Jones, Pennock Win Dallas CAMTRI American Cup
Erin Jones led the way for the U.S. at the Dallas CAMTRI Sprint American Cup on Saturday.
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Erin Jones led the way for the U.S. at the Dallas CAMTRI Sprint American Cup on Saturday, while Russell Pennock (CAN) won the men’s race in the triathlon turned run-bike-run event.
Read the recap from USA Triathlon below:
Originally scheduled to begin with a 750-meter swim in Lake Carolyn just outside of the Marriott Las Colinas, elite triathletes competing in the CAMTRI American Cup race covered a 5-kilometer run, 20-kilometer bike, 2.5-kilometer run course on Saturday morning, with Jones topping the women’s field in a time of 1 hour, 43 seconds. Summer Cook (USA) finished second for the women in 1:01:30, and Calah Schlabach (USA) took third in 1:02:24.
In the men’s race, Jefferson finished 10 seconds off the pace of winner Russell Pennock of Canada, earning his first podium finish of 2015 in 54:18. Pennock clocked in at 54:08 for the win, and Jason West (USA) grabbed his second bronze medal of the season in CAMTRI American Cup event with a time of 54:22.
In addition to the CAMTRI American Cup, Dallas also hosted USA Triathlon Youth F1 (ages 12-16) Saturday morning. These events are designed to provide top up-and-coming triathletes with draft-legal racing experience.
Competing on a 5k run, 10k bike, 1k run course, Cassidy Hickey (USA) posted the fastest time for the girls’ race in 30:49, while Jonathan McAlister (USA) posted the fastest time for the boys’ race in 25:47.
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Dallas CAMTRI American Cup
5k run, 20k bike, 2.5k run
Women
1. Erin Jones (USA) 1:00:43
2. Summer Cook (USA) 1:01:30
3. Calah Schlabach (USA) 1:02:24
4. Erin Dolan (USA) 1:02:38
5. Adriana Isaura Carreno (MEX), 1:02:54
6. Johanna Gartman (USA)1:03:08
7. Meghan Degan (USA) 1:03:20
8. Alexandra Gordichuk (CAN) 1:03:55
9. Molly Higgins (USA) 1:05:37
10. Katie Gorczyca (USA) 1:05:39
Men
1. Russell Pennock (CAN) 54:08
2. Sean Jefferson (USA) 54:18
3. Jason West (USA) 54:22
4. Robby Webster (USA) 54:30
5. Alex Willis (USA) 54:35
6. John O’Neill (USA) 55:17
7. Stefan Zachaeus (LUX) 55:30
8. Edson Gomez (MEX) 55:45
9. Josh Izewski (USA) 56:24
10. Hernan Dario Rubiano Valero (COL) 57:05