Race Coverage

Nick & Ang Go Home....

Sunday, 03 May 2015 00:10

Photo - COLT XIII winners, Nick Grundman and Angie Hop. Nick is extremely tall and Ang is a HOOT! She also won here in 2013 and 2012. The win was the 8th of her multisport career. She promised to write a race report about her 2013 COLT win. We're still waiting....

By Eric Morken (echopress.com)

A couple of area graduates came back home on Saturday and won their divisions at the 2015 Chain of Lakes Triathlon that started and ended at the Discovery Middle School in Alexandria.

Osakis native Nick Grundman was the male and overall top finisher after crossing the finish line in 56 minutes, 14 seconds. Alexandria native Angela Hop came in as the top female competitor after finishing with a time of 1:11:31.....

"This is the first on I have won, but today I was looking to win it,"  Grundman said. "I just looked at times from past years and I thought is within reach."

Grundman graduated from Osakis in 2001. He was a track athlete for the Silverstreaks and has since gone on to run 10 marathons after becoming interested in them while at college at North Dakota State University. READ MORE