Benz, Dahlhaus take AG Sprint Worlds overall
Sandrine Benz of Switzerland and Kai Dahlhaus of Germany posted the top times at the ITU Grand Final Age Group Sprint Distance World Championship in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Benz won the overall and the women’s 35-39 title with a time of 1:07:30, which gave her a 16 seconds margin of victory over 20-24 winner Fatima Alanis Miñaro of Mexico and 31 seconds over 20-24 runner-up Olivia Keiser of Switzerland.
Kai Dahlhaus of Germany took the men’s overall Sprint Distance ITU World Championship and the 20-24 age category with a time of 1:00:12, which gave him a 17 seconds margin over 20-24 runner-up Alexander Picard of Switzerland and 30 seconds ahead of 16-19 winner Dominic Coy of Great Britain.
Triathletes from Great Britain won the most gold medals (9) in age group categories in the sprint distance. British women won 6 gold – retired ITU star Michelle Dillon won 45-49, Emma Fisher won 50-54, Barbara Holmes won 60-64, Anne Hughes won 65-69, Peggy Crome won 75-79 and Judith Mackay won 80-84. British men won three golds – Dominic Coy won 16-19 and took 3rd overall, James Hodgson won 25-29 and Paul Ryman won 35-39.
U.S. competitors won four gold in the age group sprint distance categories – Robert Skaggs won 50-54, Bob Palmatier won 80-84, Wayne Fong won 85-89 and Lynda Lubelczyk won the women’s 70-74 title.
“This is a dream come true,” Skaggs told USA Triathlon media of his first race in international triathlon competition.
“My husband died about a year and a half ago, and I was trying to get back in the game,” Lubelczyk told USA Triathlon media. “So, I’m doing this for my husband, my best cheerleader. What we would usually do is I would go to the triathlon, and I would race. Then my husband, who had not done a lot of traveling, would meet me afterwards and we would go and do that part of the world.”
ITU Sprint Distance Age Group World Championship
Lausanne, Switzerland
August 31, 2019
S 750m / B 20k / R 5k
Results
Age Group Females
Overall
1. Sandrine Benz (SUI) 1:07:30 * 35-39
2. Fatima Alanis Miñaro (MEX) 1:07:46 * 20-24
3. Olivia Keiser (SUI) 1:08:01 * 20-24
16-19
1. Chloe Mclennan (AUS) 1:08:23
9. Evan Elizabeth Welch (USA) 1:11:54
20-24
1. Fatima Alanis Miñaro (MEX) 1:07:46
23. Kristina Swenson (USA) 1:14:42
25-29
1. Angharad Llewellyn (NZL) 1:09:16
4. Emily Tato (USA) 1:09:41
30-34
1. Desiree Wagner (SUI) 1:10:04
9. Tara Scieszinski (USA) 1:13:41
35-39
1. Sandrine Benz (SUI) 1:07:30
16. Anna Bondow (USA) 1:17:36
40-44
1. Sione Jongstra (NED) 1:09:41
2. Melisa Christian (USA) 1:10:59
45-49
1. Michelle Dillon (GBR) 1:09:01
9. Stephanie Meisner (USA) 1:18:58
50-54
1. Emma Fisher (GBR) 1:10:14
2. Michellie Jones (AUS) 1:10:30
11. Karen Wood (USA) 1:18:40
55-59
1. Francoise Théate (BEL) 1:15:48
7. Michelle Tuttle (USA) 1:20:22
60-64
1. Barbara Holmes (GBR) 1:17:27
6. Sharon Johnson (USA) 1:23:30
65-69
1. Anne Hughes (GBR) 1:27:15
4. Carol Brown (USA) 1:28:56
70-74
1. Lynda Lubelczyk (USA) 1:35:03
75-79
1. Peggy Crome (GBR) 2:02:04
2. Sibyl Jacobson (USA) 2:03:59
3. Sandy Vanderstoep (USA) 2:11:58
80-84
1. Judith Mackay (GBR) 2:25:40
2. Luise Easton (USA) 2:43:24
Age Group Men
Overall
1. Kai Dahlhaus (GER) 1:00:12 * 20-24
2. Alexander Picard (SUI) 1:00:29 * 20-24
3. Dominic Coy (GBR) 1:00:42 * 16-19
16-19
1. Dominic Coy (GBR) 1:00:42
15. Samuel Tullis (USA) 1:03:11
20-24
1. Kai Dahlhaus (GER) 1:00:12
6. Thomas Raney (USA) 1:01:41
25-29
1. James Hodgson (GBR) 1:01:00
7. Zack Hamner (USA) 1:03:07
30-34
1. Josh Hemara (NZL) 1:01:15
2. Todd Buckingham (USA) 1:03:02
35-39
1. Paul Ryman (GBR) 1:03:34
5. Aaron Hebeler (USA) 1:05:35
40-44
1. Xavier Tupet (FRA) 1:03:09
3. Jonathan Mason (USA) 1:04:21
45-49
1. Miroslav Ozorak (SVK) 1:03:56
5. Kirk Framke (USA) 1:05:31
50-54
1. Robert Skaggs (USA) 1:02:41
55-59
1. Norbert Domnik (AUT) 1:05:05
9. William Kelly (USA) 1:10:44
60-64
1. Frank Bachinger (GER) 1:11:31
12. Dave Furey (USA) 1:16:26
65-69
1. Lothar Stall (GER) 1:12:41
2. Philip Friedman (USA) 1:15:48
70-74
1. Daniel Schori (SUI) 1:21:34
4. John Gregory (USA) 1:27:33
75-79
1. Ken Murley (AUS) 1:35:07
11. Raymond Eastwood (USA) 1:59:39
80-84
1. Bob Palmatier (USA) 2:02:26
85-89
1. Wayne Fong (USA) 5:14:43
