SPRINGFIELD, Mo.— Freshman Shantelle Tupaz and the Colorado Mesa University women's triathlon team both took second in the Division II portion of the overall standings at the West National Qualifier, held Saturday here at Fellows Lake.
 
Tupaz completed the sprint distance event with a time of one hour, eight minutes, 37 seconds as she placed 27^th in the overall field of 128 triathletes, including 114 finishers, who went off in two separate waves with the triathletes' finishing times merged for the overall results.
 
Arizona State won the overall and Division I team title on a tie-breaker over in-state rival Arizona after both scored 614 points to top the field.  Denver took third with 595 while South Dakota finished fourth overall with 529.
 
Host Drury won the Division II crown with 478 points to stop CMU's run of five straight Division II regional wins that had dated back to 2018.  The Mavericks scored 450 team points to place sixth out of 16 teams overall.
 
Black Hills State was seventh overall and third amongst Division III squads with 441 points while North Central (Ill.) took the Division III win with 433 points to place eighth overall.
 
Arizona State's Naomi Ruff won the individual crown in 1:02.25 while Arizona's Kelly Wetteland was 12 seconds behind.  Denver's Maira Carreau took third in in 1:02.49.
 
Former Maverick Natalie Mitchell, now competing for Cal Poly Humboldt, was the top Division II finisher, placing 25^th in 1:07.31.
 
Maverick senior Torin Lackmann and freshman Mackenzie Mayer also placed inside the top 50 with Lackmann finishing 40^th overall and eighth amongst Division II triathletes in 1:10:48.  Mayer was 47^th overall and 12^th amongst Division II finishers in 1:12:06.
 
Nadine Klive (53^rd, 1:14:11) and Jaycee Stephens (61^st, 1:15:50) completed the Mavs' team score while Mariana Batarse Duenes was right behind, taking 62^nd in 1:16:04.
 
CMU's other finishers included Josie Williams (69^th, 1:18:09), Audyn Setzer (78^th, 1:20:11) and Emma Meyers (84^th, 1:20:45)
 
CMU fifth-year senior Shannon Feran, the defending Division II champion, was unable to finish after running at the front of the Division II pack.
 
The Mavericks will complete their fall season on Nov. 8 at the Women's Collegiate Triathlon National Championships in Clermont, Florida.

Individual Results (Top 5 Overall, Top 3 Division II + CMU) – 114 Finishers; 128 Starters
1. Naomi Ruff, Arizona State, 1:02:25
2. Kelly Wetteland, Arizona, 1:02:37
3. Maira Carreau, Denver, 1:02:49
4. Sidney Clement, Arizona State, 1:03:04
5. Margareta Vrablova, Arizona, 1:03.09
25. Natalie Mitchell, Cal Poly Humboldt, 1:07:31
28. Shantelle Tupaz, Colorado Mesa, 1:08.37
32. Kristina Vestman, Drury, 1:09.47
40. Torin Lackmann, Colorado Mesa, 1:10:48
47. Mackenzie Mayer, Colorado Mesa, 1:12:06
53. Nadine Klive, Colorado Mesa, 1:14:11
61. Jaycee Stephens, Colorado Mesa, 1:15:50
62. Mariana Batarse Duenes, Colorado Mesa, 1:16:04
69. Josie Williams, Colorado Mesa, 1:18:09
78. Audyn Setzer, Colorado Mesa, 1:20:11
84. Emma Meyers, Colorado Mesa, 1:20:45
DNF. Shannon Feran, Colorado Mesa

Team Standings

1. Arizona State-614* - Won 6^th finisher tiebreaker
2. Arizona- 614
3. Denver-595
4. South Dakota-529
5. Drury- 478
6. Colorado Mesa- 450
7. Black Hills State-441
8. North Central-433
9. Cal Poly Humboldt- 418
10. UIndy- 315
11. Central College-314
12. Calvin-304
13. Willamette University – 292
14. Millikin- 241
15. Northern Kentucky- 113
16. Concordia-46