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Medals & Fast Times...

Tuesday, 22 September 2015 00:10

Photo - Tony Schiller at Nationals. TS followed up his two-Gold medal weekend there with a Silver/Gold weekend at Worlds.

CHICAGO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Olympic Distance) - Minnesota triathletes made their home-state peers proud in Chi-Town, that city with big shoulders and the hog-butcher to the world, last weekend at Worlds. One--TONY SCHILLER--was crowned World Champ for the 8th time, and three others - GABY BUNTEN, MATTHEW PAYNE and CHERYL ZITUR--podiumed in their AGs.

Also, CHRISTINA ROBERTS turned in the fastest Olympic time--2:11:03--by an amateur Minnesota woman this year. (The result is unofficial as it appears that the course had a short bike route--37K-- and a longer than 10K--6.7ish--run.)

Good stuff, huh?

Here's a list of those Minnesotans who cracked the Top 25 in their respective age groups:

ELIOT SLADE - 5th 18-19M - 2:03:41

GABY BUNTEN - 2^nd 20-24W – 2:11:59

CHRISTINA ROBERTS – 9^th 25-29W – 2:11:03  - Photo below

KRIS SPOTH – 9^th 25-29M – 1:58:49

JESSICA ROSSING – 25^th – 30-34W – 2:19:02....

BENNETT ISABELLA – 9^th 30-34M – 1:59:44

ELAINE NELSON – 6^th 35-39W – 2:12:43

MICHELLE ANDRES – 21^st 35-39W – 2:16:59 (Week after winning IMOO!)

MATTHEW PAYNE – 2^nd 35-39M – 1:58:21

ANDY WIBERG – 19^th 35-39M – 2:05:11

THADDEUS INGERSOLL – 6^th 45-49M – 1:50:34 *

CHERYL ZITUR – 3^rd 50-54W – 2:04:42 *

RHIANNON O’CONNOR – 24^th 55-59W – 2:36:55

TONY SCHILLER – 1^st 55-59M – 2:06:29 (ALSO: Tony earned a Silver medal last Saturday at Sprint Worlds.)

PAM STEVENS – 4^th 60-64W – 2:44:14

SHERI SCHROCK – 7^th 60-64W – 2:48:41

DAVE DOW – 12^th 60-64M – 2:24:07

* 750m Swim