Race Previews
2023 Clearwater G-Man Preview...Updated..(Again)
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Tuesday, 20 June 2023 00:10
Graniteman Clearwater Preview - The historic 20th anniversary of the orginal Graniteman Triathlon will happen next Saturday and we hope you will be there for the celebration. And if you can believe it, the event has been at it's Clearwater venue for 14 of those years. Outgrowing its original site in Rockville, it relocated to Warner Lake in 2010.
The event consists of a Sprint (.44-14.33-5K) and bike-heavy Olympic (.9-28.66-10K) races and opens with a very cool swim across Warner Lake.
Who will be setting the pace on Saturday? Here are some of the credentialed athletes competing. Note that we got this list last week and expect many more compettive athletes to enroll.
- EMMA ADRIAENS (O) - Emma is coming off a 3rd place finish at Buffalo Olympic.
UPDATE: JOE ADRIAENS (O) - Joe's last two results in MInnesota races--2nd @ Chisago '22, 3rd @ Buffalo Olympic '23--make him one of the frontrunner.s on Saturday.
- MATA AGRE (O) - Mata cracked the Top 5 in both of the tris she did in 2022. A three-time Top 10 finisher here.
- BROOKS GROSSINGER (Sp) - Winner of at least 39 tris and dus, Brooks was 2nd here in 2022.
- DAVID HOLDEN (O) - 3rd here in 2022. David cracked the Top 10 at the Iowa State Triathlon Chamionships earlier this year....
- THADDEUS INGERSOLL (O) - An elite master like Grossinger and Holden, Thad is coming of a 2nd place finish at Buffalo Sprint.
- MACY IYER, 19 (Sp) - Former Minnesota Junior of the Year, Macy is a two-time runner-up on G-Man's sprint course.
- ALYSSA KNESE (?) (photo R) - Had a breakout year in '22, thus far in 2023 she's placed 2nd at Apple and 5th at Buffalo Sprint. She likes dogs.
- BRANDON LEE (O) - Brandon placed 4th at Buffalo Olympic and 12th at Des Moines 70.3.
- ANDREA MYERS (O) - A five-time Master of the Year nominee, Andrea finished 5th last weekend against a great women's field at Lake Minnetonka.
- CAROLINE PETERSON (Sp) - Caroline placed 4th here in 2022.
- CRAIG PETERSON, 61 (Sp) - Nominated for Grand Master of the Year in 2022, Craig is our pic to win his AG.
- BETTE ROWLEY (Sp) (Top Photo) - Winner here in 2021, she podiumed here last year. Winner of two of the four tris she did in '22.
- BRIDGET TETMEYER (O) - A relative newcomer to the sport. Her 3rd at Turtleman Olympic last year impressed us.
- STEVEN WERT (O) - Steven is enjoying a breakout year in 2023.
- AMY WOOLSEY (O) - An elite Grand Master, Amy cracked the women's Top 5 here in 2022. She was 3rd here in 2018.
UPDATE: CHERY ZITUR (Sp) - Two-time Clearwater Sprint winner and owner of three AG recordshere is hoping to defend her 2022 title.
UPDATE - 2021 Cleartwater Olympic winner PETER WIKMAN has enrolled, as had his wife CARYN HERRICK, who immediately moves into the favorite position in thw women's Olympic contest/
We are expecting to update this post before the end of the week.
