Race Coverage

Kids Rock! And Weekend Preves...

Tuesday, 18 July 2017 23:10

Photo - Two Swensons--Jamie, Kristina--and a Dennison.

HEART OF THE LAKES SHORT COURSE - Juniors rocked socks at Heart of the Lakes Short Course last Sunday. Teens took the top two spots for the men, and the bottom two-thirds of the podium for the women.

We love this! It's a "future of the sport" thing.

For 15-year-old KYLE SWENSON, the brother of 2016 HOLT SC winner KRISTINA SWENSON, the last eight days have been super satisfying. At Graniteman Sprint on July 8, Kyle rocked a 4th place / 1st Junior finish. As sweet as that was, his victory at HOLT was sweeter, but certainly more stressful, as the eventual margin between himself and runner-up NATHAN BICH, 18, a tall young man with six-time HOLT winner BRIAN BICH genes in his cells, was only three seconds.

Exciting stuff!

Also exciting and cool was the fact that three of the Top 7 male finishers were fifty-genarians (4th - ANDY CLARK, 6.- TODD WHITE, 7. MARTY MORAN). 

The women's race was won by the ever-smiling JEN NEUMAN, 47. The victory, the eleventh of her tri/du career, didn't come easy, as 14-year-old rising star ISABELLA BUENTING was only thirteen seconds in arrears. Buenting was also Top Teen at Lake Minnetonka, where she placed 11th overall....

The other teen podiumer was TAYLOR LUNDQUIST, who has raced often and impressively this season. Taylor rocked a junior course record and a Top 10 finish at Buffalo Sprint in early June. RESULTS

NEXT WEEKEND - Four great events are happening next weekend. On Saturday is the 2nd annual BERTRAM BLAST, Minnesota's Off Road Tri & Du (photo L). It may be the funnest event you do all year, so please consider checking it out. RACE WEBSITE

Also on Saturday is the MOOSE LAKE TRIATHLON. We challenge athletes to head north, do the Moose Lake Tri on Saturday, then continue up to Island Lake from Sunday's BUZZ RYAN SPRINT. The MLT is a cool event. Check it out. MOOSE LAKE SITE

One of the two Sunday events is the aforementioned BUZZ RYAN SPRINT, which is staged at one of our region's premier tri venues: Island Lake. It's the same location that hosts the BREWHOUSE TRIATHLON, a true midwestern classic. The Buzz is a great tune-up for BH, and it allows you to hang out with Duluth's tri community, a wonderful group of people who totally know how to party!  RACE WEBSITE

The other Sunday event is the SHELL LAKE TRIATHLON, which fortuitously, takes place in Shell Lake, Wisconsin. RACE WEBSITE