CB&I Tri

Over 40 Finish Strong athletes competed at CB&I sprint triathlon held in The Woodlands on Saturday, May 5th and dozens of others volunteered at this popular, local event.  Finish Strong boasted the winners of both the male and female master's division.  Chantal Requier was the winner of the master's women division finishing in a time of 1:14:48.  Chantal had a solid performance on all three legs with 8:58 swim, 40:50 bike and 22:28 run.  Richard Mac Namee won the male master's in a time of 1:06:07.  Richard splits were 6:51 swim, 37:28 bike and 19:59 run.

Here are the results by AG:
Lane Barron - 3rd in his 14 and under division in a time of 1:10:25 (7 min PR from last year's race)

Katherine Barron - 3rd in her 15-19 AG in a time of 1:24:11
Rodrigo Abascal - 6th in his 15-19 AG in a time of 1:09:41.

Brandi Watterson - 5th in her 30-34 AG in a time of 1:26:35 (3rd fastest run in her AG!)

Taunya Zipse - 8th in her 35-39 AG in a time of 1:23:25 (Fastest swim in her AG!)

David Kayda - 3rd in his 35-39 AG in a time of 1:12:30 (Fastest run in his AG)
Jason Langridge - 11th in his 35-39 AG in 1:18:22 (3rd fastest run in his AG)
Mike Flake - 13th in his 35-39 AG in 1:20:19
Javier Noyola - 35-39 AG 1:25:23
Danny Watterson - 35-39 AG 1:35:59

Suzanne Devore - 6th in 40-44 AG in 1:29:51
Sarah Pietraszek-Mattner 18th in 40-44 AG in 1:39:24
Irasema De Aquino - 19th in 40-44 AG 1:39:26
Carolyn Barron - 22nd in 40-44 AG in 1:42:38

Guillermo Ocejo - 5th in 40-44 AG in 1:10:43 (Fastest run in his AG)
Michael Menster - 7th in 40-44 AG in 1:12:46 (2nd fastest run in AG)
Casey Clark - 9th in 40-44 AG in 1:15:56
Michael Payne - 31st in 40-44 AG in 1:27:33

Kristie Chandler - 21st in 45-49 AG in 1:37:36

Jim Harrington - 5th in his 45-49 AG in 1:11:09
Kyle Mays - 8th in his 45-49 AG in 1:14:24
Rip Reynolds - 11th in his 45-49 AG in 1:15:31 (Fastest run in his AG)
Steve Hardy - 15th in 45-49 AG in 1:18:39
Bret Strong - 16th in 45-49 AG in 1:19:28
Andy Brock - 17th in 45-49 AG in 1:19:36
Jed Beck - 30th in 45-49 AG in 1:25:54 (His first triathlon!)
Charlie Knific - 32nd in 45-49 AG in 1:27:05
Manuel Abascal - in 45-49 AG in 1:30:33 (Just coming back from injury)

Cindy McManis - 2nd in her 50-54 AG in 1:27:33 (Fastest bike in AG)
Mary Kerschbaum - 7th in her 50-54 AG in 1:36:31

Kent Morris - 3rd in his 50-54 AG in 1:13:24 (2nd fastest bike and run in AG)
Will Blackbird - 9th in his 50-54 AG in 1:19:16
Don Cole - 10th in his 50-54 AG in 1:20:52

Michael Novelli - 1st in his 55-59 AG in 1:13:11
Mario Vasquez - 7th in his 55-59 AG in 1:27:08
Charlie Schuber - 9th in his 55-59 AG in 1:28:19

Phillip DePrang - 4th in his 60-64 AG in 1:23:11
S. Craig Daniell - 9th in his 60-64 AG in 1:43:46
Mark Tefft - 12th in his 60-64 AG in 1:49:56

Ann Erickson - 1st in 70+ AG in 1:26:48

Brian Waldrop - 4th in Clydesdale 40-49  - 1:23:54 (2nd fastest swim in his division)
Kirk Langford 4th in 50+ Randolph Parnell - 1:29:13 (Fastest swim in his division)

Also, Finish Strong's Gavish Mago raced the winning leg for his relay team at the event.

Congrats to all the competitors and special thanks to those of you who volunteered!  You are appreciated!!

Stay tuned.  More photos to follow.