Race Coverage

Sam, Hilary, Michelle, Gwen, Matt, Marcus, Alex, Andi Rock Out...

Sunday, 02 June 2013 03:10

(Photo - Transplanted Coloradan--we think?--Kjersten Buzek finished 4th on Saturday at New Bri, just three seconds out of third.)

New Bri VIII - Hilary Patzer collected her 5th career victory last Saturday at the 8th annual New Bri Tri. She finished 41 seconds ahead of runner-up Gillian Auslander and 1:15 ahead of podium rounder-upper Shelley Ostrander. Patzer, aka "Acupuncture Lady," and Auslander, who remains fiercely devoted to her collegiate Alma Mater, Auburn University (Go War Eagles!), finished 1-2 here in 2012, as well.

As predicted, the men's race for the top spot was a battle between 2010 Rookie of the Year runner-up, Sam Janicki, and 2012 ROY runner-up, Brian Sames. Sam prevailed by a 22-second margin thanks largely to a superior swim split and brisker transitions. Third place was earned by Gerard Butler lookalike Rossy Weinzierl.....

Despite the cool, gloppy grey conditions, 313 entrants started and finished. RACE RESULTS

* East Gull Lake's Michelle Andres excelled on Saturday at Ironman Hawaii 70.3, where she was the 2nd female amateur and 5th woman overall. The top amateur was Laura Siddall from Sydney, Australia. Siddall is amazing. In addition to finishing 2nd overall on Saturday, she placed 3rd overall (1st 30-34W) last year at the ITU World Championships and took 2nd (1st amateur) at the 2012 Husky Half IM (Huskisson, NSW) in an astonishing time of 4:12:48. MTN hopes to post Michelle's race report as soon as it's available. HAWAII 70.3 RESULTS

* St. Paul's Gwen Jorgenson continues to rock socks in the ITU World Triathlon Series. Following her big wins at San Diego and Yokohama, she placed 4th on Saturday against an Olympic-quality field in Madrid.