Clear Lake International Triathlon - Olympic & Sprint

Five Finish Strong coached athletes (L to R) Tim Monk, Kyle Mays, Tommy Sustala, Rodrigo Abascal and Mike Bard (not pictured) have award winning performances at the recent Clear Lake International Triathlon held on August 22.

Tim Monk was the overall winner of the Clear Lake Triathlon Olympic distance open race. Tim finished the 1.5k/40k/10k race in 2:05:33. He finished the swim in 21:10, the bike in 59:55 and the final run in 42:06 at a brisk 6:47 pace.

Kyle Mays placed second in his 45 to 49 age group in the Olympic distance. Kyle had the second fastest run and completed the race in 2:25:45.

Mike Bard placed second in the Clydesdale group in the Olympic distance. Mike finished in 2:27:49. He had a strong swim at 24:04 and bike at just 1:01:15.

Tommy Sustala came in third in the enormous 40 to 44 age group in the Olympic distance. He finished in 2:16:38 with the fastest swim in his age group of just 21:40.

In the Sprint distance race, Rodrigo Abascal won his 15 to 19 year old age group and placed 10th overall! Rodrigo had the fastest run and bike in his age group and the second fastest swim. He swam the .75K distance in 11:50, completed the 30K bike in a blistering 47:37 at a 23.4 mph pace, and finished strong with a 21:12 5K run at a 6:50 pace.

Special thanks to Irasema (Rodrigo's mom) for snapping these photos at Clear Lake.