VALENCIA, Spain – Eph sophomore Lauren Goldstein-Kral (Shaker Heights, OH) finished 13th at the World University Triathlon Championships and third on a USA team that finished second in the team standings.
Up-and-coming triathletes Gwen Jorgensen and Gregory Billington led the way for Team USA Sunday with top-five finishes at the 10th FISU World University Championships.
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| Lauren Goldstein-Kral '12 |
Jorgensen (Milwaukee, Wis.), who has only held her elite license since March, made a strong surge at the end to finish second in one hour, 55 minutes, 26 seconds, just seven seconds behind the female winner. A 2008 FISU competitor and member of Project 2016, Billington (Spokane, Wash.) crossed the line in 1:44:33 in fifth place.
The women finished in second in the team standings with 27 points, just ahead of Italy (27) and behind a strong Poland team (12), which was led by race winner Agnieszka Jerzyk, who won in 1:55:19.
In her first appearance at an FISU event, Jessica Broderick (Boulder, Colo.) clocked in at 2:00:06 for a 12th place finish, followed by Lauren Goldstein-Kral of Williams College in 13th with a time of 2:00:39. Lindsay Woodward (Gainesville, Fla.), a member of the USA Triathlon Collegiate Recruitment Program, was 17th with a time of 2:01:43, and Alex Weber (Dallas, Texas) finished in 2:05:33 for 29th place.
