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Ruthie Rocks....Again!

Monday, 26 September 2011 03:00

Photo - Megan Rocker.

Race Coverage - La Crosse, Wisconsin's Brent Sinn won the Treadman Duathlon for the 4th time last Saturday. He was also victorious there in 2009, 2008 and 2007. Sinn's margin of victory over runner-up Peter Guidinger, 49, of Winona was a greedy 3:47. Guidinger was also 2nd in this event back in 2006.

The final men's podium spot went to St. Luis Park's Chip Tabor.

Sharing the Winners Circle with Sinn was 2011 Rookie of the Year nominee Ruth Brennan Morrey, who picked up her 3rd win in five starts this season. She anchored her performance with a 21:51 split over the 3.6 mile run course, a 6:04 per mile average. Only Sinn had a faster split (21:12 / 5:54-pace)....

Rookie of the Year Nominees...

Sunday, 25 September 2011 03:00

(Photos - 2011 ROY Nominees Ruth Brennan Morrey and Stephanie Peterson.)

MMA Nominees - Results were scrutinized and five first-year multisporters * were perceived by the nine-member MMA Selection Committee as being sufficiently competitive with their veteran elite peers to warrant Rookie of the Year consideration. Each candidate needed to turn in at least three "competitive" efforts, i.e. wherein they demonstrated "elite" potential, and to have performed with reasonable consistency.

Four of those five candidates are this year's official ROY nominees. With their 2011 results, they are (in alphabetical order):...

Fake Newtons & Dissing Taylor Swift...

Saturday, 24 September 2011 03:00

(Photo - Joey Hetherton, who was on TV and in a few movies in the 60s. She is about 90 now and doesn't look as good as she used to.)

WHERE ENTERTAINERS GO TO DIE - A bazillion folks visit Branson every year.

And why shouldn

Podium Sweepage?

Friday, 23 September 2011 03:00

dan h (Photos L - R - DKT, Dan Hedgecock & Patrick Parish)

Peregrine Charities Triathlon - The 4th annual PC Olympic and Sprint Triathlon will be staged in Waterloo, Iowa, this Sunday. A record turnout will be on hand and the fields will be deeper than ever. Several of Minnesota's best multisporters will be there and we predict an Olympic podium sweep for the Loon State visitors....