Sunday, February 19, 2012

HITS Corpus Christi, TX Triathlon Series - Sprint


Twenty-one Finish Strong Racing team members traveled to Corpus Christi to train at the HITS Corpus Christi Triathlon Series on February 18-19. The 21 team members trained in 34 races this weekend ranging from sprint to full Ironman distances.

The sprint race consisting of 750m ocean swim, 12.4 mi bike, and 3.1 mi run in Corpus Christi took place on Saturday. There were plenty of podium finishes for the 11 competitors including 2nd female overall, two AG wins, two 2nd in AG, three 3rd in AG.

Here are the sprint race results in order from our youngest to oldest competitors:

9th overall Rodrigo Abascal 11:08 swim, 36:11 bike, 21:33 run 1:12:04 overall
2nd in 18 and under AG

8th overall Scott Peterson 11:28 swim, 36:40 bike, 17:55 run 1:11:45 overall
1st in 30-34 AG. (Scott pictured above.)

29th overall Ronnie Delzer 14:00 swim, 41:57 bike, 21:20 run overall 1:21:46. 3rd in 30-34 AG

73rd overall Daryl Parker 19:35 swim, N/A bike, 23:13 run 1:38:54 overall
7th in 30-34 AG

2nd female and 37th overall Taunya Zipse 14:10 swim, 41:27 bike, 24:37 run 1:24:06 overall (1st in her 35-39 AG)

40th overall Chris Wendt 13:08 swim, 42:33 bike, 24:40 run 1:26:07 overall
3rd in his 35-39 AG

20th overall Winston Cervantes 17:20 swim, 35:05 bike, 22:15 run 1:18:43 overall
2nd in his 40-44 AG

21st overall Buck Snyder 14:33 swim, 37:31 bike, 21:10 run 1:18:50 overall
3rd in his 40-44 AG

43rd overall Jerry Palmer 16:24 swim, 39:45 bike, 25:20 run 1:26:36 overall
5th in his 40-44 AG

32nd overall Dean Zipse 14:31 swim, 38:36 bike, 24:02 run 1:22:17 overall
5th in his 45-49 AG

6th overall Dana Lyons 13:10 swim, 32:50 bike, 20:23 run 1:10:54 overall
1st in his 50-54 AG

Most of these athletes participated in an even longer distance triathlon the next day -- either the half or full ironman.


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