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Monday
Jun092008

Multisport weekend results: Alabama, Alcatraz, Maryland and the World Championships in British Columbia


We'll get more color reporting from the racers but here is the skinny:

Pelham, Alabama Sunday June 8th. Southeast XTerra Championships. Olympic Distance, Off-Road. Dominic Gillen, TARGETRAINING's head of multisport, got 4th place, while Tyler Johnson, TARGETRAINING's newest full time addition to the multisport staff, got 9th. Dom was 5th out of the water and finished out of the third spot by just over 1 minute. Tyler had a pretty slow swim (finishing mid to back of pro pack) but had a solid bike and strong run to pass a bunch of competitors. They are both going to Virginia next week for the Xterra National Championships.

Alcatraz, San Francisco Bay, California. Olympic Distance. Meg Griffis and Greg Stewart flew across the country. Megan was well prepared and had a blistering water leg, finishing first amateur and 5th overall woman. But a combination of cold water and feet positioning during the swim and bike may have led to her dropping out due to severe cramping. Greg finished in 2:33:53 and in 22nd in the 35-39 age group.

Cambridge, Maryland. Eagleman 70.3 Ironman. Scott Feder and Bruce Koffsky braved the fuel prices and the heat and drove to Maryland. Scott went under 5:12 and finished around 30th in his age group. Of course, the timers appear to have thrown off the results. Bruce is reported officially to have finished 12th in his age group with a 5:06 but he seems to have benefited from timing problems. We'll see how it sorts out.

Vancouver, British Columbia, ITU World Championships. David Yockleson got 28th in the 40-44 with a sub 1:52 time. Seems blazing fast.

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