Nationals and Other Races

TriCougars,

First, East Cooper Tri was this weekend and Siobhan Maize won the -FEMALE AGE GROUP: 35 – 39. Way represent the club on the home front!

Wow what a weekend! I have been going to this race for a few years and I am surprised that every year it gets bigger and faster. For example the women’s race was won in 2:07:30 and the men’s race was won in 1:52:34 on a hilly course. There were 454 men and 265 women in the undergraduate division. It was huge!! Here is a link to a video produced by the local media on the race:
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20080420/NEWS/659935593/1015/NEWS
We learned a lot about what big time triathlon is about while watching the oly trials races…Matty Reed!!!!

As a team I think we did great given that this was our first year as a club and most of y’all can count the number of tri you have done on one hand. We were also going up against schools that have 5times as many students as CofC. In the coming years we will only get better as we pick more experience and members.

Collegiate National Triathlon Championship-1.5K Swim, 40K Bike, 10K Run:

Team Competition.
Women-40th/48 teams.
Men-48th/58 teams

Women Individuals

Josephine Rex 142th place 2:47:14=23:36+1:21:10+57:01 Marina Fleming 146th place 2:48:33=33:08+1:22:44+49:31 Tinja Anderson 151th place 2:49:04=24:57+1:24:13+54:42

Men Individuals

David Thomas 71th place 2:11:03=21:24+1:07:18+39:44
Joseph Whiteley 296th place 2:33:08=32:03+1:15:28+42:13 Zachary Kennedy 304th place 2:34:18=30:56+1:14:55+43:32 Harrison Johnson 318TH place2:35:45=37:18+1:15:00+39:40

BTW-J Rex and Tinja-great swims!!!

Tuscaloosa Triathlon-750m Swim, 20K Bike, 5K Run

Brian Lanahan 1:09:25= 12:52+35:17+18:46 Juan Jose Villar 1:23:41= 12:27+43:28+24:57

Here are my pictures from the race: http://www.flickr.com/photos/12577969@N08/
Look at the PI and Nats set. If you want to add pictures let me know and I will give you access.

DrL