2009 Races
* Katy Blakemore takes 1st PLACE COLLEGIATE WOMEN with a 2:15:42
* KJ Blair also represented Vandy Tri and completed in 2:32:33
2008-2009 MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS!
Mindy Craven and Laura Neergard competed in Gulf Coast 70.3
Eugene Batsuk and Janelle Wettour completed the Country Music Marathon and Mindy Craven completed the half marathon.
Craig Garmendia, Maria Takahasi, Csaba Toth, and Beth Winman ran the Tims Ford 10K December 7. Congrats to Beth for rocking her first 10K!
Mindy Craven and Andrew Hutchinson finished the Memphis Marathon December 7. This was Hutch's first marathon!
Mindy Craven completed her first Ironman (Great Floridian) in 13:10 and feeling strong!
Ally Thompson finished the Indianapolis Half Marathon 3rd Age Group and with a PR of 1:46:45
The Vandy Tri Club is the reigning champion, 2nd year in a row of best costume at the I Run for the Party Haloween 5K
2008
Great Floridian Challenge: Half Iron and Full Iron
aka Rockstar Triathlon
Clermont, Fl
Several Vandy tri members packed in a van of 10 for their first half iron and full ironman experience. We were all optimistic that we would rock the bike course because we train in Tennessee, but this race took place in the most topographic part of Florida.
Maria Mendiburo: Half Iron: 7:13:10
Mindy Craven: Full Iron 13:10:03
Susan Howell: Half Aqua Velo: TBD
Steve Taylor: Half Iron: 4:45:32
Hickory Knob International Triathlon, SC
1500m swim, 28mi bike, 10k run
Maria Takahashi 02:44:44 [4th Female Overall, 2nd Female Overall Fastest Bike]
Sarah Nation 02:53:04 [5th Female Overall Fastest Swim]
Laura Ballenger 03:00:35 [4th Female Overall Fastest Swim]
Andrew Hutchinson 03:32:53
Kevin Blair 03:08:00
Eugene Batsuk 03:24:32
Mac Johnson 02:49:07
Boilerman Triathlon, Indiana
800m snake swim, 40k bike, 10k run
Congratulations to club member Ally Thompson for completing her first Olympic distance triathlon and representing Vandy Tri! She did her first triathlon ever at Old Hickory earlier this month.
Total time: 2:35:40
Music City Triathlon
swim canceled, 27mi bike, 6mi run [collegiate wave completed swim course]
Laura Ballenger 2:34:07
Eugene Batsuk 2:47:27
Jacquie Berger 3:13:32
Mindy Craven 2:20:56 [5th collegiate female]
Sarah Damen 2:21:03 [4th age group & 1st Olympic distance]
Craig Garmendia 2:18:02 [19th collegiate male despite bike crash]
Indriati Hool 2:31:14 [7th collegiate female]
Walter Jermakowitz 2:36:23
Mac Johnson 2:11:05 [12th collegiate male & second triathlon]
Chetan Kulkarni 3:26:01
Chad Lykins 2:20:07 [22nd collegiate male]
Maria Mendiburo 2:47:40
Sarah Nation 2:38:35
Laura Neegard 2:51:05
Maria Takahashi 2:12:46 [2nd collegiate female]
Stephen Taylor 1:58:23 [3rd age group despite flatting]
Csaba Toth 2:22:30
CLICK HERE FOR PHOTO ALBUM FROM MUSIC CITY TRIATHLON
Old Hickory Sprint Triathlon
400y swim, 1.5mi run, 12mi bike, 1.5mi run
Today saw members of the Vanderbilt Tri club up in Hendersonville for the Old Hickory Lake Triathlon. This triathlon is an unorthodox triathlon in that the run is broken up into two parts surrounding bike, but it is personally one of my favorite triathlons around. The club had a huge showing last year by placing in almost every category we had members in. Almost a completely new set of members competed for us this year and here are their results:
Coach Stephen Taylor: 58:52 (3rd Overall Male)
Alexandra Thompson: 1:17:16 (3rd Beginner Female, also good enough for age group winner)
Mindy Craven: 1:14:35 (1st Age Group)
Susan Howell: 1:23:37 (Congrats on a great time even with mechanical problems)
Maria Mendiburo: 1:25:39 (3 minutes faster than last year)
Csaba Toth: 1:11:16 (3rd Age Group)
Sarah Nation: 1:13:59 (1st Age Group)
Terry Maroney: 1:33:03 (Beat last years time!)
Andrea Roldan:1:31:42 (3rd Age Group)
Congrats to everyone for an amazing showing at the race. Let's build on these results and blow everyone away next weekend.
Callaway Gardens, SECTC Race
1k swim, 35k bike, 8k run
Maria Takahahi: 1:45:03 (1st place Collegiate)
Niles Triathlon, Michagan
Olympic distance (1.5K swim, 40K bike, 10K run)
Mindy Craven: 2:25:47 (PR)
Mountain Lakes Triathlon [SEC Race]
Today saw the opening of the 2008-2009 SECTC season. The Mountain Lakes Triathlon
is over twenty years old and routinely has more than 700 participants, making it an extremely large sprint triathlon. The course is extremely fast, as it is flat and shaded. The race began in a seagrass(?) filled lake, making it extremely tough to swim the first and last part of the course.
Mindy Craven 1:25:42 [4th place Collegiate Female]
Craig Garmendia 1:18:50
Maria Takahashi 1:17:27 [1st place Collegiate Female]
Cedars of Lebanon Sprint Triathlon
Maria Takahashi 1:18:04 [1st Overall Female]
Susan Meredith Howell 1:25:42 [1st Age Group]
Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon
Mindy Craven 2:43:03 (qualified for Age Group Nationals)
Craig Garmendia 2:46:20
Susan Meredith Howell 2:58:06
Andrew Hutchinson 2:54:04
Maria Mendiburo 3:11:28
Laura Neergaard 2:57:21
Maria Takahashi 2:31:10 (qualified for Age Group Nationals)
McMinnville City Triathlon
Mindy Craven 1:22:59
Susan Meredith Howell 1:21:28 (2nd place Age Group)
Andrew Hutchinson 1:23:03
Maria Mendiburo 1:28:25
Laura Neergaard 1:29:30
Terry Maroney 1:43:10 (75/110)
Relays:
Maria Takahashi & Will Chiu 1:22:12
Nick McGinn & Craig Garmendia 1:12:19 (1st place Male Relay, !st Overall Relay)
Music City 10K
Craig Garmendia: 47:36
Terry Maroney: 1:04:12
Maria Takahashi: 45:36 (4th Overall Female)
RC Cola- Moon Pie 10 Mile Run
Mindy Craven 1:33:25
Andrew Hutchinson 1:24:51
Maria Mendiburo 1:33:25
Laura Neergard 1:29:50
Kansas Ironman 70.3
Craig Garmendia 5:40:39 (349/950)
Maria Takahashi 5:39:20 (2nd Age Group and Collegiate Division)
Brett Robinson Alabama Coastal Triathlon
This weekend saw a crazy travel down to Gulf Shores/Orange Beach for the 2nd Alabama Coastal triathlon. The event became a duathlon after the lifeguards were unable to make it past the breakers. The swim was canceled and a 1 mile run was placed in. Despite this change and the strong winds, we racked up some amazing results. The ladies were stellar and really swept the awards. Also, Steve beat a pro to come in 2nd. Congrats to all.Here are the results:
Craig Garmendia 1:40:40 (3rd Age Group)
Alex Hill 1:37:59
Andrew Hutchinson 1:44:52
Nicholas McGinn: 1:41:46
Maria Mendiburo 1:53:10 (1st Begineer)
Laura Neergaard 1:55:41(3rd Beginner)
Stephen Taylor 1:21:45 (2nd Overall)
Collegiate Nationals SECTC
Male:
Craig Garmendia – 2:36.11 (86/110)
Mark Harris – 2:28.09 (68/110)
Alex Hill – 2:31.50 (278/454)
Walter Jermakowicz – 2:47.56 (104/110)
Matt Long – 1:58.07 (3rd place Undergraduate, 6th Overall)
Brent Lorenzen – 2:02.46 (8th Graduate)
Tim Thurman – 2:46.13 (383/454)
Female:
Laura Ballenger – 2:43.55 (118/255)
Beth Coughlin – 3:34.03 (248/255)
Aimee Cutrer – 3:12.57 (221/255)
Ali Hanson – 2:53.38 (57/73)
Indriati Hood – 2:47.12 (43/73)
Susan Howell – 2:58.13 (61/73)
Maria Mendiburo – 3:08.49 (69/73)
Sarah Nation – 2:40.13 (34/73)
Laura Neergaard – 2:53.01 (55/73)
Maria Takahashi – 2:32.03 (17/73)
Jill Wilmoth – 2:49.57 (46/73)
Rebel Man Sprint Triathlon
This was our first 2008 race. What we learned: make sure you know if the race is draft legal; many competitors did not know this and bitched up a storm about it. Make sure you know the race and the rules. Now on to the results:
Age Grouper:
41/200: Nick McGinn 1:12
?/200: Andrew Hutchinson 1:15
Men:
Walter Jermakowicz 1:16
8: Craig Garmendia 1:06:53
Women:
1: Maria Takahashi 1:05 (1st Place Collegiate)
8: Susan Meredith Howell 1:17
11: Mindy Craven 1:18
12: Laura Neergaard 1:19
Hammer Duathlon
Everyone had personal best with Laura running a full 1 and 2 mins faster this year and a bike that was 3 min faster. Susan completed her first Duathlon, which I consider to be more difficult than tris, with great
finish. Craig took a full 1 min and 1:30 min off my min per mile pace and biked over 1 MPH faster than last year. Steve looked even better this year and cut his time down behind the winner of the race. Congrats to everyone and let's take this momentum to Nationals.
Laura Ballenger: 1:45:30 (1st Age Group)
Craig Garmindia: 1:31:27 (1st Age Group)
Susan Meredith Howell: 1:42:51 (2nd Age Group)
Stephen Taylor: 1:14:35 (2nd Overall)