Race Coverage
Boots & Steph Totally Rocked Socks at Nationals...
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Saturday, 20 August 2011 05:00
Here are the Top 15 women at USAT Age Groups Nationals, which were contested this morning in Vermont. These results are unofficial. Note that Minnesotans Claire Bootsma (2nd 20-24W) and Stephanie Solfelt (Photo L) placed 6th and 15th overall respectively.
Minnesota was one of four states (CO, FL, MA, MN) to place two girls in the Top 15.
1. Susan Williams, 42 (CO) - 2:06:02 (A former pro, Susan earned a Bronze medal at the Athens Olympic Triathlon in 2008. She is the first master, male or female,
People & Events Stuff...
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Tuesday, 16 August 2011 03:20
* SERIOUS CHICKING - Women seem to be cracking the Overall Top 10 in multisport races with semi-regularity these days.
Really?
Yeah. Sixty-four outdoor multis have been staged in Minnesota thus far in 2011. In 18 of those races (27%), fast girls have placed in the Top 10.
The most frequent female Top Tenner?
That would be the Michelle Andres (photo L), the lovely 34-year-old mom of five from East Gull Lake. She's done so FOUR times this season. Even more impressive is the fact that she actually cracked the overall Top 5 in each of those races. Here's how it shook-out: 5th at COLT, 2nd at Tri For a Cause, 4th at Chase the Police and at Northwoods. Additionally, her average margin of victory in these SPRINT events was 8:16....
Going Down Hard...
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Tuesday, 16 August 2011 03:00
* COURSE RECORDS - Racing conditions last Sunday were ideal and overall and divisional course records fell like dandruff from the head of a teenager who's never heard of Selsun Blue. Check 'em out:
YWCA WOMEN'S TRIATHLON (See Bootsie's race report on the next page) - RESULTS
- Overall - Claire Bootsma - 1:07:25 (Previous - Lydia Novotny - 1:14:00 - 2010)
- 40-44 - Ann Snuggerud - 1:13:39 (Previous - Jamie Heying - 1:14:29 - 2010)
- 45-49 - Laura Swartz - 1:16:05 (Previous - Amy Klosterman - 1:18:20 - 2010)
- 70-74 - Judy Rykken - 2:01:56 (Previous - Judy Rykken - 2:02:07 - 2010)
GREEN LAKE OLYMPIC (.75 - 28 - 6) - RESULTS .....
* BOOTS ROCKS! -
Saturday Results...UPDATED...
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Saturday, 13 August 2011 12:38
* DKT and Tina Hjeltman (pronounced "Yelt-man") won the 28th edition of the TURTLEMAN this morning. It was the 70th career victory for Thompson. More words and photos to come...T-MAN RESULTS
* Brooks Grossinger became a 7-time NORTHWOODS TRI champ this morning. Michelle Andres won this annual north country classic for the 5th time. More to come...NORTHWOODS RESULTS
(Shoreview Post Photo - Tina Hjeltman finishing a second behind Suzie Finger. Tina, who started after Suzie in the time trial format, was the women's winner.)
SHOREVIEW POST TURTLEMAN COVERAGE...
David Thompson of St. Paul, MN took first place overall in the Turtleman Duathlon this morning in Shoreview with a total time of 1:24:21. In the womens division Tina Hjeltman of Cambridge, MN took first place with a total time of 1:44:09....
