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Articles by Tim Carlson

Dye, Haskins win Toyota U.S. Open

Cameron Dye and Sarah Haskins won both today’s Toyota U.S. Open in Dallas and the overall 2012 Toyota Cup Challenge Series points titles today, taking a total of $75,000 apiece in race and series prizes.

No longer a long shot

Leanda Cave has won 3 World Championships, but last year her 3rd place finish at Kona and her IM Arizona win in 8:49 gave her the belief she belongs among the favorites in search of the sport’s most coveted prize.

Armstrong, Walsh take Superfrog

The 34th Superfrog Triathlon attracted 800 entries to the Coronado peninsula south of the Navy SEALS training center and Lance Armstrong and Beth Walsh grabbed the wins at this long running Half Ironman event.

2012 Superfrog Triathlon

The Superfrog Triathlon is the longest continuously running half Ironman distance event and here is a photo gallery by Timothy Carlson.

Billington tops Formula 1 revival

Greg Billington of Colorado Springs ran away from Clark Ellice of New Zealand on the final 2-mile run leg to win $2,500 at the Formula 1 sprint triathlon revival Saturday in Coronado, California.

Crowie is still hungry at 39

Craig Alexander comes to the Ironman World Championship atop the Kona Pro Rankings by a runaway margin; with a sub-8 hour win at Melbourne and a second at 70.3 Worlds, he’s aiming at a 4th Kona win at 39.

As the Crow Flies — a classic

The black and white photographs of Paul K. Robbins are a match for the athletic excellence of Craig Alexander; Crowie’s understated prose about his 2011 year gives a great look inside the heart and mind of a legend.

Potts, Fletcher win Branson 70.3

Andy Potts posted the fastest swim, bike and run splits to out pace runner-up Ben Hoffman by 4 minutes; Jenny Fletcher outdueled Nina Kraft-Johnson by 30 seconds to win Ironman 70.3 Branson.

Polyanskiy, Samuels in Tongyeong

Dmitry Polyanskiy of Russia and Nicky Samuels of New Zealand won the men’s and women’s titles on a hot day at the Tongyeong ITU World Cup in Korea Saturday.

Rapp, Anderson win Leadman 250

Jordan Rapp was a repeat winner and Christine Anderson won her first Leadman Epic 250 which moved from a hellish Las Vegas course to a simply hard test in Bend, Oregon.