Kemah Olympic/Sprint Triathlon

Twenty-six triathletes from Finish Strong Coaching competetd at Kemah race on Sunday, April 12.  18 in the Olympic race and 8 in the sprint race. For both distances, the Kemah Triathlon offers a unique and challenging swim that begins with jumping off the Colonel nearly 1 mile into the Kemah bay with typically chompy with 1-3′ swells. The Olympic race is an Escape to Alcatraz Qualifier allowing top age group winners to receive a qualification spot to one of the most sought after races in the world. FSC Kent Morris, Zach Miller, Taylor Riall,  and Kari Gilley all qualified for Escape to Alcatraz by earning top spot in their AG.  Kent won Grand Master's Male. Zach won his 25-29 AG, Kari won her 35-39 AG; Taylor won her 40-45 AG! Also finishing on the podium in the Olympic race was Alan Jones taking 3rd in 40-44 AG.  Other fine Olympic races by Liah Olson, Nicole Schoppe, Irasema De Aquino, Lisanne Rogers, Jeanette Hagelskaar, Sara Binau, Rodrigo Abascal, Mike Flake, Charles Lussier, Eduardo Garzon, Troy Cormier, Alan Ramsey and Kyle Hanna.

In the sprint tri, Richard MacNamee, Jack Alexander won their AGs. Richard took 1st in 45-49 AG and Jack in the 60-64 AG.  Placing 2nd in their AGs were CJ Stewart (50-54 AG) and Kathy Morris (Athena 40+).  Also competing in the sprint race were Amanda Keeter, Cindy Weller (Byer), Chris Hirsekorn, and Adnan Afzal.  Congrats to all our athletes!  More photos to come.

Kathy Morris on the podium for sprint distance!

Kent Morris wins Grand Master's in Olympic!

Mike Flake and Coach Kim post-race.

Coach Richard MacNamee final run to finish 1st in his AG in sprint.

Lisanne Rogers.

Olympic
Kent Morris 32:27.0 swim;  1:03:15.2 (23.5mph ) bike; 43:06.0 (6:57/M)  2:23:10.0  - Male Grand Master's Winner!

Kari Gilley 36:44.6 swim; 1:05:54 bike (22.6mph); 46:19.2 (7:28/M) run 2:32:05.0  overall - 1st in 35-39 AG!

Liah Olson 46:44.0 swim; 1:52:58 bike(13.2mph); 1:01:41.8(9:57/M) run 3:49:33.6 overall

Taylor Riall  30:38.8 swim; 1:11:55 bike (20.7mph)  48:57.9 (7:54/M) run  2:36:18.4 overall - 1st in her 40-45 AG!

Nicole Schoppe 36:23.7 swim; 1:16:59 bike(19.3mph) 47:06.3 (7:36/M) run  2:46:11.2 - 7th in AG

Irasema De Aquino 45:29.6 swim;  1:35:41.0 (15.6mph); 1:04:57.4 (10:29/M) run 3:33:09.1

Lisanne Rogers 33:59.5 swim;  1:20:58.9 (18.4mph); 50:42.4 (8:11/M) run 2:50:52.7 - 5th in 45-49 AG

Jeanette Hagelskaer 39:17.8 swim; 1:20:15.9 (18.5mph); 56:52.4 (9:10/M) run 3:02:09.9 - 7th in AG

Sara Binau  42:14.4 swim; 1:19:50 bike (18.6mph); 58:01.4 (9:21/M) run  3:05:15.7 - 5th in 55-59 AG

Rodrigo Abascal 31:22.8 swim;  1:14:45.9 (19.9mph) 49:24.1 (7:58/M) 2:36:47.0  - 5th in 20-24 AG

Zachary Miller 27:08.1 swim; 1:04:08.9 (23.2mph) 37:05.1 (5:59/M) 2:11:24.6 - 1st in 25-29 AG!

Alan Jones 31:17.3  swim; 1:06:36.9 (22.3mph) bike: 43:44.4 (7:03/M) run  2:25:06.6 - 3rd in 40-44 AG!

Michael Flake 37:15.7 swim;  1:16:30.1 (19.5mph) bike; 51:40.6 (8:20/M) run 2:51:37.4

Charles Lussier 39:13.6 swim;  1:22:33.4 (18.0mph) bike; 52:48.9 (8:31/M) run  2:58:43.5

Eduardo Garzon 42:58.3 swim, 1:23:02.0 (17.9mph) bike; 49:11.8 (7:56/M) run  3:02:13.3

Troy Cormier  37:08.5 swim;  1:08:24.0 (21.8mph) bike; 47:51.9 (7:43/M) run  2:37:34.2  - 10th in 45-49 AG!

Alan Ramsey 33:47.0 swim;  1:16:43.4 (19.4mph) bike;  47:26.7 (7:39/M) run 2:43:48.7

Kyle Hanna 43:55.3 swim;  1:13:44.3 (20.2mph) bike;  52:45.0 (8:30/M) run 2:56:43.8

Sprint results:
Richard Mac Namee  9:36.5 swim; 32:51.6 (22.8mph) bike; 20:39.2 (6:40/M) run 1:06:21.6  - 1st in 45-49 AG!

Amanda Keeter 13:32.7 swim; 45:56.6 (16.3mph) bike; 29:35.1 (9:33/M) run 1:34:10.5  - 7th in AG!

Cindy Weller 16:32.8 swim;  43:43.4 (17.2mph) bike; 24:14.0 (7:49/M) run 1:29:37.4  - 5th in 40-44 AG!

Chris Hirsekorn 18:46.6 swim;  39:26.0 (19.0mph) bike;  23:34.6 (7:36/M) run;  1:25:53.6  - 9th in 35-39 AG!

Adnan Afzal 28:13.5 swim;  39:38.3   (18.9mph) bike; 26:07.8 (8:25/M) run; 1:40:27.8

Cj Stewart  12:05.8 swim; 36:09.7 (20.7mph) bike; 20:49.6 (6:43/M) run 1:12:01.5 - 2nd in 50-54 AG!

Jack Alexander 10:08.0 swim; 35:11.5 (21.3mph) bike; 22:09.5 (7:09/M) run 1:11:08.9  - 1st in 60-64 AG!

Kathy Morris 17:24.0 swim;  43:31.0 (17.2mph) bike; 34:55.3 (11:16/M) run 1:41:43.0 - 2nd in over 40 Athena!

Lots more photos from Manuel Abascal - check it out: FSC @ Kemah Triathlon 2015

For more on results, go to:
http://kemahtriathlon.com/results/ or
https://www.nolimitstiming.com/results/default.aspx?event=32726&term=undefined&r=10228