Race Coverage

CY Breaks Three...

Thursday, 31 July 2014 00:10

5th Annual WASECA TRIATHLONS - Cathy Yndestad became the first woman in the five-year history of the Waseca 1/3 (1 mile - 34 miles - 8.8 miles) to break the three hour mark. Nicole Heininger (3:02:25 in 2013) and Diane Hankee (3:04:29 in 2012) came kinda close in the past, but CY dipped under the magic mark with almost four minutes to spare. Her time was 2:56:16, placing her 4th overall and only 4:38 behind men's winner, Travis Miller of Nisswa.

The win was the 69th of Cathy's stellar multisport career, which includes four US Athlete of the Year nominations (she won the award in 2009), two AG nationals titles and podium finishes and nine MMAs.

Filling out the women's Top 3 in the 1/3 were Sarah Berger (3:20:06) and Hilary Patzer (3:20:40).

Travis Miller finished 1:40 in front of runner-up Ryan Deyounge and 3 :38 ahead of Luke Nelson....

The Waseca Sprint (.25 - 14 - 4.4) was won for the second consecutive year by Kevin O'Connor, whose 1:04:54 was only 30 seconds off his 2013 course record. His margin of victory over runner-up Brett Lovaas was exactly four minutes. Third was earned by 17-year-old Chris Lam.

The day was unseasonably cool with extremely gustaceous winds. Approximately 200 athletes crossed the finish line at Waseca V. RESULTS