Kemper, Widney win Monroe WA

Hunter Kemper of Colorado Springs won by a half a mile and Chantell Widney of Canada won by 14 seconds to take the men’s and women’s titles at the second round of the USA Triathlon Elite Series Saturday in Monroe, Washington.

Kemper finished the dead flat Olympic distance course in 1:49:51 with a 2 minutes, 15 seconds margin of victory over runner-up Ben Collins of Seattle, Washington and 2 minutes, 30 seconds over third-place Andrew Russell of Canada.

Widney finished in 2:01:35 with a 14 seconds margin of victory over runner-up Kaitlin Shiver of Gainesville, Florida and 25 seconds better than third-place finisher Annie Warner of nearby Nine Mile Falls, Washington.

USA Triathlon Elite Race Series – Round 2
Monroe, Washington
June 25, 2011
S 1.5k / B 40k / R 10k

Results

Elite Men

1. Hunter Kemper (USA) 1:49:51 -- $3,750
2. Ben Collins (USA) 1:52:06 -- $3,000
3. Andrew Russell (CAN) 1:52:21 -- $2,250
4. Brian Fleischmann (USA) 1:52:44 -- $1,500
5. Felipe Barraza (CHI) 1:52:55 -- $1,200
6. Dustin McLarty (USA) 1:53:05 - $1,050
7. Lawrence Fanous (JOR) 1:53:31 -- $900
8. Barrett Brandon (USA) 1:53:46 -- $600
9. Andrew McCartney (CAN ) 1:54:05 -- $450
10. Peter Schokman (AUS) 1:54:29 -- $300

Elite Women

1. Chantell Widney (CAN) 2:01:35 -- $3,750
2. Kaitlin Shiver (USA) 2:01:49 -- $3,000
3. Annie Warner (USA) 2:02:00 -- $2,250
4. Annabel Luxford (AUS) 2:02:07 -- $1,500
5. Kelly Whitley (USA) 2:02:54 -- $1,200
6. Jennifer Spieldenner (USA) 2:04:27 -- $1,050
7. Lisa Marangon (AUS) 2:04:58 -- $900
8. Amanda Felder-Derkacs (USA) 2:08:31 – $600
9. Martina Wan (CAN) 2:10:49 - $450
10. Lauren Goss (USA) 2:11:02 - $300