Wednesday, July 14, 2004

Easy as 1-2-3 for triathloner Folske

Three-peat for Ironman contender, Hillemeyer top woman

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Ketchum’s Grant Folske, 27, is training for the Ironman Triathlon World Championship—but first, he won his third consecutive Sun Valley Sprint Triathlon Sunday.

Folske led the 40 individual finishers in the 19-mile endurance test with a final time of one hour, 10 minutes and 53 seconds, just 10 seconds off his winning pace from 2003.

SV Sprint Triathlon women’s winner Cindi Hillemeyer, and friend. Express photo by Willy Cook

Second in the swim, Folske clocked the fastest 14-mile biking split among individuals, 32:24, and the top running time on the 4.5-mile course, 27:37.

Folske placed 60th (of 1,627 finishers) in the 140-mile Ironman USA Coeur d’Alene Triathlon June 27 and thus qualified for the 26th Ironman Triathlon World Championship Oct. 16 in Hawaii.

Sunday’s women’s first-time individual winner was Ketchum’s Cindi Hillemeyer (1.29:08). She edged Georgie Montgomery (1.29:58) and Whitney Savlsberry (1.31:52). Savlsberry had the best swim split of all women, 10:46.

Grant Folske won the SV Sprint Triathlon for the third straight year, a record in the event’s 19 years. Express photo by Willy Cook

There were 15 teams for a total of 85 participants in the 19th annual event sponsored by Sun Valley Athletic Club.

For the second straight year, the fastest team of all was the mixed group of swimmer Diane Crumrine, biker Richard Feldman and runner Dave McBryant (1.15:30).

Feldman blew away the bicyclists with a top split time of 28:17. Mike Maggard had the best swimming split, 9:48, and Mikey Sinnott clocked the fastest running split, 27:31.

 

 

2004 SV Sprint Triathlon Individual Results

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July 10-11, 2004, individual results for the 19th annual Sun Valley Sprint Triathlon. Distances for the 19.0-mile course were 0.5-mile (800-yard) swim at Elkhorn, followed the next day by 14-mile bicycle ride and 4.5-mile run headquartered at Trail Creek Cabin. Results by final placing for 40 individual finishers (27 men, 13 women), with split times in minutes and seconds followed by rank in the splits, and final times in hours, minutes and seconds.

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MALE RESULTS

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ATHLETE SWIM BIKE RUN TOTAL

Men's overall
1—Grant Folske 10:52(2) 32:24(1) 27:37(1) 1.10:53(1)
2—Bill Nurge 10:39(1) 33:41(3) 30:18(3) 1.14:38(2)
3—Brian Nelson 12:08(4) 33:17(2) 31:35(4) 1.17:00(3)

Ages 70-and-up
1—Charley French 18:24(22) 41:29(12) 46:48(21) 1.46:41(20)

Ages 60-69
1—Dean Behse 12:12(5) 43:30(19) 41:24(14) 1.37:06(11)
2—Nate Thomas 13:11(8) 41:43(15) 43:40(17) 1.38:34(12)
3—Mike Merz 15:24(13) 46:51(22) 48:08(22) 1.50:23(22)
4—Frank Mendelblatt 23:57(25) 1.01:05(27) 1.02:50(27) 2.27:52(27)

Ages 50-59
1—John Hunter 16:14(18) 37:53(6) 45:41(19) 1.39:48(14)
2—Mike Thompson 17:36(20) 47:05(23) 54:51(24) 1.59:32(24)
3—Bill Gundy 25:31(26) 33:46(4) 1.02:26(26) 2.01:43(25)
4—Wiley Ellis 16:09(17) 52:54(26) 56:45(25) 2.05:48(26)

Ages 40-49
1—Scott Montgomery 12:00(3) 39:00(8) 34:55(5) 1.25:55(5)
2—Steve Hardesty 13:55(11) 36:09(5) 44:43(18) 1.34:47(8)
3—Steve Berman 15:00(12) 41:33(13) 38:44(10) 1.35:17(10)
4—Tony Mattos 16:05(16) 42:55(18) 42:49(16) 1.41:49(15)
5—Michael Dunn 12:19(6) 45:05(21) 48:31(23) 1.45:55(18)

Ages 30-39
1—Daniel Line 13:16(9) 39:31(9) 35:12(6) 1.27:59(6)
2—Loy Harrell 27:27(27) 38:18(7) 41:51(15) 1.47:36(21)

Ages 20-29
1—David Gundy 12:35(7) 40:14(10) 35:45(7) 1.28:34(7)
2—Reed Hunter 15:37(14) 41:40(14) 37:59(8) 1.35:16(9)
3—Chase Barnes 15:49(15) 44:28(20) 38:31(9) 1.38:48(13)
4—Ben Morris 19:49(24) 41:47(16) 41:09(13) 1.42:45(16)

Ages 19-and-under
1—Miles Fink-Debray 13:55(10) 41:04(11) 28:25(2) 1.23:24(4)
2—Dylan Beamer 19:14(23) 42:36(17) 41:02(12) 1.42:52(17)
3—Chase Caulkins 17:39(21) 48:27(25) 40:35(11) 1.46:41(19)
4—Zack Lowry 17:29(19) 47:15(24) 46:02(20) 1.50:46(23)

Time improvements compared to 2003—Tony Mattos 2:48, Dave Gundy 1:21.

Top splits (among all males)—Mike Maggard (team) 9:48 swim; Richard Feldman (team) 28:17 bike; and Mikey Sinnott (team) 27:31 run.

 

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FEMALE RESULTS

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ATHLETE SWIM BIKE RUN TOTAL

Women's overall
1—Cindi Hillemeyer 11:34(2) 40:46(1) 36:48(3) 1.29:08(1)
2—Georgie Montgomery 12:16(3) 42:40(2) 35:02(2) 1.29:58(2)
3—Whitney Savlsberry 10:46(1) 46:56(10) 34:10(1) 1.31:52(3)

Ages 50-59
1—Leslie Howa 16:25(10) 45:11(7) 37:59(4) 1.39:35(6)

Ages 40-49
1—Susan Gundy 16:31(11) 43:56(6) 44:07(9) 1.44:34(10)

Ages 30-39
1—Cinda Lewis 16:51(12) 43:03(4) 39:21(6) 1.39:15(5)
2—Kristie Bergesen 12:56(5) 47:21(11) 39:26(7) 1.39:43(7)
3—Jayne Bick 16:19(9) 45:19(8) 41:56(8) 1.43:34(8)

Ages 20-29
1—Mollie Holt 12:32(4) 42:54(3) 38:44(5) 1.34:10(4)
2—Amy Anderson 16:06(8) 43:21(5) 44:50(10) 1.44:17(9)
3—Nadia Novik 13:04(6) 45:47(9) 47:09(12) 1.46:00(11)
4—Jessica Gundy 15:19(7) 51:16(13) 46:48(11) 1.53:23(12)
5—Erin Hendricks 19:29(13) 49:32(12) 1.00:19(13) 2.09:20(13)

Time improvements compared to 2003—Susan Gundy 0:31.

Top splits (among all females)—Whitney Savlsberry (individual) 10:46 swim; Brooke Bergdahl (team) 37:32 bike; and Shannon Webb (team) 33:08 run.

 

 

2004 Sprint Triathlon Team Outcome

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Team results for the July 10-11, 2004 Sun Valley Sprint Triathlon. Results by final class placing for the 15 teams. Split times in minutes and seconds followed by rank in the splits, then final team times in hours, minutes and seconds followed by ranking among all teams. Records are—family 1.16:39 in 1995; men's 1.06:40 in 1990; women's 1.18:58 in 1994; mixed 1.08:04 in 1990.

 

SWIM BIKE RUN TOTAL

MEN'S TEAMS

1—Don Oliphant, John Swyers, Derrick May 10:39(2) 37:12(6) 28:22(2) 1.16:13(2)

2—Mike Maggard, Jason Haase, Greg Hedin 9:48(1) 33:10(4) 34:35(5) 1.17:33(3)

3—Robert Parker, Greg Peterson, Ed Sinnott 11:35(7) 39:45(8) 40:11(11) 1.31:31(10)

 

FAMILY TEAMS

1—Michael Dunn, Jim Pint, Elizabeth Dunn 12:54(12) 43:41(14) 54:08(15) 1.50:43(14)

2—Karen Cantrell, Nelson Cantrell, Bill Cantrell 15:22(14) 1.01:33(15) 35:33(9) 1.52:28(15)

 

MIXED TEAMS

1—Diana Crumrine, Richard Feldman, Dave McBryant 12:25(11) 28:17(1) 34:48(6) 1.15:30(1)

2—Amthor Gilbert, Jon Engen, Darlene Young 11:20(6) 31:53(2) 34:58(8) 1.18:11(4)

3—Britta Vontagen, John Straka, Susan Chandler 10:45(3) 32:35(3) 34:55(7) 1.18:15(5)

4—Kristin Green, Patrick Sinnott, Mikey Sinnott 16:10(15) 40:24(10) 27:31(1) 1.24:05(7)

5—Kimberley Hunter, John Hunter, Tim Mahoney 10:48(4) 43:19(13) 32:56(3) 1.27:03(8)

6—Bob Lowry, Reidar Oyen, Karen Stevens 12:10(10) 35:59(5) 40:43(12) 1.28:52(9)0

7—Rachel Becker, Brent Haleen, Sean Haleen 11:51(9) 41:28(11) 41:28(13) 1.34:47(12)

8—Wendy Wirth, Eric Boe, Heidi Ottley 15:13(13) 40:09(9) 41:42(14) 1.37:04(13)

 

WOMEN’S TEAMS

1—Lauren Bergdahl, Brooke Bergdahl, Shannon Webb 11:49(8) 37:32(7) 33:08(4) 1.22:29(6)

 

WOMEN 17-AND-UNDER

1—Calley Brown, Lexie Praggastis, Sara Berman 11:15(5) 42:07(12) 38:52(10) 1.32:14(11)

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