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Parish & Youngberg are June Athletes of the Month...
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Saturday, 06 July 2019 23:10
JUNE 2019 ATHLETES OF THE MONTH - PART I - To be eligible, athletes must have turned in at least two outstanding performances during the month in question.
FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE MONTH & MASTER OF THE MONTH
BECKY YOUNGBERG, 44, Eden Prairie
June Highlights:
1st @ Gear West Duathlon
2nd @ Buffalo Olympic - MR
2nd @ Ironman 70.3 Madison - MR
2nd @ Lake Minnetonka Triathlon -MR
AOY Honorable Mention: HANNA GRINAKER (1st @ Buffalo Olympic - CR, 1st @ High Cliff Aquabike), CHRISTINA ROBERTS (1st @ Lake Minnetonka Triathlon, 3rd @ Buffalo Olympic). MOM HM: SARA RONDORF (1st overall @ New Bri, 1st overall @ Graniteman Clearwater Sprint)....
Branden & Jessie....
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Thursday, 04 July 2019 23:10
PERHAM TRIATHLON - The 16th edition of this event happened last Saturday. Ninety-nine athletes crossed the finish line.
The men's race featured the return of Fargo's BRANDEN SCHEEL, who is living and training in Tucson these days. As expected he won the race, his third consecutive W here. Also predictable was his substantial margin of victory: 4:50.
While Scheel's win was forgone, the women's race was won by a true darkhorse, an athlete who had yet to win a race. Her name is JESSIE MAHER (photo). She's a 35-year-old Bemidjian, who trains with three-time MInnesota Master of the Year nominee, and no stranger to winners circles, CHRISTEL KIPPENHAN.
Jessie's previous best placing was a 5th here in 2018. Her time was 1:23:51.
She kicked off the 2019 season with a surprising 8th place finish against a very deep women's field at Lake Minnetonka. It was obvious that she'd gone to the next level. But was she ready to win? ...
Three-Peat For Storhaug...
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Wednesday, 03 July 2019 23:10
Ed. MTN loves to post newspaper coverage of Minnesota triathlons. Here is the St. Cloud Times (sctimes.com) Graniteman Clearwater story that posted on their site last Monday. It's good tuff!
By Tom Elliott (sctimes.com)
CLEARWATER — It's safe to say Brian Storhaug really likes the Graniteman Clearwater Triathlon.
He REALLY LIKES it.
"I do," he said.
Storhaug won the men's sprint division for the third straight year Saturday at Lake Warner County Park.
He completed the .44-mile swim, 14.33-mile bike and 3.1-mile road race with a time of one hour, eight minutes and 22 seconds....
Paid in Full...
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Monday, 01 July 2019 23:10
GRANITEMAN OLYMPIC - The men's Olympic podium last Saturday was comprised of three guys who have truly paid their dues, and are now taking their places among our region's elite multisportsmen. ...
Vets & Whippersnappers...
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Sunday, 30 June 2019 23:10
GRANITEMAN CLEARWATER SPRINT - As in the women's Olympic race, elite masters swept the podium at Graniteman Sprint last weekend.
This wasn't unexpected.
And while all pushed hard, hoping to win, one of the ladies had an additional incentive to go as fast as she possible could, and the result was her 2nd victory in as many tri starts this season.
SARA RONDORF (photo) started the race in Wave 5. Her husband JEREMY started in Wave #4, three minutes ahead of her. She was able to make up about a minute on him in the water, but their bike splits were basically identical.
Sara wanted to beat her husband even more than she wanted to win the race. And not only beat him on paper, she wanted to actually beat him to the finish line.
She blasted out of T2 like a bat-out-of-heck. She was leading the women's race, but knew that JENNIFER FITZHARRIS-FUNK, 43, and Alaska's LORI DESCHAMPS, both accomplished runners, were bearing down. ...
