Kemah Olympic and Sprint Tri

Congrats to the Finish Strong athletes who took part in the Kemah Olympic and Sprint triathlons on Sunday, April 27th.  Despite windy, swim conditions, our athletes prevailed with 6 podium finishes.  Shannon Crowe, Lyuba Castillo, and Kent Morris all earned a spot at the Escape from Alcatraz championships by finishing 1st or 2nd in their AG at the Olympic distance tri. Lisanne Rogers also had a podium finish in the Olympic and Jeannette Hagelskaer scored extra points for the team by finishing 4th in her AG. Dana Lyons won the Grandmaster's award in the sprint and Taylor Riall won her AG.

Shannon Crowe (1st), Lyuba Castillo (2nd) in their AG!  Both win Alcatraz spots.

Lyuba, Shannon, and Lisanne Rogers celebrate their podium finishes in the Olympic distance race.

Kent Morris tops the podium and earns an Alcatraz spot.

Felix Hagemann is all smiles post-race!

Olympic Results:

Shannon Crowe - 10th female overall; Winner of 40-44 AG - Qualified for Alcatraz
Splits: 30:00.7 swim/ 1:11:25.0 20.8mph bike; 46:19.7 run Overall time 2:31:38.3

Kari Gilley - 19th female overall;  5th in 35-39 AG
36:47.1 swim/ 1:08:56.0 21.6mph bike; 47:57.8 run Overall  2:38:19.6

Lyuba Castillo - 20th female overall; 2nd in 40-44 AG - Qualified for Alcatraz
Splits: 30:42.3 swim/ 1:18:12.2 19.0mph bike/ 46:31.5 run Overall 2:39:09.4

Lisanne Rogers - 3rd in her 45-49 AG
Splits: 30:49.2  swim/ 1:22:04.2 18.1mph  bike/ 52:30.5 run Overall 2:51:21.4

Jeanette Hagelskaer  - 4th in 45-49 AG
Splits: 31:45.1 swim/ 1:19:46.3 18.7mph bike/ 55:19.2 run  Overall 2:52:48.8

Kent Morris - 1st in 50-54 AG - Qualified for Alcatraz
Splits: 30:25.7 swim/ 1:05:59.7 22.6mph bike/ 44:11.0 7:08/M run Overall 2:24:33.5

Felix Hagemann - 15th in  M 40-44
Splits; 28:10.5 swim/ 1:10:07.2 21.2mph bike/ 48:12.5 7:46/M run Overall 2:31:17.4

Troy Cormier 15th in 45-49 AG
Splits: 28:11.0 swim/ 1:12:38.9 20.5mph bike/ 51:24.4 8:17/M run  Overall 2:36:10.8

Charlie Schuber 7th in M 55-59 AG
Splits: 32:33.9 swim/ 1:15:31.8 19.7mph bike/ 55:09.8 8:54/M run Overall 2:48:02.3

Dana Lyons wins Grandmaster's for the spirnt distance tri.

Taylor and Ira compete in the sprint.  Taylor wins her AG!

Sprint Results:
Taylor Riall - 1st in her 40-44 AG
Splits: 11:45.4 swim/ 38:14.7 19.6mph bike/ 24:53.6 8:02/M run Overall 1:19:14.7

Irasema De Aquino - 13th in her 40-44 AG
Splits: 17:47.8 swim/ 54:23.5 13.8mph bike/ 32:41.6 10:33/M run Overall 1:51:35.5

Dana Lyons  - Grandmaster's winner
Splits: 11:29.3 swim/ 32:03.7 23.4mph bike/ 20:29.7 6:36/M run Overall 1:07:40.1

Aki Laine 6th in his 35-39 AG
Splits; 14:11.2 swim/ 35:40.7 21.0mph bike/25:10.2  8:07/M run Overall 1:19:30.9

Charles Lussier 16th in his 40-44 AG
Splits: 13:30.1 swim/ 39:23.4 19.0mph bike/ 24:09.8 7:47/M run Overall 1:21:40.3

Michael Flake 18th in 40-44 AG
14:14.9 swim/ 40:14.7 18.6mph bike/ 24:13.2 7:49/M run Overall 1:22:45.3

Manuel Abascal 18th in 45-49 AG
Splits 13:23.1 swim/ 42:58.7 17.5mph bike/ 32:03.6 10:20/M run Overall 1:33:33.4

Kathy Morris 5th in Athena
Splits 16:41.6 swim/47:11.2 16.7mph bike/12:46/M run Overall 1:48:27.2

For more results, go to:
https://www.nolimitstiming.com/results/default.aspx?event=27269