SPEARFISH, S.D. – The No. 5 Black Hills State University women's triathlon team is set for race number three and the final race before they reach the postseason as they will compete at the Prairie State Cup on Saturday, October 4. A year ago the Yellow Jackets finished second in the event and look to once again utilize the trip east as a momentum boost leading up to regionals.
 
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Date & Time: Saturday, October 4 at 8:15 a.m. MT / 9:15 a.m. CT
Location: Clinton, Illinois – Clinton Lake State Recreation Area
Super Sprint: 750-meter swim, 20-kilometer bike, and 5.0-kilometer run
 
BLACK HILLS STATE STORYLINES

• In 2025 Black Hills State has recorded an eighth place finish at both the Southern Hills Triathlon and the Desert's Edge Triathlon, competing against some of the top NCAA Division I competition in both races.
• In 2024 Black Hills State recorded their seventh consecutive top-6 finish at the Women's Collegiate Triathlon National Championships, finishing sixth in NCAA Division II with 462 team points.
• The Yellow Jackets are currently the No. 5 team in the CTCA Coaches' Poll in NCAA Division II.
• One of two returning national qualifiers from a year ago, sophomore Peyton Sheehan began the 2025 season with a career-best super sprint time of 35:12 for 35^th place at the Southern Hills Triathlon. She then followed it up with a sprint time of 1:14:07.0 for 47^th at the Desert's Edge Triathlon. She was the top finishing Yellow Jacket in each of the first two events of the year.
• Another sophomore, Scarlett Walsh, has also emerged as one of the top tri-athletes for the Green & Gold this season, finishing second in the team lineup in both of the first two races of the year. At the Southern Hills Triathlon she clocked career-best sprint time of 36:16 for 44^th place, and then at the Desert's Edge Triathlon she was 55^th with a sprint time of 1:18:31.0.
• The second of two returning national qualifiers for BHSU, Sydney Campbell has finished third in the team lineup in both of the first two races of the year. She notched a career-best best super sprint time of 38:09 for 48^th at the Southern Hills Triathlon to begin the season and then posted a time of 1:19:42.0 for 56^th place in her first sprint triathlon of the year at the Desert's Edge Triathlon.
• In her lone race of the year thus far for the Yellow Jackets, Chantel Bickler notched a career-best at the season opening Southern Hills Triathlon, posting a super sprint time of 38:54 for 50^th place.
• Making her return to triathlon for the Green & Gold, Lilly Brophy began the season with a 53^rd place finish and super sprint time of 41:15 at the Southern Hills Triathlon and then followed it up with a 61^st place finish and sprint time of 1:27:16.0 at the Desert's Edge Triathlon.
• Black Hills State University triathlon alumna, Katie Christy, is in her first season as head coach of the Yellow Jackets.