Race Coverage

Kort Threepeats at SCVO...

Saturday, 03 September 2011 14:02

St. Croix Valley Olympic - The 9th edition of this great event was highlighted by Kortney Haag's lowering of Cindi Bannink's four-year-old course record. Kort's time was 2:09:36, seven seconds better than Bannink's. Diane Hankee (2:20:20) and Anke Sauer (Facebook photo L) of Munich, German (2:27:48) filled out the women's podium. Like Hankee, Sauer is a total hoot and speaks real good American. She is also a very nice person. Her name is either pronounced "Ang-kee" or "Ang-kah."

We're not sure.

Haag now has eight career victories, three of which were posted on this course.

Men's pre-race fave David Holden picked up his 2nd SCVO victory this morning. His time was 2:01:30. Holden has won three of the six races he's entered in 2011 and may again earn a Master of the Year nomination, as he did in '10. ...