More Gravel (Worlds): USA Triathlon National Gravel Championships

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Originally published at: More Gravel (Worlds): USA Triathlon National Gravel Championships - Slowtwitch News

Photos: Kevin Mackinnon

Things wrapped up for a busy weekend of racing at Gravel Worlds with the USA Triathlon Gravel National Championships held at the spectacular Branched Oak Lake. Athletes were welcomed to the race site this morning with an impressive sunrise along with some rain, which helped create a beautiful rainbow and also packed the gravel roads down a bit, so things weren’t quite as dusty on the bike.

The national championship featured two distances – a sprint (750 m swim, 17 mile bike, 5 km run) and an intermediate distance (1,500 m swim, 28 mile bike and a 10 km run. This is the first of four years that the event is slated to take place here in Lincoln.

We’ve got all of the podium results after the gallery. For full results you can click here.

Caroline Theil would win the sprint distance race overall.

Grayson Masterson was the fastest male in the sprint triathlon.

Sheri Schrock won the sprint-distance duathlon.

Betty Janelle won the 60 to 64 category in the sprint triathlon.

And rounding out the athlete experience, the crew from Aragon Tavern were on hand to create some incredible cheese steaks!

Intermediate Distance

Kevin Denny took the overall win in the intermediate distance race.

PARA

Pos Name Time
1 Christian Loafman 03:24:16.59

M0119

Pos Name Time
1 Jacob Hofstra 02:33:58.16
2 Max Bates 03:02:48.09
3 Garrett Dittmer 04:06:47.40

M2024

Pos Name Time
1 Elliott Brown 02:57:26.08

M2529

Pos Name Time
1 Gavin Grabill 02:55:50.01
2 Ashton Ahrens 03:24:49.12

M3034

Pos Name Time
1 Kerry Werner 02:20:40.53
2 Trevon McGill 03:11:32.48

M3539

Pos Name Time
1 Kevin Denny 02:19:30.00
2 John Matson 02:27:21.43
3 Daniel Snyder 02:29:43.13

M4044

Pos Name Time
1 Jason Savill 02:37:19.44
2 Kevin Hofstra 02:39:24.19
3 Todd Kavan 02:57:18.85

M4549

Pos Name Time
1 Matthew Monnot 02:51:55.20

M5054

Pos Name Time
1 Ryan Saline 03:02:52.20
2 Scott Cadwallader 03:02:54.07
3 Robert Ahrens 03:22:00.24

M5559

Pos Name Time
1 Travis Wales 02:53:50.72
2 matt kessler 02:57:10.00

M6064

Pos Name Time
1 Bradley Cope 02:53:51.28
2 Timothy Waid 03:11:59.46
3 Douglas Reznick 03:17:02.04

M6569

Pos Name Time
1 James Witter 03:37:50.89

F3539

Pos Name Time
1 Mary Beth Gore 03:43:48.66
2 Kena Ludemann 03:50:07.70

F4044

Pos Name Time
1 Lindsay Long 02:52:45.58
2 Kristin Kurokawa 03:00:32.14
3 Kris Ullman 03:03:43.35

F4549

Pos Name Time
1 Kirsten Sass 02:36:19.06
2 Aryn McLaren 02:57:48.50
3 Sarah Peltier 03:01:24.76

F5054

Pos Name Time
1 Jenny Fletcher 02:43:33.08
2 Bobbie Kriz-Wickham 03:42:44.56

F5559

Pos Name Time
1 Terrie Hoops 03:14:23.73
2 Megan Tobin 04:30:53.30

F6064

Pos Name Time
1 Kristi Newcomb 03:14:19.49
2 Kim Sprenger 03:28:43.53

F6569

Pos Name Time
1 Maureen Sanderson 03:58:27.57

Sprint Triathlon

Caroline Theil won the sprint triathlon overall thanks to her 1:27:48 finish time.

Sprint Male

PARA

Pos Name Time
1 Larry Seidman 02:16:28.27

M0119

Pos Name Time
1 Grayson Masterson 01:31:28.67

M2024

Pos Name Time
1 Max Cipolla 02:10:12.85

M2529

Pos Name Time
1 Ben Sager 01:37:30.00
2 Landon Marotz 01:54:08.21
3 Austin Teeter 02:30:58.85

M3034

Pos Name Time
1 Kevin Ramos 01:41:53.02
2 Trevor Nelson 01:45:51.96
3 Ross Passmore 02:05:48.35

M3539

Pos Name Time
1 Derek Hoffman 01:59:54.00
2 Christopher Rarig 02:14:32.28
3 Garrett Bragg 02:33:19.83

M4044

Pos Name Time
1 tom Meersman 01:35:48.46
2 Jeremiah Bruce 01:49:42.64
3 Brian Poulsen 01:51:51.97

M4549

Pos Name Time
1 Timothy Noerrlinger 01:52:34.61
2 Lucas Atkinson 01:54:28.55
3 Brian Demery 02:03:38.30

M5054

Pos Name Time
1 Thomas Woods 01:36:07.46
2 Sam Tovar 01:49:35.89
3 Robert Woodage 01:52:39.76

M5559

Pos Name Time
1 IAN MURRAY 01:38:05.47
2 Harry Riggs 01:52:24.68
3 Glenn Solana 02:10:05.13

M6064

Pos Name Time
1 Bill Bender 01:35:03.72
2 Larry Lancaster 01:36:23.94

M6569

Pos Name Time
1 Mark Drangsholt 01:45:05.66
2 Louis Almekinders 01:51:48.29
3 John Hornig 01:58:51.73

M7074

Pos Name Time
1 Doug Usher 01:54:38.59
2 David Clements 02:33:59.28
3 Paul Stultz 02:52:44.45

M7579

Pos Name Time
1 Terry Hutchins 02:20:18.03

M8084

Pos Name Time
1 Rob Norris 02:34:51.57

Sprint Female

Elite/Open

Pos Name Time
1 Caroline Theil 01:27:48.33

F0119

Pos Name Time
1 Dylan Volk 01:35:12.56
2 Abigail Wales 01:49:37.56
3 Allison Hofstra 01:55:29.51

F2024

Pos Name Time
1 Isabel Fairbanks 02:08:46.31

F3034

Pos Name Time
1 Danae Hyde 01:49:09.33
2 Marjorie Galelli 02:41:45.13

F3539

Pos Name Time
1 Kari Benkert 01:39:11.08
2 Sara Laville 01:41:32.83

F4549

Pos Name Time
1 HEATHER LAMB 01:59:00.83
2 Amy Solana 02:00:10.43
3 Jamie Dismuke 02:11:24.68

F5054

Pos Name Time
1 Maribeth Orr 01:54:44.09
2 Amy Hill 02:02:37.21
3 Zsa-Zsa Porter 02:41:16.83

F5559

Pos Name Time
1 Julie Dunkle 01:43:34.27
2 Michelle Friedrich 02:39:44.01

F6064

Pos Name Time
1 Betty Janelle 01:59:47.66
2 Clare Prince 02:18:30.18

F6569

Pos Name Time
1 Karen Weatherby 02:25:16.50
2 Cynthia Berndt 03:21:59.16

F7074

Pos Name Time
1 Joanne Garuccio 02:11:33.25
2 Sally Almekinders 03:06:28.17

F7579

Pos Name Time
1 Linda Usher 02:40:31.42

Duathlon Intermediate Distance

M3539

Pos Name Time
1 Jason Klein 02:17:01.82
2 Jan Grajkowski 02:32:35.70

M4044

Pos Name Time
1 Josh Fisher 02:23:37.95

M4549

Pos Name Time
1 MIKE SUING 02:11:18.01

M5054

Pos Name Time
1 Toby Dogwiler 02:04:22.16

M5559

Pos Name Time
1 kevin drisko 02:13:31.94
2 Mark Carson 02:29:47.12
3 Tom Gilbert 03:08:11.81

M6064

Pos Name Time
1 Matt Wegenka 02:12:54.08
2 Steven Heller 03:54:46.38

M6569

Pos Name Time
1 Mark Achenbach 02:51:22.40
2 David Hoops 03:19:51.46

F6064

Pos Name Time
1 Christine Puetz 03:01:32.67

Duathlon Sprint

M3034
Pos Name Time
1 Chris Hoenig 01:37:09.0
M4044
Pos Name Time
1 Dustin Marvel 01:28:19.3
M4549
Pos Name Time
1 Stephen Eles 01:09:17.8
M5054
Pos Name Time
1 Sean Martin 01:10:42.0
2 Eric Vacek 01:25:46.5
3 Todd Hamilton 01:26:52.4
M5559
Pos Name Time
1 steven worth 01:11:59.0
2 John Hartpence 01:17:17.8
3 Chester Young 01:43:02.0
M6064
Pos Name Time
1 Jeff Dorrill 01:31:11.2
2 Phillip Pitts 01:47:32.5
M6569
Pos Name Time
1 Greg Pelican 01:22:10.1
M7074
Pos Name Time
1 Paul Braunschweiler 01:34:07.1
M8084
Pos Name Time
1 Peter Hackbert 03:02:04.6
Female
F2529
Pos Name Time
1 Sara Cipolla 02:33:34.3
F3539
Pos Name Time
1 Rebecca Bell 01:44:58.9
F4549
Pos Name Time
1 Monica Doval 01:24:16.0
F5559
Pos Name Time
1 Sue Pelican 01:28:19.7
F6064
Pos Name Time
1 Heather Woloshyn 02:04:25.0
2 Victoria Oman 02:21:26.5
F6569
Pos Name Time
1 Renae Bottom 02:17:21.0
F7074
Pos Name Time
1 Sheri Schrock 01:59:10.0
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i thought i saw a video on facebook showing TT swim start… is this correct? I hope not, i put my thoughts in the triquest thread, but drafting is part of gravel racing. taking that out takes the most interesting dynamic out of the race. especially when there are only 50 people in the race.

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Are aerobars banned? I hope so.

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It was a rolling swim start - three at a time. Drafting was still allowed, though.

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No aerobars allowed. USA Triathlon officials were on top of that.

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so that’s a problem. if a strong bike pack formed from the first few people to start the swim in a rolling fashion, and you were the last to start the swim, you would be at an unfair disadvantage. it’s one thing to have a rolling start when you have huge numbers and a tighter swim venue (and drafting illegal). But when you have small numbers and drafting is legal it is inherently unfair to some people.

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So few folks, not even worth talking about.

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That definitely happened, especially with the self-seeded swim start. I wouldn’t call it “unfair” though, it’s just the nature of the beast.

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We are working with USAT on this format to try to make it better… it’s still pretty new. The race was a lot of fun though.

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Thanks for the coverage. I know you provided link to official results but i think the sprint Duathlon results need 1 hour added to them…

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Thanks so much for catching that! Not sure why that got removed, but I have added the “hour” to all of the times now!