Ben Allen of Australia won his 5th XTERRA World Tour event of the season in a hard fought duel with Dan Hugo of South Africa; Renata Bucher of Switzerland dominated the women’s field at XTERRA Malaysia.
by Tim Carlson, April 28, 2013
Alistair Brownlee ran 28:32.48 and finished runner-up in the second section heat of the 10,000 meters at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational Track Meet at Stanford University.
Days after the ITU World Triathlon Series event in San Diego, several Olympians were lured by a $20,000 purse to compete in a Super Sprint in Mission Bay. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson
Aaron Royle edged Laurent Vidal and Sarah Groff dominated a strong women’s field at the $20,000 Fearless Pro Super Sprint Triathlon at South Shores Park in Mission Bay, California.
After his Olympic gold last August, Alistair Brownlee had his appendix removed early in October. After three months’ recovery, he started training in mid January was unsure how he would perform in San Diego.
2012 Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee returned to competition with a bang, running away from the field to win the San Diego World Triathlon Series event. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson.
Gwen Jorgenson’s win was the first ITU World Triathlon Series victory for an American woman – and garnered her the USA Triathlon Elite Women’s National Championship. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson.
Sarah Groff missed making the 2008 U.S. women’s Olympic Triathlon team by a minute; she missed a medal at the London Games by seconds – now the indomitable New Hampshire woman is focused on Rio.
Ronnie Schildknecht of Switzerland won his 8th Ironman title with an 8:11:24 finish and Vermont mother of three Jessie Donavan won her 3rd Ironman title by 6:02 over Jodie Swallow at Ironman South Africa.
Australian Ryan Fisher topped Ireland’s Bryan Keane and fellow Australian Dan Wilson to win the Ishigaki Triathlon World Cup Sunday. Japan’s Ai Ueda led a Japanese sweep of the women’s podium.
Jozsef Major topped Rob Lea by 3:12 and Christina Jackson edged Hillary Biscay by 2:50 to win the men’s and women’s overall titles at the Leadman Tri Epic 125 Sunday in Tempe, Arizona
Michelle Mehnert of the University of Colorado won the USA Triathlon Collegiate Nationals Olympic distance non-drafting women’s crown over Erika Erickson of Cal Berkeley and Brittany Braden of San Diego State.
Colorado won their 4th straight USA Triathlon Collegiate Nationals overall team and men’s team awards; California-Berkeley won the women’s team award and the Elite Triathlon Academy won the Mixed Team relay.