Current National Duathlon Champion Kaleb Vanort of Mishakawa, Indiana won his second USAT national title of 2010 by a big margin, while Mandy McLane of Windemere, Florida held off the run of runner-up Cindi Bannink by seven seconds to take overall wins at the USAT Age Group National Championship at Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Vanort’s 1:52:16 finish time for the non-drafting Olympic distance event was 1 minute 57 seconds faster than the men’s elite winner, Australian pro Brendan Sexton. Vanort was 6 seconds behind eventual overall runner-up Doug Clark after the swim and bike. But the Indianan’s 31:59 run – 47 seconds faster than elite men’s winner Brendan Sexton’s - was 3:28 faster than Clark and provided nearly all of Vanort’s margin of victory.

While Vanort’s was an exceptional effort that topped overall men’s age group runner-up Doug Clark by 3:38, comparisons with the elite pros cannot be definitive because the age group bike and run courses were different and were conducted under different rules.

The age group bike course was a much more spread out, two-loop affair while the elites rode an 8-loop, 40k bike course under draft-legal rules that led to match-race style strategy rather than an all-out time trial effort. The age group 10k run course was a one-loop affair, while the elites ran four 2.5-kilometer loops in typical ITU World Cup and World Championship Series style.

Overall age group women’s winner Mandy McLane’s 2:09:14 finish time would have placed her third in the elite women, but was 5:01 slower than women’s elite winner, four-time ITU World Championship elite medalist Laura Bennett.

McLane started her day with a 23:06 swim which was 21 seconds slower than Bannink’s 22:45. McLane picked up 57 seconds with a 1:02:38 bike, then gave back 43 seconds on the run. This would have put her 7 seconds behind Bannink for the overall win if not for her 14-seconds swifter transitions which gave her the win.

2010 USA Triathlon Age Group Nationals
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
September 25, 2010
S 1.5k/ B 40k/ R 10k

Results

Top 10 Overall Men

1. Kaleb Vanort (Mishikawa IN) 1:52:16 – M25-29
2. Doug Clark (Morristown NJ) 1:55:54 – M40-44
3. Jeff Helmer (Snohomish WA) 1:56:04 – M20-24
4. Brian Duffy (West Chester PA) 1:57:04 – M20-24
5. Spenser Popeson (Linwood NJ) 1:57:04 – M25-29
6. Kyle Lee (Birmingham AL) 1:57:09 – M20-24
7. Brett Nichols ((Brookline MA) 1:58:23 – M25-29
8. Samuel Morgan (Marietta GA) 1:58:27 – M25-29
9. Ben Hall (Ruston LA) 18:33 – M18-19
10. Andrew Bauer (Oakland CA) 1:58:39 – M25-29

Top Ten Masters Men

1. Doug Clark (Morristown NJ) 1:55:54
2. Curt Chesney (Boulder CO) 1:58:55
3. Bruce Gennari (Brentwood TN) 1:59:52
4. Brian Bich (Duluth MN) 2:00:47
5. Donny Forsyth (Charlotte NC) 2:01:02
6. John Murphy (Napa CA) 2:02:11
7. Dale Humphrey (Verona WI) 2:03:16
8. Mark Wachendorf (McHenry IL) 2:03:34
9. Rhett Bonner (Duluth MN) 2:04:36
10. Kenneth Younts (Chapel Hill NC) 2:05:16

Top Ten Grand Masters Men

1. Steven Smith (Granger IN) 2:20:01
2. Thomas Balzer (Estero FL) 2:26:04
3. David Park (Lake Charles LA) 2:26:33
4. Roger Freeman (San Diego CA) 2:28:41
5. Michael S Dwyer (The Woodlands TX) 2:28:54
6. Larry Krutka (Tulsa OK) 2:29:38
7. Daniel McCuen (Lancaster PA) 2:30:37
8. David McNeely (Glen Arm MD) 2:33:08
9. Fred Soltow (Shepherdstown WV) 2:33:45
10. Larry Mayse (Alpharetta GA) 2:34:13

Top 10 Overall Women

1. Mandy McLane (Windemere FL) 2:09:14 – W30-34
2. Cindi Bannink (Madison WI) 2:09:21 – W30-34
3. Alicia Parr (Durham NC) 2:10:12 – W40-44
4. Amie Krasnozon (Morrisville NC) 2:10:27 – W30-34
5. Catherine Sterling ((Worcester MA) 2:10:38 W30-34
6. Haley Chura (Atlanta GA) 2:10:58 – W25-29
7. Kirsten Sass (McKenzie TN) 2:11:10 – W30-34
8. Hallie Blunck (Mountain Brook AL) 2:11:11 – W25-29
9. Christina Person (Boulder CO) 2:11:17 – W20-24
10. Pamela Jennings (Eureka CA) 2:12:07 – W30-34

Top Ten Masters Women

1. Alicia Parr (Durham NC) 2:10:12
2. Leslie Brainard (Collierville TN) 2:13:07
3. Cassie McWilliam (Clearwater FL) 2:14:01
4. Steph Popelar (Parker CO) 2:15:39
5. Tracy Orcutt (Seattle WA) 2: 6:24
6. Chris Wickard (Crown Point IN) 2:16:24
7. Bonnie Karas (Rochester Hills MI) 2:18:07
8. Michelle Ford (Aurora CO) 2:18:26
9. Kristine Kester (Duluth GA) 2:18:36
10. Jennifer Melville (Park City UT) 2:20:31

Top Ten Grand Masters Women

1. Karen McKeachie (Ann Arbor MI) 2:28:47
2. Merri Blunck (Mobile AL) 2:32:11
3. Susan Griffin-Kaklikian (Castle Rock CO) 2:32:44
4. Deborah Price- (Atlanta GA) 2:36:25
5. Vickie Alexander (San Diego CA) 2:38:11
6. Lori Dandley (Denver CO) 2:41:57
7. Susan Briers (St. Augustine FL) 2:42:58
8. Susan Avitabile (Bethesda MD) 2:45:13
9. Ruth Kohstall (Dayton OH) 2:45:37
10. Jill Tarr (Midlothian VA) 2:48:44

Athena 1-39

1. Jo Beth Southard (Decatur TX) 2:44:14
2. Grace Smay (White Salmon WA) 2:53:39
3. Kimberly Lee (Apo AE) 3:21:08

Clydesdale 1-39

1. Evan Evans (Palm Coast FL) 2:13:11
2. Bruce Graha (Palm Bay FL) 2:19:59
3. David Shelley (Birmingham AL) 2:30:21
4. Drew Brewer (Madisonville KY) 2:51:07
5. Darin Heuerman (Cumming GA) 2:57:38

Athena 40+

1. Diane Machado (Orlando FL) 4:35:01

Clydesdale 40+

1. Joe Gross (Tampa FL) 2:13:45
2. Harry Durgin (Meridian MS) 2:24:56
3. John Erb (Alexandria VA) 2:29:43
4. J. Michael Shepard (Jackson TN) 2:40:11
5. Ugo Collela (Washington DC) 2:45:56

AGE GROUPS

Men 1-19

1. Ben Hall (Ruston LA) 1:58:33
2. Spencer Holten (Cedar Rapids IA) 2:03:36
3. Stephen Wright (Holliston MA) 2:04:03

Men 20-24

1. Jeff Helmer (Snohomish WA) 1:56:04
2. Brian Duffy (West Chester PA) 1:57:04
3. Kyle Lee (Birmingham AL) 1:57:09

Men 25-29

1. Kaleb Vanort (Mishawaka IN) 1:52:16
2. Spenser Popeson (Linwood NJ) 1:57:04
3. Brett Nichols (Brookline MA) 1:58:23

Men 30-34

1. Matthew Payne (Columbia Heights MN) 1:59:14
2. Nickolaus Early (Chicago IL) 1:59:33
3. Brian Fort (Chicago IL) 2:01:27

Men 35-39

1. Mark Harms (Madison WI) 1:59:25
2. Mark Salisbury (San Diego CA) 2:03:11
3. Greg Mueller (South Bend IN) 2:03:45

Men 40-44

1. Doug Clark (Morristown NJ) 1:55:54
2. Curt Chesney (Boulder CO) 1:58:55
3. Bruce Gennari (Brentwood TN) 1:59:52

Men 45-49

1. John Murphy (Napa CA) 2:02:11
2. Dale Humphrey (Verona WI) 2:03:16
3. Rhett Bonner (Duluth MN) 2:04:36

Men 50-54

1. Michael Meteyer (Madison WI) 2:07:26
2. Ron Gierut (Cedar Rapids IA) 2:10:30
3. Mike Scarborough (Reno NV) 2:11:09

Men 55-59

1. Jim Bruskewitz (Madison WI) 2:10:12
2. Michael Buonauguri (San Antonio TX) 2:12:57
3. Douglas Hill (Tacoma WA) 2:13:56

Men 60-64

1. Steven Smith (Granger IN) 2:20:01
2. Thomas Balzer (Estero FL) 2:26:04
3. David Park (Lake Charles LA) 2:26:33

Men 65-69

1. David McNeely (Glen Arm MD) 2:33:08
2. Dale Vaughan (Macon GA) 2:35:17
3. Robert Plant (Woodside CA) 2:35:35

Men 70-74

1. Roger Little (Bedford MA) 2:36:46
2. William Marshall (Santa Rosa CA) 2:43:59
3. Dave Robinette (Centennial CO) 2:49:34

Men 75-79

1. Roger Brockenbrough (Pittsburgh PA) 3:14:03
2. Craig Kuglen (Austin TX) 3:32:11
3. Wayne Fong (Chatsworth CA) 3:57:46

Men 80-84

1. Winston Allen (St. Augustine FL) 3:42:48

Men 85-89

1. Robert Powers (White Bear Lake MN) 5:20:33

Women 1-19

1. Jennifer Walz (Savannah GA) 2:22:46
2. Jessica Clay (West Point NY) 2:23:22
3. Lauren Bussian (Haymarket VA) 2:29:08

Women 20-24

1. Christina Person (Boulder CO) 2:11:17
2. Marcie Nordt (West Point NY) 2:12:51
3. Reilly Kiernan (New York NY) 2:14:12

Women 25-29

1. Haley Chura (Atlanta GA) 2:10:58
2. Hallie Blunck (Mountain Brook AL) 2:11:11
3. Chelsea Treboniak (Fayetteville NC) 2:13:11

Women 30-34

1. Mandy McLane (Windemere FL) 2:09:14
2. Cindi Bannink (Madison WI) 2:09:21
3. Amie Krasnozon (Morrisville NC) 2:10:27

Women 35-39

1. Suzanne Huelster (Boulder CO) 2:13:50
2. Heather Westerman (Ligonier PA) 2:13:57
3. Marda Kaiser-Rehne (Memphis TN) 2:16:47

Women 40-44

1. Alicia Parr (Durham NC) 2:10:12
2. Lesley Brainard (Collierville TN) 2:13:07
3. Cassie McWilliam (Clearwater FL) 2:14:01

Women 45-49

1. Bonnie Karas (Rochester Hills MI) 2:18:07
2. Kristine Kester (Duluth GA) 2:18:36
3. Ann Davidson (Portland OR) 2:21:09

Women 50-54

1. Elizabeth Bulman (San Diego CA) 2:22:28
2. Donna Smyers (Adamant VT) 2:23:16
3. Barbara Kuhlemeier (Minot ND) 2:24:36

Women 55-59

1. Karen McKeachie (Ann Arbor MI) 2:28:47
2. Merri Blunck (Mobile AL) 2:32:11
3. Susan Griffin-Kaklikian (Castle Rock CO) 2:32:44

Women 60-64

1. Nancy Avitabile (Bethesda MD) 2:45:13
2. Jo Adamson (Alpharetta GA) 2:51:58
3. Sandy Menele (Holmes Beach FL) 2:53:34

Women 65-69

1. Sue Stark (Sugar Grove NC) 2:52:27
2. Anne Wright (Macon GA) 3:00:40
3. Ellouise Morse (Corpus Christi TX) 3:16:22

Women 70-74

1. Sharon Roggenbuck (Hillsborough NC) 3:38:30
2. Sheila Isaacs (Shoreham NY) 3:39:52
3. Iris Dayoub (Savannah GA) 4:26:20

Women 75-79

1. Pat Fossum (Montgomery AL) 3:45:13
2. Molly Hayes (Bozeman MT) 4:59:26