Race season has begun in earnest! We had two age group winners at Tri for the Cure this weekend. Sharon Johnston took the 50-54 age group, and then we had a nice one-two finish with Galina Kelly and Dana Kennedy taking the top two spots in the 45-49 age group. Galina was also 12th overall female with Laura Miles coming in just a few seconds behind in the 14th overall position. Laura was 3rd in the 35-39 age group.
And in Lake Havasu, Kirk McCarville took 1st in his age group in the Olympic distance race while Gabi Wasserman ran an impressive 2:07 and placed 23rdoverall in the collegiate division. Our young 18year olds, Riley Wardrop and Colton Van Wagoner came home in 2:22 and 2:28 respectively and took 2nd and 3rd in their AG. Colton and Riley are racing IM Texas in a few months.
Also, Frank Smith is running his fourth marathon in four days today. He is racing the Dust Bowl Series which includes five marathon in five states over five days. His first three marathons were all under 5:10. Go Frank!
Congratulations to ALL of our athletes. Here’s the list . . . .
Tri for the Cure
Sharon Johnston 1st AG 51:45
Galina Kelly 1st AG 49:24
Dana Kennedy 2nd AG 51:54
Laura Miles 3rd AG 49:31
Silvana Jaffe 5th AG 1:00
Kyrsten Sinema 13th AG 59:38
Lindsey Buckman 26th AG 1:10
Tri for the Cure 5K
Barb Wang 3rd AG 27:16
Havasu Triathlon – Mountain States Collegiate Triathlon Conference Championships (Olympic distance)
Gabi Wasserman 23rd OA – 2:07 – Gabi competes for the ASU Tri Team and will be racing IMAZ this fall.
Havasu Olypmic
Kirk McCarville 1st AG 2:37
Riley Wardrop 2nd AG 2:22
Colton Van Wagoner 3rd AG 2:28
Havasu Sprint
Dina Scott 5th AG 1:59
Bret Scott 5th AG 1:30
Zion Half Marathon
Dan Logsdon 2:35 (ran with his mom in her first half!). Dan is one of our four Boulder, CO athletes and is training for the Rev 3 Ohio ½ IM later this summer.
Vistancia Tri
Kim Essendrup 5th AG 1:21
Tucson Tri – sprint
Jill Cartwright 3rd AG – PR by 4:50!
Xterra Trail ½ Marathon
Peter Ney 5th overall 1:47
XXterra Trail 9K
Bella Panchmatia 6th AG 1:02