While there were no big prestigious contests this weekend in the triathlon world, there was pavement action in South Africa, New Zealand and Argentina as well as a snowy contest in Finland. Of note in track and field, an American broke an Irishman’s 20-year-old world record for the plus-40 crowd at a classic meet in New York City. And we fancied several Valentine’s Day messages from triathletes on social media.
Sophie Corbridge and Ryan Sissons win Takapuna Oceania Cup Sprint Triathlon
New Zealanders Sophie Corbridge and Ryan Sissons won the Takapuna OTU Super Sprint Triathlon Oceania Cup on Valentine’s Day.
Sissons edged Luke Willian of Australia by 7 seconds, 27:07 to 27:14 over the 300 meter swim, 9.6k bike leg and 2.6k run. Corbridge edged 2012 Olympic silver medalist Lisa Norden by 10 seconds, thanks to a 2nd-fastest 9:20 run split which outpaced Norden by 12 seconds.
Takapuna OTU Sprint Triathlon Oceania Cup
Takapuna, New Zealand
February 14, 2015
S 300m / B 9.6k / R 2.6k
Results
Women
1. Sophie Corbridge (NZL) 30:25
2. Lisa Norden (SWE) 30:35
3. Renee Tomlin (USA) 30:46
4. Nicole Van der Kay (NZL) 30:51
5. Chika Sato (JPN) 30:54
Men
1. Ryan Sissons (NZL) 27:07
2. Luke Willian (AUS) 27:14
3. Michael Lori (CAN) 27:21
4. Sam Osborne (NZL) 27:27
5. Alexis Lepage (CAN) 27:28
Valentina Carvallo and Gonzalo Raul Tellechea win Mendoza CAMTRI American Cup
Valentina Carvallo of Chile and Gonzalo Raul Tellechea of Argentina won the elite titles at the Mendoza CAMTRI American Cup Olympic distance event.
Carvallo ran a race-best 37:19 run split to finish in 2:08:18 with a 48 seconds margin of victory over runner-up Beatriz Neres of Brazil. Tellechea ran a race-fastest 32:54 run split to pull away from runner-up Bruno Matheus of Brazil. Tellechea finished in 1:53:21 with a 38 seconds margin of victory.
Mendoza CAMTRI Triathlon American Cup
Mendoza, Argentina
February 14, 2015
S 1.5k / B 40k / R 10k
Results
Women
1. Valentina Carvallo (CHL) 2:08:18
2. Beatriz Neres (BRA) 2:09:06
3. Romina Biagioli (ARG) 2:09:52
4. Romina Palacio Balena (ARG) 2:11:08
5. Macarena Salazar (CHL) 2:16:44
Men
1. Gonzalo Raul Tellechea (ARG) 1:53:21
2. Bruno Matheus (BRA) 1:53:39
3. Kohei Shimomura (JPN) 1:54:28
4. Luciano Taccone (ARG) 1:54:44
5. Felipe Van de Wyngard (CHL) 1:54:53
Pavel Andreev and Claude Godbout win Lahti ITU Winter Triathlon
Pavel Andreev of Russia edged Marc-andré Bédard of Canada by 1:08 to win the elite men’s division and Claude Godbout of Canada beat runner-up Jenni Mattila of Finland by 5:07 to win the elite women's title at the Lahti (Finland) ITU S3 Winter Triathlon World Cup.
Lahti ITU S3 Winter Triathlon World Cup
Lahti, Finland
February 14, 2015
Results
Elite Men
1. Pavel Andreev (RUS) 1:01:14
2. Marc-andré Bédard (CAN) 1:02:22
3. Ole Halonen (FIN) 1:05:53
4. Antti Kosonen (FIN) 1:07:53
5. Tuukka Miettinen (FIN) 1:09:28
Elite Women
1. Claude Godbout (CAN) 1:12:26
2. Jenni Mattila (FIN) 1:17:33
Henri Schoeman and Flora Duffy win Cape Town African Cup Sprint
Henri Schoeman of South Africa and XTERRA World Champion Flora Duffy of Bermuda won the elite titles at the Cape Town ATU Sprint Triathlon African Cup.
Schoeman’s race-best 8:31 swim and 18:45 run overcame runner-up Lukas Hollaus’ much better 30:42 bike split to finish in 59:42 with an 8 seconds margin of victory over the Austrian.
Duffy posted a race-best 21:52 5k run to finish in 1:08:49 and edge runner-up Lauren Dance of South Africa by 8 seconds.
Cape Town ATU Sprint Triathlon African Cup
Cape Town, South Africa
February 15, 2015
S 750m / B 20k / R 5k
Results
Men
1. Henri Schoeman (RSA) 59:42
2. Lukas Hollaus (AUT) 59:50
3. Franz Loeschke (GER) 1:00:00
4. Lukas Pertl (AUT) 1:00:08
5. Jonas Schomburg (TUR) 1:00:14
Women
1. Flora Duffy (BER) 1:08:49
2. Lauren Dance (RSA) 1:09:23
3. Aoi Kuramoto (JPN) 1:09:31
4. Vicky Van Der Merwe (RSA) 1:09:40
5. Carlyn Fischer (RSA) 1:09:51
Bernard Lagat shatters Eamonn Coghlan’s master’s mile record at Millrose Games
Saturday during the famed Wanamaker indoor mile at the 108th Millrose Games in New York City, Bernard Lagat of the United States crushed the master’s mile world record set in 1994 by Eamonn Coghlan of Ireland. Lagat, who is 40 years old, ran 3:54.91, topping Coghlan’s mark of 3:58.15 set 20 years ago on the indoor track at Harvard University.
Lagat, who broke Coghlan’s Wanamaker Mile record of 7 overall wins with 8 victories at the classic New York City indoor track facility a while ago, finished 4th overall behind Matthew Centrowitz, who won this year’s title in a time of 3:51.91, holding off Nick Willis by .11 of a second.
Some of our favorite Valentine’s Day wishes from triathletes
Thanks to social media, we get to enjoy the creative, funny, heartfelt and cute Valentines posted by a wide range of folks in the worldwide triathlon community. All Valentine messages were approved by the authors for re-posting in Slowtwitch.
“Happy Valentine’s Day to the pizza lover of my life.” - Angela Duncan to Paul Duncan
“Happy Valentine’s Day to me! Hope this blueberry, banana and date smoothie will get me through my 10k swim today.” - Kelsey Withrow
“That naughty little money in the background thought she should help herself to a Valentine’s Day treat (or an entire bag of treats) #dogsofboulder#adventuressofashopgirl #treats#lady#naughtygirl” - James Hadley
“Happy Valentine’s Day to the love of my life @kzaferes6! I didn’t believe on love until I met Katie. It’s incredible the feeling you get when you meet the girl of your dreams. When you come across ‘the one’ there won’t be any doubt in your mind! I love you Mrs. Zaferes!” - Tommy Zaferes
“My dad is sweet to the single ladies at work for Valentine’s Day. Nice bouquet of flowers” - XLab COO Candice Turner, referring to her father, XLab founder and chief designer Craig Turner
“Happy Valentine’s Day to the love of my life my inspiration @ambergarcia76” - Pete Coulson
“Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss by Antonio Canova. A neo-classical sculpture of Cupid bringing Psyche back to life with a tender kiss and caress after she had opened a sacred jar said to contain the treasure of divine beauty, but actually contained the Sleep of Innermost Darkness, an everlasting state of despair and loneliness. Like all relationships, the story is a bit more complicated than that, but on Valentine’s day, that version will suffice.” - Tom Demerly
“The real deal, I would say, too cute.” - Flick Boucher
“Happy Valentine’s Day” - Ardis Bow, 1983 and 1985 Ultraman winner and 1984 Wildflower winner
“Happy Valentine’s Day!!” - Jamie Whitmore to her husband, Courtney Cardenas
