120+ 4x50 Mixed Medley Relay: Marie, Dawn,
Mark, John: 23rd
Congratulations also to Jim Wright
who swam with the High Intensity a.m. and then the 8:30am Earlybirds in
Fall/Winter. He was a member of Technosport's World Record setting
relay at Nationals. The team of Bruce Robertson (25.86), Glen
Belfry (26.00), John March (26.49) and Jim (27.76), competing in the 200+
relay category, finished the 4x50 free relay in 1:46.11. Their splits are
shown in parentheses.
May 10-11th National Capital Marathon
Weekend
Many Carleton swimmers took part in the running
races during the National Capital Marathon Weekend. I did not go through
the results due to the thousands of entrants(!), so your name will be listed
here only if you or another swimmer told me that you raced! If I missed
anyone, please let me know.
First a big thank you to all who volunteered,
especially Debby W (Whitecaps) who has given up her weekend for
the past five years to help out with the races.
5km (3456 entrants):
Mary Beth (6:30am Earlybirds)
walked this with her husband, Peter, and they finished 3331 and 3332nd overall
in 1:05:13.
10km (4629 entrants):
Sheila (Whitecaps) was 139th
overall, 27th woman, and 9th in her 35-39 age group in 39:09
Christian (6:30am Earlybirds) was
141st overall, 113th man, and 24th in his 25-29 age group in 39:13
Half Marathon (4727
entrants):
Rich M (6:30am Earlybirds) was
419th overall, 353rd man, and 80th in his 30-34 age group in
1:40:59
Natalie A (8:30am Earlybirds) was
1449th overall, 461st woman, and 97th in her 30-34 age group in
1:55:11
Gerry D (8:30am Earlybirds) was
1629th overall, 1081st man, and 231st in his 30-34 age group in
1:57:15
Andy J (Whitecaps/W'polo Coach)
was 2254th overall, 1329th man, and 283rd in his 30-34 age group in
2:03:13
Heather (Coach/Whitecaps) was
2709th overall, 1227th woman, and 267th in her 25-29 age group in
2:07:52
Kristi (Coach/Earlybirds) was
3047th overall, 1456th woman, and 305th in her 30-34 age group in
2:11:49
Paul K (Nightcaps) was 3356th
overall, 1678th man, and 123rd in his 50-54 age group in 2:15:14
Marathon (2667
entrants):
Anushka (6:30am Earlybirds) was
873rd overall, 150th woman, and 47th in her 25-29 age group in
3:49:12
Iyad (6:30am Earlybirds) was
1387th overall, 1056th man, and 179th in his 30-34 age group in
4:05:02
Ross W (6:30am Earlybirds)
completed half of the full marathon in 1:36:38 (which would have put him 41st in
his 40-44 age group in the half marathon)
May 11th, St Kitts Triathlon
Stefani K (7:30am Earlybirds) combined a vacation with a
race and competed in the Sprint triathlon held in conjunction with the ITU race
in St Kitts. She did very well and finished as 3rd overall woman!
May 18th, Columbia, Maryland Olympic Distance Triathlon
(1056 competitors)
Rob L (6:30am Earlybirds) and Tom M
(Whitecaps) competed in this event and brought home the hardware for
Ottawa. Tom was 40th male; 1st in his 45-49 age group and
3rd Master (40+) in 2:21:22. Rob was 95th male and
1st in the Clydesdale Master category in
2:31:19.
May 18th, Runner's Life Duathlon,
Peterborough (5k run, 20k bike, 5k run; 72 competitors)
Congratulations to Sheila (Whitecaps) who was 8th overall
and 1st woman in 1:12:43.