Race Coverage

Heather Rocks in Texas. Gwen Undefeated in 2015...

Tuesday, 10 November 2015 00:10

LENDWAY ROCKS AGAIN - First year pro HEATHER LENDWAY followed up her 2nd place finish at Silverman 70.3 with an impressive 4th last Sunday at Austin 70.3. Leading after the swim (25:05), she then turned in the 4th fastest women's bike split (2:33:59). She followed those efforts with a PR for the half marathon, a 1:27:39! Her total time was 4:30:38, 6:50 behind the winner, Jeanni Seymour of South Africa, whose win was a breakout effort and almost nine minutes faster here than her 2014 clocking.

Heather probably made some money but we don't know how much. She'll be blogging about her race in the near future and we'll repost her report.

Another Minnesotan, albeit a recent transplant for Iowa, also performed admirably in Austin. We're talking about former US Athlete of the Year (2007) DANIEL BRETSCHER (photo), now of Northfield, who placed 7th against a very deep men's field. Daniel's time was 4:03:46. RESULTS ...

JORGENSEN REMAINS UNDEFEATED - St. Paul's GWEN JORGENSEN kept her undefeated season intact with a victory last weekend at the Island House Invitational Triathlon on Highbourne Cay in the Bahamas. For her victory at this prestigious three-day event, the world's premier female draft legal triathlete earned $60,000. READ MORE