LAKE HAVASU TRI...havasu city, arizona

{March 20-22, 2009}

We took a road trip down to Lake Havasu, Arizona and competed in our first official triathlon as a team. We took 3rd Overall in the collegiate division! Our competitors included teams from universities in Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. 

DISTANCES:
Olympic:
  SWIM: 1500 meters 
  BIKE:40 kilometers
  RUN: 10 kilometers

Sprint:
  SWIM: 500 meters 
  BIKE:20 kilometers
 RUN: 5 kilometers 

WATER TEMP: Approximately 66-70 (wetsuits allowed)

AIR TEMP: 65 at start, 80 at finish 

Congrats to everyone who competed!

And a special thanks to all the families that hosted us in Havasu City and Las Vegas!

• Male Collegiate - 3rd Place as a TEAM!!

  Name	Overall Place	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Overall
  Ian Nelson	5	19:18		1:07:49		41:15	2:08:24
  Jameson King	12	23:16		1:09:12		42:13	2:14:43
  Blake Nuttall	20	19:42		1:14:32		45:57	2:20:13
  Grant Lerdahl	26	27:55		1:11:35		44:04	2:23:35
  David Richards	35	25:51		1:16:48		45:03	2:27:43
  John Nowland	41	27:11		1:20:41		44:50	2:32:43
  Taylor Rhien	50	32:36		1:14:38		49:18	2:26:33
  Jeff Swindle	51	32:04		1:21:49		42:47	2:36:41
  Robbie Shattuck	55	23:57		1:14:51		59:19	2:38:09
  Brandon Astin	56	27:36		1:20:28		50:25	2:38:30
  Colin Gill	69	28:18		1:37:27		46:52	2:52:38
  Sam Douglass	85	33:49		2:14:51		46:58	3:35:38

            Side note - Robbie was injured and Sam has a lot of issues with his bike.

• Female Collegiate

  Name	Overall Place	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Overall
  Sutton Dahl	29	24:20		1:38:21		58:36	3:01:18
  Carianne King	35	32:49		1:36:48		1:01:21	3:10:59
  Kendra Titensor	37	25:21		1:41:02		1:08:25	3:14:50
  Jen McDonald	43	41:42		5:21		2:51:32	3:38:36

            Side note - Obviously there was some issues with Jen's timing.

• Sprint - Male

  Name	Age Grp Place	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Overall
  Parker Moffat	5	11:02		39:51		25:16	1:16:10
  Hunter Schwarz	6	12:36		45:10		21:37	1:19:24
  Aaron Anderson	9	16:39		42:16		24:50	1:23:47
  Brian McMullin	12	11:55		52:23		24:30	1:28:50

• Sprint - Female

  Name	Age Grp Place	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Overall
  Amy Giles	3	7:35		52:31		33:17	1:33:24
  Stacey James	6	12:44		51:48		32:40	1:37:13