Race Coverage

Steve's Trinona Words & Images...

Wednesday, 13 June 2012 02:30

By Steve Stenzel

The temperature reached into the mid-90s on Sunday, June 10 during the Trinona Triathlon in Winona, MN. The International Distance (1.5K swim, 40K bike, 10K run) had 300 individual participants with another 30 teams, and the Sprint Distance (1/4 mile swim, 11 mile bike, 5K run) had 350 individuals and 22 teams.

In the Sprint race, Brian Sames (Shakopee) took the win with a strong run, finishing in 54:02. Sames passed Benjamin Trnka (St. Paul) to win by 22 seconds. Trnka placed second, and Jim Felling (River Falls) was about another minute behind in 3rd.

On the female side in the Sprint race, Diana Koepp (Rochester) used a speedy swim to take the win in 1:02:04. Koepp's swim was the 2nd...

fastest out of all 350 racers. Veronica Bond (Rochester) biked her way into 2nd, only about 30 seconds behind Koepp. Katherine Schlaefer (St. Paul) took third in 1:03:11.