Race Coverage

A Dylan Tune...

Sunday, 03 June 2012 02:30

(Photo - One of the dudes in this FB shot is Dylan Gillespie, the guy who won the 7th annual New Bri Tri yesterday.)

Race Coverage - When Forest Lake High School swimmer Dylan Gillespie, then 16, raced at the 2009 New Bri Tri, finishing 22nd. At this morning's NBT the former Papa Murphy's pizza-schlepper WON, beating a gaggle of highly credentialed triathletes, guys like Brendan O'Flanigan, two-time winner here, Dan Arlandson, former pro John "Shelper" Shelp, Chris Sachs, who with his trusty canine Toby, won the 2011 National Skijering Championships, John Heinlein III, Jeff Grebner and the backward-ballcapped Mo Mouw, who missed a few years of racing due to Lyme Disease..

We think that Dylan attends Montana State University. We're not sure. He has been known to hang out in Bozeman, so we made the leap. We know that he has an adoring family, including a sister named Taryn, who possesses supermodel gorgeosity, plays guitar, and rarely watches TV. His margin of victory over Brendan O'Flangan, who has a sore calf and son named Cal who is...

really good at math, was 25 seconds. Skilled teacher, devoted family man, Shelper rounded out the guys podium. John is 40 and has a great sense of humor. Remarkably, Mouw, now 48, finished 4th. How cool is that!

The women's NBT champ was Hilary Patzer, who likes Hip Hop music and sleeping in tents. Hilary also won the Seahorse Olympic Challenge in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the previous weekend. Forty-two seconds back in 2nd place for the girls was Gillian "Pronounced Gill-ee-un, not Jill-ee-un" Auslander, who truly enjoyed her collegiate experience at Auburn University and will likely be a War Eagles fan for the rest of her life. Diane Hankee rounded out the women's Top 3. Diane graudated with a degree in Engineering from the University of Saskatoon and has a cousin named Veronica.

Twas a perfect morning for racing. Cloudless blue sky, temps in the 60s and negligible winds. Almost 400 folks signed-up for this event. The race-day no-shows missed a great event.