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Sunday, 17 August 2014 13:45

4th Annual LAKE MARION OLYMPIC TRIATHLON - Ideal climatological conditions--mild, cloudy, reasonable humidity--and a strong men's field yielded a new course record this morning at Antlers Park in Lakeville. In fact, the Top 3 guys, starting with reigning Chaska champ RYAN BAILEY (2:03:03) and followed in order by 2012 LMT winner KYLE SERREYN (2:04:32) and Nordic ski stud / occasional triathlete MATT LIEBSCH (2:05:11), bettered DENNIS DANE's year-old CR (2:05:22).

The fourth place guy, 2011 LMT winner JOSH BLANKENHEIM only missed the old mark by eight seconds.

The women's Olympic race was won by 46-year-old LYNETTE BACON (2:31:38) of Mankato. A five-time North Mankato Tri winner, according to our records, Dr. Bacon's last tri effort was in 2011, an 11:00:25 at Ironman Louisville.

Bacon (photo L) enjoys standing in shallow water with her husband.

The remainder of the women's Olympic podium was claimed by reigning Elysian champ, KATIE BURR (2:32:41), who's getting married in a few weeks, and LESLIE SEDLAK (2:36:19), whose orange tri-suit totally rocked. RESULTS ....

7th Annual LAKE MARION SPRINT - Today's race had 242 finishers and was won by LANCE KUEHN, whose name is pronounced "Keen," and BETTE ROWLEY, who has a great tan. Third here in 2013, Rowley is a three-time Morris Tinman winner. For Kuehn, the win was the first of his multisport career.  RESULTS

7th Annual YWCA WOMEN'S TRIATHLON - A pair of awesome sisters whose last name rhymes with "Mendway" went 1-2 this morning at Lake Nokomis. The first "Mendway" turned in Sarah Haskinsesque splits across the board en route to a four minute trashing of the course record. More words and pics will post in a day or two. RESULTS

1st Annual HITS - WACONIA WEEKEND - Our friends from HITS hosted some great racing at virtually every distance this weekend in beautiful Waconia. The vibe was much more festive and celebratory, than serious or intense . The MTN Guys certainly hope they return in 2015. Check out the RESULTS.

PIGMAN HALF & OLYMPIC - MATTHEW and KORTNY HAAG won the amateur titles at our region's oldest half IM. For Payne, it was his second half win of the season. For Kort, it was her third!

More words and some photos in a few days. RESULTS