Join Salt Lake Running on Aug 7, 2008 at 7:30 pm for a once in a lifetime chance to listen to Tim DeBoom, two time World Ironman Champ, speak about training and racing. He will be speaking at Salt Lake Running located at 3142 S Highland Dr, Salt Lake City from 7:30-8:30 pm. For more information please call 801-484-9144.
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BJ Christenson recently spoke with TriHive about his 11th place finish at the Ford Ironman USA triathlon in Lake Placid, New York on Saturday July 20, 2008. Christenson finished in 09:23:35, clocking the fastest overall run split of the day (2hr 56min 13sec).
Click HERE to listen. (16.2mb mp3 file)
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Heath Thurston won the annual Burley Lions Club Spudman Triathlon, held on July 26, 2008. Thurston won the event in 1:46:44, holding off runner up, BJ Christenson by less then 30 seconds. Devan Tandy rounded out the men’s podium
In the women’s race, Johanna Nielson won convincingly in a time of 2:04:02, nearly three minutes faster then runner-up, Keena Schaerrer. Heather Penrod completed the women’s podium.
See below for top finishers. Click HERE for complete results.
Top Men
Heath Thurston, 1:46:44
BJ Christenson, 1:47:12
Devan Tandy, 1:50:27
Top Women
1) Johanna Nielsen, 2:04:02
2) Keena Schaerrer, 2:06:59
3) Heather Penrod, 2:07:23
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Below is the Nevada finisher from Ironman USA, held on July 20, 2008 in Lake Placid, New York.
14:31:57 Bruce Beckett, Las Vegas
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Below are the Idaho finishers from Ironman USA, held on July 20, 2008 in Lake Placid, New York.
10:05:09 Jeff Shilt, Boise
13:40:38 Larry Schumitz, Boise
15:03:46 Steve Hodges, Boise
15:25:55 Janice Fountain, Boise
16:30:48 Robert Wilkin, Nampa
16:37:33 Terry Pitkin, Boise
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Below are the Utah finishers from Ironman USA, held on July 20, 2008 in Lake Placid, New York.
09:23:35 BJ Christenson, North Salt Lake
10:45:09 Erik Vernon, Salt Lake City
11:10:46 Jed Brian, Salt Lake City
11:19:37 Gerald Robinson, Midvale
11:39:54 Rob Leishman, Sandy
11:47:10 Martin Cole, Salt Lake City
11:52:21 Marc Rasich, Salt Lake City
12:08:59 Lonnie Hunter, Draper
12:49:29 Charity Vernon, Salt Lake City
12:56:14 Michael Mamales, Salt Lake City
13:38:27 Bill Allred, Draper
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Marcel Vifian and Jolene WIlkinson won Scofield Triathlon’s inagural “Ultimate” distance event (1.75 mile swim, 39 mile bike, 10 mile run) at Scofield Reservoir, on July 19, 2008. Over 300 atheltes participated in the three events.
Heath Thurston and Rachel Cieslewicz won the Olympic distance event. In the Sprint event, Caprice Schwardzwalder won the overall title by beating all atheltes. Barry Gates won the men’s Sprint event, and was the closet finisher to Schwardzwalder. See below for top finishers.
Click HERE for event video
Click HERE for athlete audio interviews
Click HERE for event pictures
Click HERE for complete results
Top Male Finishers - Ultimate
1- Marcel Vifian, 3:24:32
2- Greg Deyle, 3:45:00
3- Jason Crompton, 3:46:39
Top Female Finshers - Ultimate
1- Jolene Wilkinson, 4:19:27
2- Aimee Larkin, 4:36:19
3- Beth McMaster, 4:39:49
Top Male Finishers - Olympic
1- Heath Thurston, 2:03:19
2- Dave Ference, 2:07:08
3- Matthew Briggs, 2:09:58
Top Female Finishers - Olympic
1- Rachel Cieslewicz, 2:25:19
2- Jana White, 2:32:35
3- Jenny Cole, 2:35:54
Top Male Finishers - Sprint
1- Barry Gates, 1:09:26
2- Bryson Garbett, 1:10:19
3- Brad Crompton, 1:11:45
Top Female Finishers, Sprint
1- Caprice Schwardzwalder, 1:09:09
2- Keena Schaerrer, 1:12:25
3- Natalie Rassmussen, 1:14:51
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Click on the athlete name to listen to the interview.
Heath Thurston
Caprice Schwardzwalder
Barry Gates
Dave Ference
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