The preliminary TRI NorthWest Triathlon and Duathlon rankings for the 2011 season are now posted online. Congratulations to the athletes from across the Pacific Northwest who competed in this year’s rankings. If you feel that your overall rankings score is incorrect or your name has been omitted from the rankings, please email Jon Atherton prior to Friday, October 21. Please review the ranking criteria on the TRI NorthWest website prior to contacting Jon to ensure …more »
Race Reports
Oregon’s Max King Win’s U.S. 50k Trail Running Title and XTERRA Trail Run National Championship in Single Weekend
September 26, 2011From XTERRA Press Release – King capped an amazing weekend of racing by winning the 2011 XTERRA Trail Run National Championship on Sunday, Sept. 25, at Snowbasin Resort near Ogden, Utah. It was the fourth consecutive XTERRA National Championship for King, but his first at Snowbasin. His previous three titles came when the event was held in his hometown of Bend, Ore. He completed the 21-kilometer trail course in 1 hour, 17 minutes, 59 seconds. …more »
Northwest Athletes Among Top Finishers at Duathlon World Championship
September 26, 2011From USA Triathlon – Team USA athletes impressed on the world multisport stage Sunday by claiming 14 age group world championship titles and 29 total medals at the 2011 ITU Duathlon World Championships. In addition to the 14 gold medals, U.S. athletes combined for eight silver and seven bronze medals in the sprint- and standard-distance run-bike-run events. Eight Americans were victorious in the 10-kilometer run, 38.4-kilometer bike, 5-kilometer run standard-distance world championship. An additional six …more »
Oregon’s Galen Rupp Shatters 10,000m American Record in Brussels
September 16, 2011From USATF Press Release – Galen Rupp shattered the existing 10,000-meter American record while Walter Dix ran the second fastest 200m time in American history and four other American athletes secured Diamond League crowns at the Brussels Diamond League meet Friday. Rupp’s third-place time of 26 minutes, 48.00 seconds crushed Chris Solinsky’s time of 26:59.60, which he ran in 2010. Rupp, a two-time USA champion in the event, previously held a personal best of 27:10.74. …more »
USA Strikes Double Gold at World Mountain Running Championship, Oregon’s King Crowned World Champ
September 12, 2011From Nancy Hobbs, USATF MUT (Courtesy Running USA Wire #73-09-11) – At the 27th World Mountain Running Championship, held on Sunday in Tirana, Albania, the USA set the bar with historic gold medal performances by Huntingdon, Vermont’s Kasie Enman and Bend, Oregon’s Max King. “In my nine years as team leader, I’ve never been more proud of our athletes than I am today,” said Richard Bolt. “Kasie and Max’s performances blew me away. They made …more »
Race Report: 2011 StumpTown Long Course Triathlon
September 4, 2011Submitted by Craig Dean – The inaugural running of the StumpTown weekend of multi-sport endurance racing kicked off Saturday, September 3 with the long course triathlon and duathlon in Fairview, OR. Roughly 130 triathlete’s readied themselves for a plunge in the tranquil waters of Blue Lake. There was a nip in the early morning air, but the sun bursting from the eastern shore promised of an appreciable temperature gain throughout the day. A very small …more »
Heineck and Mendoza Victorious in Oregon Wine Country Half Marathon
September 4, 2011From Press Release – On a brilliant sunny day in the Willamette Valley, Carre Heineck and Mario Mendoza shone brightest of all, finishing ahead of a strong field of runners in the Oregon Wine Country Half Marathon. Heineck, the 2010 champion from Portland, defended her title by completing the course in 1:18:43, easily besting last year’s time of 1:22:17 and defeating second place finisher Natalie Bak of Bend (1:19:57). In the men’s field, Mario Mendoza, …more »
RaceCenter Columnist Chris Bagg Nabs 4th Place at Ironman Canada – Shares Race Report
September 2, 2011by Chris Bagg This past Sunday marked the 3rd year in a row I’ve competed at Ironman Canada, and I didn’t even have it on the schedule until about a month ago, when I didn’t finish Ironman Lake Placid. Once Placid went all to custard, though, I realized I could compete in my favorite long distance triathlon. The decision literally paid off, as I came home in 4th place. It’s my biggest success to date, …more »
Race Report: 2011 Amica Mid-Summer Sprint Triathlon
August 1, 2011Submitted by Dave Campbell Race morning at Blue Lake Park began cool and foggy for the 400 participants in this year’s Amica Mid-Summer Triathlon on Sunday, July 31. By the time the athletes had made their way down to the lake, however, the fog had had lifted bathing us in glorious warm sunshine befitting the day’s name. Athletes competed in a Tri-iT (novice) triathlon, a sprint duathlon, an Olympic-distance triathlon, or the TRI NorthWest Regional …more »
