Race Coverage

YWCA's Indoor Season Finale....

Tuesday, 23 April 2019 23:10

YWCA Indoor Triathlon #4 - KAITLIN RANDOLPH has mastered the indoor tri thing, and we are anxious to see how she fares in outdoor races this summer. The cat-loving Carleton grad had entered, and won, the women's title in all four of the YWCA's Indoor tris she did this winter/spring. In January, she won the Sprint race outright. In February, March and April, she won the long course events, each effort faster than the one before.

It should be noted that Randolph's margin of victory two weekends ago was slim, just four seconds ahead of FRANCIE STREICH (photo), who is a HOOT! MTN featured her in March 2018 after her runner-up YWCA Indoor effort. LINK

Kaitlin has limited outdoor swim-bike-run experience, but has said she plans to get more involved this year. If so, she will be one of several emerging women MTN (and the MMH Committee) will be watching closely. 

Who are some of the others?

PAIGE SCHULZ, PAULINE AAMODT and RACHEL ZILINSKAS.

So you know, the April YWCA Indoor happened on April 14, and boasted it's best turnout of the year, and perhaps ever. One hundred and twenty-nine athletes finished the event, which was 35 more than the second largest 2019 turnout (February)....

Here are the Top finishers, many of whom have been successful in prior YWCA Indoor races:

MINI (29 Finishers) - 1. PAUL CHELLSON, 57 - 28:51, 2. JOEL DEUTSCH, 47 - 33:42, 3. LILY DUETSCH, 16 - 35:21

SPRINT (43 Finishers) - 1. REED HARRIS II, 38 - 40:42, 2. ANNA KLINE, 39 - 41:11, 3. JAKE KUESTER, 39 - 41:32, 4. SARAH CHILLO, 39 - 42:41, 5. JEREMY WHEATON, 47 - 44:25, 6. ELIZABETH AXBERG, 19 - 44:32. 

LONG (57 Finishers) - 1. JACK SEYBOLT, 20 - 46:00, 2. BEN VAUGHT, 29 - 49:13, 3. NOAH DANAHER, 21 - 50:31, 4. TOM HOLMES, 27 - 50:48, 5. CARSON DEICHMAN, 16 - 51:30.

1. KAITLIN RANDOLPH, 29 - 52:25, 2. FRANCIE STREICH, 34 - 52:29 (top photo), 3. MOLLIE BOUSU, 34 - 52:54, 4. MAGGIE BOLING, 26 - 54:19, 5. EVALYN CARBREY, 40 - 55:27.

Two participants sent us comments about the YWCA's April Indoor:

KATIE WHITE - 

....I did the YWCA indoor tri and they mentioned you might be looking for stories from the participants. I completed the tri 113 days after giving birth to my daughter. It went slower than last year but overall the experience gave me the boost I needed going into the season!

GABRIEL SKELLY - 

I have done the indoor triathlons since the first year they started. As a dad of 4 I use the indoor triathlons as a way to keep motivated and stay in shape over the winter. I also am the captain of the YWCA team for the Red Ribbon Ride - Minnesota's AIDS charity bike ride.  

Going to the gym every night after work and bringing the kids with me on the weekends so I can swim, spin and run are a big part of our winters. My older 2 kids run with me every day around the track at the Uptown YWCA and my younger 2 kids play in the kids gym at the same location. I always do the tri to challenge myself and see if I can get better over the winter as they progress. 

There is a great community around the indoor tris. I see people that I really only see at the triathlons but we come back year after year and cheers each other on. There are probably 10 people I know on a first name basis just from doing the tris with them. It has been a life save and a lifestyle for me over the last 10 or so years. I am a big guy with my lighter race weight around 280 pounds and I am always cheered on as I run ( often much more slowly than others). I am always made to feel comfortable because this is a race but a race in a place where we are accepted no matter body type or age or any other factors.