Race Coverage

The Color of Victory...

Sunday, 04 September 2011 11:40

St. Croix Valley Sprint - Transplanted Saskatchewanian Diane Hankee has been racing in her adopted Minnesota since 2006. In 2009 she started winning.

Diane recorded the 10th W of her career this morning under totally autumnish conditions (cool, gray, windy) in Hudson at the 11th running of the St. Croix Valley Sprint Triathlon. She wore her blue racing outfit. Yesterday she finished 2nd at SCV-Olympic while wearing her red and black uni, proving unequivocally that her blue suit is faster than her red one.

Placing 2nd in the women's race was Tina Welzien, who was wearing her light blue G-4 outfit (photo L). She won the St. Paul Sprint in that uniform and was thus attired during her 8th place finish at Brewskihouse. Once again, the evidence is clear: blue is faster than red....

Sara Zimmerman-White took 3rd, a totally solid effort for a person not wearing blue clothing.

Hudson tri-rookie Brian Zeuli appeared to be en route to his 2nd victory of the season when a bike thing happened and he lost a chunk of time. In the end he placed 2nd, 18 seconds behind Kurt Becker, whose bike shirt had a lot of blue in it. Kurt, who is a totally nice guy and very muscular, also was victorious here in 2009.

Sean Bartels grabbed the other men's podium spot. According to Sean's Facebook page, he often walks his best friend at the Minneapolis Airport Dog Park. RESULTS