Apple Duathlon, Med City Marathon & North Star Tri

The Apple Duathlon in Sartell, MN was one of the few races selected as a qualifier for the 2013 ITU Duathlon World Championships in Ottawa, Canada.  This annual tradition is in its 31st year and once again drew a competetive field to race the 5k, 33k, 5k Duathlon.  We had three members racing and all three qualified for the World Championship race.  Nice job!!

Report by Carolyn Franzone

Photo Credit: Mario Franzone Rochester athletes made a good showing at the Apple Duathlon in Sartell, MN on Saturday, May 25th.   There was a competitive field with duathletes from 32 states.  All four Rochester athletes qualified to compete at the Duathlon World Championships in Ottawa, Canada in August.  (Top 6 finishers in each age group qualify.)
 
The weather forecast looked wet and dismal on Friday evening, but the morning was dry and comfortably cool for racing.   The last leg of the bike portion was challenging due to a strong headwind on the long stretch by the Mississippi River.
 
Lynne Wodrich qualified in the most competitive age group for women riding her new (and first) tri bike.
 
Jim Hannon was the only one to bring a red granite apple trophy back to Rochester… the rest of us may have to run/ride for the apple again next year.

Results:

Name	Run 1	Bike	Run 2	Total	Age Group	Overall	Qualified for Worlds
Jim Hannon	18:46	55:16	19:03	1:34:27	1/19	31	*
Mike Ewen	20:57	55:32	21:04	1:39:10	4/19	62	*
Carolyn Franzone	23:50	1:06:35	25:22	1:58:24	6/13	187	*

Med City Marathon, Half Marathon, 5k (5/25-5/26/2013, rochester MN)

We had a ton of participation in the weekend's worth of events this weekend.  Big thanks to all those who volunteered to support the club, the athletes and the city and congratulations to all of you runners!

Results:

Name	Time	Age Group	Overall
Med City Half			795 runners
Joe Ryan	1:26:22	1/102	13
Joe Moyer	1:28:31	5/111	18
Sam Wiegand	1:40:01	14/102	84
Ann Moyer	1:41:10	6/157	89
Juan Pulido	1:43:03	28/111	110
Peter Tebben	1:43:37	22/102	120
Nick Rogness	1:48:29	43/111	188
Hassan Murad	2:07:09	73/102	480
Justin Meunier	2:16:00	100/111	608
Dave Brandt	2:21:31	39/42	655
Amber Aslakson	3:07:28	154/157	785
Med City Full			352 runners
Teresa Pruszynski	3:57:12	14/47	139
Peter Maves	3:57:25	27/55	141
Med City 5k			460 runners
Andy Koch	25:43		77
Alicia Cory	26:44		92
Traci Ronnenberg	28:12		129
Barbara Gamez Sims	33:56		292
Adam Aslakson	37:22		361
Amber Aslakson	37:25		362

Full Relays  98 teams
2 Woo-Hoo             : Andy Becker , Thom Woo , Ryan Diepenbock , Sarah Schettle   2:52:29
41 Running with Robes : Darin Napton , Beth Napton , Kris Oppegard , Jon Robelia    3:58:35

North Star Triathlon (Emmetsburg, IA)

May 25th, 2013

Congratulations to Mario and Carin Minelli who toughed out the wind and wet conditions in Iowa this weekend to get in an early season triathlon!  Mario finished 2nd overall in a time of 56:09, and Carin got 4th in her AG with a time of 1:26:12.