Click HERE to view the Utah Half Pre Race Documents.  Click HERE to register for the Utah Half triathlon, to be held in Provo, Utah on August 9, 2008 (this Saturday).

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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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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
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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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Michael Nordberg of Salt Lake City, Utah dominated the men’s Olympic distance event at the 2008 Xango Echo Triathlon, held on July 13, 2008 in Coalville, Utah. Nordberg’s winning time of 1:57:33 was the result of the consistent splits throughout all three disciplines. Second place finisher, BJ Christenson (North Salt Lake, Utah) finished over one and a half minutes behind Nordberg. Christenson had the fastest run split of the day (33:51).

In the women’s Olympic race, Holly Walker of Bozeman, Montana crused the field with a dominating bike split (1:09:27). Johanna Nielsen of Salt Lake City, Utah tried to run her way back on to the top of the podium with the day’s fastest run split (39:55), but ran out of real estate.

Karl Wild of Alpine, Utah won the men’s Sprint event, completing the course in 1:06:54. Caprice Schwarzwalder won the women’s Sprint event with a winning time of 1:13:17.

See below for top finishers. Click HERE for complete results.

Top Men - Olympic Distance Event

Michael Nordberg 1:57:33
BJ Christenson 1:59:10
Heath Thurston 2:00:04

Top Women - Olympic Distance Event

Holly Walker 2:18:52
Johanna Nielsen 2:21:32
Sarah Goldberg 2:24:08

Top Men - Sprint Distance Event

Karl Wild 1:06:54
Zachary Meinzer 1:08:45
Jake Rushton 1:09:08

Top Women - Sprint Distance Event

Caprice Schwarzwalder 1:13:17
Stacie Brennise 1:16:18
Erika Sweigert 1:17:17

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Below former US Professional National Champion (and Park City resident) Marcel Vifian gives his insight into the new Scofield Triathlon ULTIMATE course. A course Marcel designed. READ ON!

Hi fellow triathletes!

Marcel Vifian here. I’m working with my friend, local race director, Burke Priest, to create the most exciting triathlon in the state of Utah - if not the entire US! Burke and I have been working on this, in one form or another, for years and have finally come up with a truly amazing race held in a fantastic mountain venue. We would like to take this moment to formally invite any triathlete who feels inspired by a challenge to take part in this awesome event!

On July 19 at 7.30am, less than three weeks from now, just 50 triathletes will be transported to the island in Scofield Reservoir, where they will begin their triathlon adventure. First, they will swim 1.75 miles from the island’s edge, across the reservoir, into the channel and back to the boat ramp at Scofield State Park. Then, the athletes will mount their bikes and ride over to the town of Scofield and proceed up to the base of a 4.5 mile 1600 ft. climb which will take them past the coal mine and up to the 9,330 ft. summit while riding along the roaring creek from the spring runoff. They will then descend for 2 miles and 600 feet down the back side of the pass and continue on for a few more miles to Electric Lake. Once at the lake, they will turn around at the only aid station on the bike course (located at the half-way point of the bike – 18.5 miles) and return back up and over the mountain pass. Speeding down past the coal mine at 45-55 mph, the racers will return through the town of Scofield back to the transition area for a grand total of 39 miles of biking. Once back in T2, the athletes, hopefully re-energized from the gravity-assisted return, will don their running shoes and head back out on to the course one last time for a mildly undulating 10 mile run.

On the outward-bound leg of their journey, they will have a commanding view of the island where they began their adventure earlier in the morning and catch a glimpse of the town of Scofield before they turn around and cover the final 5 miles back to the transition area and the feast awaiting them! (I think I’ll be most interested in jumping back into the lake to cool down after such an intense effort!).
This is the very first time a triathlon like this has been offered in the state of Utah. We decided to move away from the commercial Ironman derivative distances and, using the venue to the best of our ability, tried to balance each leg of the triathlon so all three skills are given their due. I really hope this year’s participants will enjoy the adventure and embrace the more balanced nature of this triathlon. Burke and I also hope the race will be a truly fulfilling challenge for the athletes competing and hope many more people will take on the long course challenge next year after they hear how amazing it was this year! Thanks!

Sincerely,

Marcel

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