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Nautica New York City Triathlon |
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Sunday, July 20, 2008 |
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Start: 99th St. on the Hudson River; Finish: Dead Road-Central Park |
The Nautica New York City Triathlon presented by Toyota consisted of a 1.5K swim in the Hudson River, a 40K bike ride along the West Side Highway and a 10K run through Central Park. Since its inception in 2001, the Nautica New York City Triathlon remains one of the five largest Olympic-distance multi-sport races in the United States. American Greg Bennett (1:46:30) won the men’s pro division, while Britain’s Liz Blatchford (1:58:34) took the title for the women.
Bennett won his fourth Nautica New York City Triathlon presented by Toyota in a time of 1:46:30, a full minute ahead of second place professional racer Stuart Hayes (1:47:33). Andy Potts (1:49:24) followed in third place and Paul Tichelaar (1:49:50) came in fourth. Brent McMahon (1:50:48) was poised to cross in second place, but collapsed from heat exhaustion just feet from the finish line. Refusing assistance from medical staff he managed to crawl the rest of the race for a fifth place finish.
In the women’s pro division Liz Blatchford (1:58:34) claimed the first place prize followed by Becky Lavelle (2:00:27) in second place. Jodie Swallow (2:00:51) edged out Rebeccah Wassner (2:01:54) for third place, and Mary Beth Ellis (2:03:52) rounded out the top five.
All athletes followed the same course as part of either the Elite Race, Elite Age Group Race or the Age Group Race. The Triathlon also hosted USA Triathlon’s Physically Challenged National Championship sponsored by Accenture, in which nearly 50 of the world’s top physically challenged athletes competed.
David Kahn (1:58:11) snagged first place in the men’s elite division, edging out Chris Ganter (1:58:45) by 34 seconds. In the women’s elite division, Linda Robb (2:07:28) won handily, follwed by Lindsey Jerdonek (2:09:08) in second place. Beth Shutt (2:10:17) crossed the finish line third for the elite women, and Cassie McWilliam (2:13:08) and Meghan Newcomer (2:16:06) came in fourth and fifth, respectively.
Blind athlete Aaron Scheidies (2:02:08) won the physically challenged division for the men while Kelly Bruno (2:46:25) came in first for the females.
The Swim (1.5K)
The swimming portion covered the expanse from 99th Street to 82nd Street in the Hudson River. Athletes swam south and exit at 81st Street before transitioning to the bike.
The Bike (40K)
The cycling portion took athletes from Riverside Park to the northbound entrance of the Henry Hudson Highway. Athletes exited Manhattan, crossed the Hudson River Bridge, and continued onto the Mosholu Parkway. The course proceeded with a u-turn at Gunhill Road and then a ride south to 57th Street where participants made another u-turn and headed north until they exited the Henry Hudson Parkway at 79th street. The bicycle course was closed to vehicular traffic.
The Run (10K)
The running portion was one of the most scenic final legs of any triathlon. Runners exited Riverside Park, crossed 72nd Street to Central Park and looped around the northern part of Central Park, finishing on Dead Road.
For further information, please visit the official Nautica NYC Triathlon web site at www.nyctri.com.
For results from last year's event, please visit our 2007 page.
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