Wednesday, January 13, 2010

USAT/SMW Rankings for 2009

Congratulations to Finish Strong athletes who were ranked for the 2009 USAT/SMW region for duathlon and triathlon. Overall and top age group finishers will receive awards at the USAT/SMW annual awards banquet on February 27, 2010.

Dana Lyons won the top overall masters duathlete and the top male master's triathlete for 2009.

Lane Barron was top male 10-11 age group in duathlon and second in his age group for triathlon.
Hannah Barron was top female in her 12-13 age group and third in her age group for triathlon.
Katherine Barron placed 7th in her 14-15 age group in triathlon.
Carolyn Barron placed 5th in her 40-44 age group for duathlon and 47th in her age group for tri.

Rodrigo Abascal ranked 4th in his 16-17 age group for triathlon.

In the male 35-39 age group in triathlon, Tim Monk ranked 32nd, Michael Collins -- 48th, Buck Snyder -- 99th, Casey Clark -- 104th, and Mike Bard 153rd.

Tommy Sustala ranked 55th in his 40-44 age group in triathlon and Laura Gaddy ranked 58th in her 40-44 age group.

In the 45-49 age group in triathlon, Ed York ranked fifth, Tom Schwarzkopf - 60th, and Kyle Mays 61st.

David Holsey placed 18th and Richard Lewellen, 53rd, in the men's 60-64 triathlon age group.

To be eligible for the rankings an athlete must be a USAT annual member and have completed at least three USAT sanctioned races within the South-MidWest Region (Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas). Points are calculated from the athlete's three best performance with each event assigned a point value according to the level of competition that competed. All athletes are ranked by their age as of December 31, 2009.

For a complete list of rankings, please check out the January issue of Runner Triathlete News.

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