler, a freshman from Indianapolis, Indiana (University HS), took fourth in the national championships to record the second-highest finish by a Pioneer triathlete at the national championships in the program's four-year history. Bray, a junior from Alpharetta, Georgia (Northview HS), topped her ninth-place finish in 2019 with an eighth-place finish in her second national championship appearance. McPherson, a sophomore from Kansas City, Missouri (Staley HS), finished 10th in the nation in her first national championship appearance to earn All-American Second Team accolades.
This is the first All-American honor for each student-athlete; it also marks the first time in the four-year history of the Transylvania triathlon program that multiple Pioneers have earned All-American honors in the same season.
The All-American awards are given out annually by the CTCA following the conclusion of each collegiate triathlon season.
Under third-year head coach Sean McNulty, the Pioneers recorded their first-ever team finish at a national championships, taking fourth place as a team at the 2021 national championships in Tempe, Arizona.
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About the College Triathlon Coaches Association
The CTCA was founded in 2017 with the objective of promoting collegiate triathlon while also providing guidance through educational, professional, technical and competitive support and opportunities to the organization's membership. The CTCA consists of active members, who are actively coaching triathlon on the NCAA sponsored varsity level, and associate members, who are interested in supporting the objectives and purposes of the CTCA.
