Erica Clevenger had a few words ringing in her head on the last lap of the USA Triathlon Collegiate Club National Championships.
“This is my house. This is my realm and this is what I’m good at,” Clevenger recalled.
Those words would make the difference as she outpaced her competitor Kelly Kosmo from UCLA to win the women’s Olympic-distance national championship with a time of 2:15:50 in Clemson, South Carolina.
“I knew going into it that I had a shot at the championship and ... my goal in the race was to have confidence and believe in myself,” Clevenger said.