Yesterday, the Clemson Triathlon Club traveled just over the state line to the Tugaloo Triathlon. The team performed impressively in taking 4 of the 6 available collegiate podium spots!
Justin Arnosky led the way for the Tigers, finishing 3rd overall and taking the collegiate title in a time of 2:13:33. Justin's collegiate leading 1500m swim split of 22:04 gave him a lead he would not relinquish over the 42k bike and 10k run course. Tim Sattler followed Justin home just 61 seconds later to take 2nd in the collegiate race and 4th overall. Tim used a collegiate leading 10k run split of 37:52 to separate himself from the rest of the field.
Brady Thomas also put together a strong race to place 4th in the collegiate division with a time of 2:18:23. Michael "Magic" Mauhar rounded out the Tigers' scoring quartet placing 8th collegiate in a time of 2:20:48. Michael Edge (15th, 2:35:16), Nick Pryzybyl (18th, 2:47:42), and James Hyde (20th, 2:53:58) also finished strong for the team.
Team President Nick Sykes was the 8th and final finisher on the men's side for the Tigers. On his way to a solid performance, Nick was hit by a truck 20 miles into the bike leg. After getting bandaged up, fixing a flat tire, and waiting for a state trooper to sort things out, he continued the race a full hour and 31 minutes after the accident. Coming into T2 dead last in the race, Nick proceeded to run the 3rd fastest 10k of the race, and 2nd collegiate behind only Tim, in a time of 38:01. Strangely enough, that made his run pace faster than his average bike pace.
The women also shared in the team's success, led by Vice-President Heather Chenette. Heather's 2nd fastest collegiate bike split, coupled with solid swim and run splits, brought her to the finish in 2:38:50. Leah McMillion followed closely behind in 2:41:28 and secured her collegiate podium spot with a strong run. Kara Phillips used a 3rd best collegiate bike split to take 5th place in 2:49:49 while Roxanne Kyriakakis and Holly Hirsch had a friendly battle over 8th and 9th place, finishing in times of 2:53:15 and 2:54:00, respectively. Kristin Bender rounded out the women's squad in her first ever triathlon, finishing in a time of 3:10:14!!!
A complete list of results and top-3 collegiate splits, can be found on our "Team Race Results" page here.
Justin Arnosky led the way for the Tigers, finishing 3rd overall and taking the collegiate title in a time of 2:13:33. Justin's collegiate leading 1500m swim split of 22:04 gave him a lead he would not relinquish over the 42k bike and 10k run course. Tim Sattler followed Justin home just 61 seconds later to take 2nd in the collegiate race and 4th overall. Tim used a collegiate leading 10k run split of 37:52 to separate himself from the rest of the field.
Brady Thomas also put together a strong race to place 4th in the collegiate division with a time of 2:18:23. Michael "Magic" Mauhar rounded out the Tigers' scoring quartet placing 8th collegiate in a time of 2:20:48. Michael Edge (15th, 2:35:16), Nick Pryzybyl (18th, 2:47:42), and James Hyde (20th, 2:53:58) also finished strong for the team.
Team President Nick Sykes was the 8th and final finisher on the men's side for the Tigers. On his way to a solid performance, Nick was hit by a truck 20 miles into the bike leg. After getting bandaged up, fixing a flat tire, and waiting for a state trooper to sort things out, he continued the race a full hour and 31 minutes after the accident. Coming into T2 dead last in the race, Nick proceeded to run the 3rd fastest 10k of the race, and 2nd collegiate behind only Tim, in a time of 38:01. Strangely enough, that made his run pace faster than his average bike pace.
The women also shared in the team's success, led by Vice-President Heather Chenette. Heather's 2nd fastest collegiate bike split, coupled with solid swim and run splits, brought her to the finish in 2:38:50. Leah McMillion followed closely behind in 2:41:28 and secured her collegiate podium spot with a strong run. Kara Phillips used a 3rd best collegiate bike split to take 5th place in 2:49:49 while Roxanne Kyriakakis and Holly Hirsch had a friendly battle over 8th and 9th place, finishing in times of 2:53:15 and 2:54:00, respectively. Kristin Bender rounded out the women's squad in her first ever triathlon, finishing in a time of 3:10:14!!!
A complete list of results and top-3 collegiate splits, can be found on our "Team Race Results" page here.
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