Stacey Richardson, 36, of Chapel Hill finished third and Chris Tommerdahl, 22, of Chapel Hill was 11th in the women’s age-group race at the USA Triathlon National Championship Festival held Sept. 20 at Hagg Lake, Ore. The event consisted of a 1.5K swim, a 40K bike ride and a 10K run.
Richardson finished in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 51 seconds, a time that also gave her second place in the women’s 35-39 age division.
Tommerdahl’s time of 2:14:09 was tops in her 20-24 age division.
Also in the women’s race, Sharon Roggenbuck, 70, of Hillsborough was fifth in the 70-74 age group in 3:41:08, and Durham’s Shellly Bloom, 55, was seventh in the 55-59 age group.
The top male finisher from North Carolina was Durham’s David Williams, 32, who was 49th overall and ninth in the 30-34 age group.
The race had 892 finishers — 502 men and 390 women. Of the 13 finishers from North Carolina, five finished in the top 10 in their age divisions.
The overall age-group winner was Jason Schott of Dahlonega, Ga., in 1:54:08, which was 50 seconds ahead of runner-up Adam Webber of Denver, Pa.
The top female age-group finisher was Brook Davison of Boulder, Colo., in 2:05:52, followed by Cathy Yndestad of St. Paul, Minn., in 2:09.37 and then Richardson.
The event, which USA Triathlon calls its “Super Bowl,” attracted athletes from 45 states ranging in age from 18 to 78.
In the Elite Women’s race, Julie Ertel of Irvine, Calif., won in 2:05:46 and was followed by Sarah Haskins of Colorado Springs, Colo., in 2:05:57 and Sarah Groff of Boulder, Colo., in 2:06:26. A sixth-place finish in 2:08:59 earned Jasmine Oeinck of Colorado Springs, Colo., the Under-23 national championship.
In the Elite Men’s race, Matt Reed of Boulder, Colo., won in 1:54:30. Runner-up was Joe Umphenour of Seattle in 1:55:38. Third place went to Ethan Brown of Lowell, Mass., in 1:55:44. Brown also won the Under-23 national championship.
Complete results can be found online.
NORTH CAROLINA MEN
Name City Age division Age Time Overall Sex place Div. place
John Austin Wake Forest 55-59 56 2:26:36 433 318 19
Paul Bloom Durham 60-64 61 2:43:10 697 445 25
Charles Rivers Chapel Hill 25-29 27 2:06:12 72 71 17
Cory Scott Cape Carteret 20-24 21 2:10:08 124 121 26
Travis Tyrell Wake Forest 20-24 22 2:14:43 201 187 33
David Williams Durham 30-34 32 2:03:05 49 49 9
Kenneth Younts Chapel Hill 40-44 42 2:07:53 94 93 11
NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN
Name City Age division Age Time Overall Sex place Div. place
Shelly Bloom Durham 55-59 55 2:45:01 709 261 7
Jennifer Maynard Pinebluff 30-34 32 2:55:27 781 312 49
Stacey Richardson Chapel Hill 35-39 36 2:09:51 120 3 2
Sharon Roggenbuck Hillsborough 70-74 70 3:41:08 878 381 5
Chris Tommerdahl Chapel Hill 20-24 22 2:14:09 189 11 1
Joanna Younts Chapel Hill 40-44 41 2:23:12 355 75 16
