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For the week of June 19 - 25, 2002

  Sports

Local athletes impressive in Spudman Triathlon

17th annual event in Boise


Local triathletes Grant Folske, Matt Brinker and Lisa Chang turned in impressive performances during Saturday’s 17th Spudman Triathlon, a 24-mile endurance race in Boise.

Sponsoring the Spudman was the Boise Family YMCA and PowerBar. The course featured a 1.5-kilometer swim at Lucky Peak Reservoir, an 18.5-mile bike ride and a 5-mile run.

Grant Folske, 25, and Brinker, 29, finished 1-2 in the men’s 25-29 age class. And Chang, 34, ended up as the third woman overall. In all, there were 127 triathletes finishing the event, 96 men and 21 women.

Perhaps the biggest second-effort of the day came from Grant Folske. Emerging from the water in 44th place overall, Folske clocked the best bike time (46:15) and second-fastest run (30:10) to finish fifth overall.

Grant Folske’s final time was 1.45:57. The winner was Keith Folske, 29, of Boise in 1.42:43. Keith’s splits were 26:22 swim, 46:37 bike and 29:42 run. In second place was Gar Hackney, 53, of Boise in 1.44:08.

Brinker ended up 40th overall in 2.03:25. His splits were 29:35 swim, 53:58 bike and 39:51 run.

The women had a slightly shorter swim. The winner was Margaret Hepworth, 39, of Boise in 1.44:07. Chang was third in 1.49:10. Lisa’s splits were 14:06, 53:14 and 41:50.

Saturday’s Spudman was a qualifying event for the 2002 U.S. National Triathlon Age Group Championships set for Aug. 31 in Coeur d’Alene. That 32-mile race later this summer includes a 0.9-mile swim, 24.8-mile bike ride and 6.2-mile run.

All three Ketchum triathletes qualified for the Coeur d’Alene race.

 


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