Congratulations to Jenny Clark who placed 2nd in the 34-39 AG and 15th overall female in the HalfMax Championships.

Also in the Intermediate race: Greg Campbell placed 2nd in the 50-54 AG and 28th overall and Mackenzie Rickman placed 8th in the 30-34 AG and 16th overall.

In the sprint race: Chrissie McKinney placed 1st in the 35-39 AG and 2nd overall in the sprint triathlon and Paula Rawlings placed 2nd in the women's 45-49 AG and 20th overall.

Congratulations to Keith Fernandez for setting a PR today at the Lehigh Valley Health Network Marathon in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania.  He ran 3:24:38 to take 10th in the Mens 45-49 age group.
 

The web site said race would not be wetsuit legal, so the last thing I did before heading out was take my wetsuit out of my bag.  It was a cool 60 degrees waiting for hours to get into a 75.4 degree lake - which, of course, was wetsuit legal.  On a good note, the water was warmer than the outside temp, so plunging into the lake had no shock factor.  They had us do time trial starts, 6 at a time.  I was in the last set (of 4) for my wave, and for some reason, they held us up until the row in front of me was almost at the first buoy.  So that meant that pretty quickly, the guys that started a

Four ECo athletes competed at the HyVee Triathlon.  Three of these athletes competed in the prestegious 5150 U.S. Championship division. Collen Parsons led the way with a 3rd place finish in the 39-under Athena division.  Karen Roberts also had a great day with a solid 4th place finish in the 40-over Athena division.  Mackenzie Rickman finished 9th in the competitive 30-34 age group.  In the open triathlon, Paula Rawlings finished 24th in the 45-49 age group.  Congratulations to these four athletes.  They have trained hard and are enjoying the benefits of their hard work.