November 12, 2008

Congrats to Team Splish for winning the all female division of the full distance Silverman Triathlon in Las Vegas on November 9. Dawn (swim), Amanda (bike) and Sunny (run) completed the cold, rainy and hilly course in 10:26:32. The gals were fourth overall, and celebrated with a Madonna concert later that night. For a full race report and video footage, check out Amanda's blog.

November 1, 2008

Huge congrats to Bree Wee for capping off her season with an outstanding finish at Ironman Florida on Nov 1. Bree finished 4^th place with a time of 9:26.46 and earned her ticket to Kona next year. Way to go, Bree!

October 15, 2008

Huge congrats to everyone who kicked butt at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, HI last weekend. Tracy Robertson was the 21^st pro (25^th overall woman) with a time of 10:08.26. Rachel Ross was the 4^th amateur and 24^th woman overall with a time of 10:06.33. Chrissy Parks was the 6^th amateur and 30^th woman overall with a time of 10:12:53, and Shelby Sheffield finished with a time of 11:25:59.

Michael Lovato had another great year in Kona placing 9^th overall (2^nd American) with a time of 8:34:47 (and a fast 2:52:11 marathon). Congratulations, Michael!

September 30, 2008

Congrats to the Lovato's for their victories at the Crescent Moon Sprint Triathlon in Denver, CO on September 20. Amanda won the women's race with a time of 1:05.52--more than five minutes ahead of the second place finisher. Michael also kicked some butt and showed some speed before he travels to Kona for the Ironman Wold Championship. He was the overall winner with a time of 56:05.

Ashley Whitney kicked some booty at the SERC Alcatraz Invitational Swim in San Francisco, CA. She finished second overall (first female) with a time of 25:41.8.

September 17, 2008

Congrats to Bree Wee and Rachel Ross for their great performances at the10th Annual Na Wahine Sprint Triathlon in Waikiki, HI. Bree won the race with a time (and course record) of 57:01, and Rachel finished third with a time of 59:59.

Article on the race here.

September 9, 2008

Alex Kostich and Dawn kicked some booty at the 78th annual Gatorman La Jolla Rough Water Swim. Alex finished a nail-biting second in the 3-mile swim, while Dawn emerged as the female champion (fourth overall).

Article on the race here.

Results here.

August 26, 2008

Huge congratulations to Tracy Robertson who had an outstanding race at Ironman Canada last weekend. She broke ten hours for the first time (9:59:27), placed 7^th in a highly-competitive field, AND qualified for the Ironman World Championship. Way to go, Tracy!

August 20, 2008

Congrats to Annamay Pierse and Richard Hortness for their awesome swims in Beijing.

Annamay reached the finals of the 200 breastroke and placed 6^th with a time of 2:23.77. She also was part of the 400 medley relay team that finished 7^th (and split a super-fast 1:06.91 for her 100 breastroke leg). She also advanced to the semi-finals of the 100 breastroke and finished 10^th with a time of 1:08.27.

Richard swam a personal best time in the 50 freestyle. He placed 27^th with a speedy time of 22.42.

August 5, 2008

Congrats to Sunny Gilbert on her victory at the Luna All Women's Sprint Triathlon in Fairview, OR on August 2nd. She was the overall winner with a time of 1:07:08.

Shelby Sheffield also raced on Saturday. She placed 16th overall at the Whirlpool Steelhead 70.3 "Triathlon" in Benton Harbor, Michigan with a time of 4:26:05. The race was changed to a duathlon due to the highly-wavy and choppy waters.

July 21, 2008

Congrats to Tracy Robertson on a strong 4^th place finish at the Boulder Peak Triathlon on Sunday. Her time of 2:15:08 was quick enough to pick up a nice $2,000 paycheck for her day at the office!

Dawn was second overall at the Catfish Open Water Swim in Cupertino, CA. She covered the 2.4 mile course in 45:15--behind Beijing-Bound Chloe Sutton.

July 14, 2008

Congrats to Bree Wee for her third place finish at the Subaru Vancouver International Triathlon. Bree set the swim course record with a time of 25:50. Despite a minor detour and going off course (yes, the lead motorcycle lead her in the wrong direction), she finished with a time of 4:40:12.

Michael Lovato showed he has some speed at the BMW of Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon. He won race with a time of 1:58:38--almost three minutes ahead of the second-place finisher.

Shelby Sheffield was also in Chattanooga. Not only did she win the 35-39 age group with a time of 2:25:34, but she managed to pull off the win after helping a man who crashed in the rain and passed out. Way to go Shelby! Not many people would have done that. I'm sure he was very grateful.

July 4, 2008

Keri Hehn finished oh-so-close to making the Olympic team. She put up a great fight with a 4^th place finish in the 200 meter breaststroke. We love you, Keri! You made us proud.

July 1, 2008

Team Splish had another great weekend of racing!

Sunny Gilbert kicked off the weekend on Saturday with a win at the Pacific Crest Half Iron Triathlon in Sunriver, OR. She rocked the course with a speedy time of 4:48:55.

Amanda Lovato won her first race of the season on Sunday at the MedExpress Spirit of Morgantown Half Triathlon in West Virginia. Her time of 4:40:16 beat the competition by more than seven minutes.

Tracy Robertson and Chrissy Parks both raced well on Sunday at the highly-competitive Buffalo Springs Triathlon Ironman 70.3 in Lubbock, TX. Tracy finished fifth overall with a time of 4:37:57 just shy of fourth place. Chrissy Parks won the 30-34 age group with a time of 4:55:31.

Alex Kostich and Dawn began the open water season with the Pacific Open Water Challenge 5K in Long Beach, CA. Alex was second overall (just four seconds away from first) with a time of 51:17. Dawn won the women's race with a time of 56:26.

Keri Hehn advanced to the semi finals of the women's 100 Breastsroke at the Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, NE. She finished 11^th with a time of 1:08.97. Keri is also swimming the 200 Breastroke on Thursday, so tune in to nbcolympics.com and cheer for Keri on Thursday!

June 25, 2008

It's time to catch up on some news before there is even more to report.

Congrats to Sunny Gilbert on her victory at the Blue Lake Triathlon in Fairview, Oregon on June 15. Not only was she the first overall female with a speedy time of 2:06.40, but she finished with a quick 10k time of 38:07.

Bree Wee kicked butt at Ironman Japan last weekend. She was the 2^nd overall female with a lightning-fast time of 9:37:12. Her swim time of 52:52 was also impressive.

Michael Lovato finished third at Ironman Coeur d'Alene last weekend with a time of 8:48:22. It must be nice to have an "off" race and finish on the podium! Not too many people can say that.

Jenny Garrison finished 3^rd overall at the US Women's Triathlon in Naperville, IL-not too shabby considering she just had a baby less than three months ago!

There are a lot of Splishers in action this weekend. Good luck to everyone, and stay tuned for results.

June 11, 2008

Last weekend Team Splish had some great pool swims at the Janet Evans Invitational in Los Angeles.

Annamay Pierse and Keri Hehn posted quick times in the 100 and 200 breastroke events. Annamay finished 5^th (1:08.81) in the 100 and 2^nd in the 200 (2:26.28). Keri placed 6^th (1:09:11) in the 100 and 3^rd in the 200 (2:27:08).

New Splisher Richard Hortness (who Beijing bound) was 8^th in the 50 freestyle and 15^th in the 100 freestyle.

Dawn managed to beat most of the munchkins by placing 5^th in the 800 freestyle.

Up Next: Alisha Lion races Richmond Xterra East Championships in Richmond, VA.

June 2, 2008

After numerous illnesses and canceled race starts, Tracy Robertson-Frack finally competed in her first triathlon as an elite at the Oliver Half-Ironman in Oliver, BC on Sunday. She placed 2nd to Olympic silver medalist and Ironman World Champion Michellie Jones. The pro field was small, so she found herself alone for the most of the swim. Once on the bike, Tracer the Racer moved into 3rd just a few minutes behind 2nd and about 14mins behind Michellie. With her running shoes on, Tracy set out after the top two. She would catch 2nd place about half-way into the run and would outrun Michellie by four minutes.Her 1:25:41 run split was a new run course record. Needless to say, she is extremely happy to get a good result from her first race of the year (thanks Shawn Frack for the awesome report).

Ashley Whitney kicked butt in the 10k swim in Ft. Myers, FL this weekend. Her time of 2:16.35 was more than a minute and a half ahead of the second place finisher.

Rachel Ross had a great swim and run at Hawaii Ironman 70.3 (and behaved herself by not running with an injured IT band).

Up Next: Keri Hehn and Annamay Pierse compete at the Janet Evans Invitational in Los Angeles, and Jen Garrison races the Tri-Shark Classic in IL.

May 27, 2008

Thumb's up to our breastrokers who enjoyed some fast swimming this weekend.

Beijing-bound Annamay Pierse won the 100 and 200 meter breaststroke events at the Mel Zajac Jr. International meet in Vancouver this weekend.

Keri Hehn swam a lifetime best in the 200 meter breaststroke at the Speedo Grand Challenge in Irvine. Her speedy 2:25.73 should put her in the running at next month's Olympic Trials in Omaha. She also swam a quick 1:08.85 in the 100 meter distance.

Up next: Bree Wee and Rachel Ross gear up for some fast racing in their home state as they race Ford Ironman 70.3 Hawaii.

May 20, 2008

Congratulations to Bree, Amanda and Rob for another weekend of great racing.

Bree toasted the competition (by 11 minutes) at the Honolulu Triathlon, and Amanda was runner-up at the Columbia Triathlon. Rob Whitmill made the transition from Olympic distance to Half Ironman distance with a strong showing in Orlando.

Up next: Keri Hehn tunes up for Olympic (swimming) Trials at the Grand Challenge in Irvine.

May 5, 2008

This weekend was an AWESOME racing weekend for Team Splish.

Sunny Gilbert kicked off the weekend on Saturday with a superstar showing at Wildflower.She rocked the course with a 6^th place overall finish and time of 4:48.30. Way to go, Sunny! (and you said you were nervous!)

Bree Wee, Amanda Lovato and Shelby Sheffield kept the momentum going with superstar showings in St. Croix. Bree was a speedy 3^rd overall (a mere 12 seconds from 2^nd place) and even took home the swim prime. Amanda kicked some bootie out there, too finishing 8^th overall. Shelby won the 30-34 age group (11^th overall) and qualified for Kona in the process

Up next: Tracer the Racer (Tracy Robertson) and Rob Whitmill travel to Orlando for Ironman 70.3 on May 18^th.