Race Coverage

Last Weekend's Results...

Sunday, 15 June 2014 06:10

- FAIRMONT TRIATHLON - Stephanie Peterson (photo L) won her ancestral hometown's sprint triathlon for the 4th consecutive year last Saturday. Finishing 7th overall in a field of 60 finishers, Peterson, who is a total sweetheart, outraced her nearest challenge, Hollie Beckford (also in photo) by 4:16.

As usual, the Fairmont Olympic race was won in convincing fashion by David Holden (1:55:22). Bronze medalist Mario Minelli will file a race report later this week. RESULTS

- HIGH CLIFF HALF IM - Rochester's Veronica Bond finished 9th last Saturday at beautiful High Cliff State Park on Lake Winnebago, which is humongous, in Sherwood, Wisconsin. One of our region's most challenging halves--only two women, one a first-tier pro (Jessica Jacob's won Ironman Wisconsin and Ironman Florida in 2011. Her time at Florida was 8:55), broke five hours on that cool, windy morning. Bond's time was 5:13:15. The men's half was won by Life Time Fitness Triathlon Coach and totally nice guy, ...

Anthony Jagielo (4:29:24), who relocated from Almond, Wisconsin to Eden Prairie not long ago. Jagielo won the Touchtsone Energy Sprint Triathlon in the La Crosse area the previous weekend. RESULTS

- 7th Annual LAKES to PINES TRIATHLON - Nevis's three-time L2P champion David Lewis was not enrolled in this year's race. He had plans to do other stuff. On the eve of the event he predicted

that Park Rapids''s Matt Backmann, who had placed 3rd in the last two editions of this race, would

win.David was right. Backmann prevailed in soggy conditions, though his margin of victory over runner-up Matt Dickenson, a Brainerdian, was only eight seconds. Perennial Minnesota Grand Master of the Year nominee, Neil King, 64, rounded out the Top 3.

For the women, Christel Kippenhan's first race of the tri season was a doozy. A close personal friend of Chrissie Wellington (photo), The Kippenator crushed her gender's course record by 6:04. According to our records, the Teutonic Ms. Kippenhan now has six career multisport wins. RESULTS

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