Athletes swim, bike, run at annual Lake Meridian Triathlon | SLIDESHOW

A cool, cloudy June morning didn't slow down about 380 athletes who competed in the Lake Meridian Triathlon last Saturday.

Swimmers exit the water on their way to the bike leg of the Lake Meridian Triathlon last Saturday.

Swimmers exit the water on their way to the bike leg of the Lake Meridian Triathlon last Saturday.

A cool, cloudy June morning didn’t slow down about 380 athletes who competed in the Lake Meridian Triathlon last Saturday.

The race featured three race lengths in both men and women divisions – sprint, super sprint and Olympic.

The sprint and super sprint races consisted of a 16.4-mile bike ride and 3.1-mile run, differing only in the swim distances – a quarter-mile for the super sprint and a half-mile for the sprint.

The Olympic course had a 1.5 kilometer (.93 mile) swim, a 40-kilometer (24.8-miles) bike ride and a 10-kilometer (6.2 mile) run.

David Vanbolt finished first overall in the men’s super sprint with a time of 1 hour, 5 minutes and 1 second. Philippe Bouttefroy took first in the sprint (1:14:20) and Nicholas Klatt won the Olympic course (2:05:53).

For the women, Maria Volk took first in the super sprint (1:32:40), Karla Bensen won the sprint (1:24:37) and Kambria Schumacher came out on top in the Olympic (2:21:30).

Another Lake Meridian Triathlon is set for Saturday, Aug. 13. This is the seventh year for the Lake Meridian Triathlon, which is organized by Raise the Bar.

For more information or complete results from last Saturday’s race, visit lakemeridiantri.com.




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