Race Coverage

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Monday, 16 July 2012 02:30

ED. Haven't read the E-newpaper coverages of last Saturday's Life Time Fitnes Tri - Minneapolis (Startribune.com) and Graniteman - Clearwater (Sctimes.com) races? We've re-posted them here.

Megan Tan photo - Dan Hedgecock repeating at Elite Amateur champion at LT-Mpls.

SARAH HASKINS WINS 4TH...

By Craig Malveaux (Startribune.com)

Life Time Fitness Tri - Minneapolis - Sarah Haskins felt Hunter Kemper nipping at her heels.

Mere seconds separated the two competitors on the final stretch of the Life Time Fitness Triathlon. The 2012 men's and women's crowns already had been decided. No one was catching either of the two. All that remained was the overall title.

Clinging to her slim lead, Haskins gasped forward. Kemper slowly fell farther and farther behind....

"I told myself, 'Just keep those legs turning; just keep those legs turning,' " she said.

And she did. Haskins broke through the red tape as the clock struck 1 hour, 57 minutes and 50 seconds. History had been made.

The 32-year-old Clermont, Fla., resident won Life Time for the fourth consecutive year, surpassing her time last season by 9 seconds and setting a women's course record.

"I didn't even realize it until my husband told me," she said. "It's just a little more special now."

The previous record was 1:57:58. Kemper, a 36-year-old living in Colorado Springs, finished with an overall time of 1:47:25. However, spotted the traditional 10:43 gender equalizer at the beginning of the race, Haskins outpaced Kemper by a mere 18 seconds. READ MORE

LEWIS WINS....

By Tyler Buckentine (Sctimes.com)

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