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WASILLA — Scott Clemetson took home the gold during the Why Not Tri? Triathlon in Wasilla earlier this month.
Clemetson posted a time of 56 minutes and 57 seconds in the event, which featured a 9-mile bike ride, 5-kilometer run and 400-meter swim in the Wasilla Pool. Clemetson was one of three competitors to break an hour. David Cadogan finished 18 seconds behind Clemetson to finish second, and third-place Brian Richardson crossed the finish line at 59:31.
Ryan Cadenhead and Joel Ainsworth rounded out the men’s top 5.
Aiclia Hull won the women’s class and finished in a tie for fourth overall with her time of 1:00.27. Hull crossed the finish line alongside Cadenhead.
Tana Luna (1:04.59) finished second in the women’s class. Elizabeth Calibro (1:06.50), Richell Carmichael (1:07.05) and Pamela Watkins (1:07.56) rounded out the women’s top 5.
The race started and stopped at Wasilla High. The run took participants down Bogard Road to Wasilla-Fishhook Road and back. The course took competitors down Bogard Road, up Peck Street and from Wasilla-Fishhook, back to Bogard via Seldon Road.
More than 200 individuals and 32 teams competed.
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Wasilla triathlon results from Aug. 6
Men’s class
1 Clemetson, Scott, 56:57.0; 2 Cadogan, David, 57:15.4; 3 Richardson, Brian, 59:31.7; 4 Cadenhead, Ryan, 1:00:27.0; 5 Ainsworth, Joel, 1:02:35.0; 6 Luna, Scott, 1:02:41.4; 7 Chmielowski, Josef, 1:02:55.7; 8 Bohman, Andreas, 1:05:28.3; 9 Carlson, Jeff, 1:05:29.1; 10 Burlingame, Rusty, 1:05:33.2; 10 Patterson, Jeremy, 1:05:33.2; 12 Welliver, Joseph, 1:05:45.9; 13 Carmichael, Jason, 1:05:50.5; 14 Novakovich, Daniel, 1:06:32.1; 15 Pessetto, Scott, 1:06:46.9; 16 Hogge, Jason, 1:07:45.3; 17 Robinson, Benjamin, 1:08:10.9; 18 Stockly, Olaf, 1:08:21.4; 19 Merrill, Tim, 1:08:32.4; 20 Prange, Kevin, 1:09:52.6; 21 Meyerdirk, Mike, 1:10:03.6; 22 Schober, Seth, 1:10:27.3; 23 Breager, Brad, 1:10:41.8; 24 Hood, John, 1:13:03.2; 25 Vanasse, Kyle, 1:15:09.0; 26 Rosser, Stephen, 1:15:23.2; 27 Lindsey, Elijah, 1:16:54.1; 28 Bowman, Chris, 1:18:17.6; 29 Kirkpatrick, Shawn, 1:18:42.1; 30 Rice, Chad, 1:19:19.1; 31 Pesseetto, Scott T., 1:19:29.0; 32 Williams, Samuel, 1:19:31.8; 33 Reed, Steve, 1:21:48.8; 34 Holman, Matthew, 1:22:08.0; 35 Reynaga, Shannon, 1:23:16.0; 36 Kitchen, Don, 1:24:04.4; 37 Miller, Doug, 1:25:45.5; 38 Bennett, Mark, 1:27:04.3; 39 Britton, Bobby, 1:27:14.8; 40 Newman, Jared, 1:27:26.5; 41 Marshall, Jacob, 1:27:34.9; 42 Vander Schrier, Kyle, 1:28:14.8; 43 Newman, Michael, 1:31:15.1; 44 Danner, Lars, 1:31:15.8; 45 Johnson, Mark, 1:34:08.9; 46 Williams, David, 1:35:09.3; 47 Morse, Rory, 1:40:19.2; 48 Motz, Chris, 2:01:32.6; 49. Sponsler, Stephen, 2:21:00.0
Women’s class
1 Hull, Aiclia, 1:00:27.3; 2 Luna, Tana, 1:04:59.1; 3 Calabro, Elizabeth, 1:06:50.2; 4 Carmichael, Richell, 1:07:05.1; 5 Winders, Pamela, 1:07:56.7; 6 Brown, Wendy, 1:08:22.5; 7 Sanders, Katie, 1:08:29.3; 8 Stockly-Meyerdirk, Kate, 1:08:44.0; 9 Carlson, Caren, 1:08:55.3; 10 Ginochio, Krysten, 1:09:04.2; 11 Kolstad, Stacey, 1:09:30.3; 12 Edin, Erin, 1:09:33.9; 13 Gasser, Aimee, 1:10:18.4; 13 Seward, Teri, 1:12:45.7; 14 Clemetson, Dianna, 1:10:26.9; 15 Massie, Charity, 1:10:33.2; 16 Pitts, Tracy, 1:10:53.0; 17 Hall, Robyn, 1:11:26.2; 18 Roberts, Tawnya, 1:11:26.4; 19 Hernandez, Yuriria, 1:12:29.4; 20 Roe, Cassia, 1:12:36.3; 21 Kuchenoff, Stephanie, 1:12:41.1; 22 Ruesch, Krista, 1:12:56.7; 23 Hill, Guinevere, 1:12:59.9; 24 Ramstad, Lisa, 1:13:41.5; 25 Bradford, Traci, 1:14:08.8; 26 Marsh, Carol, 1:14:13.4; 27 Nugent, Jenny, 1:14:30.8; 28 Meehan, Mysti, 1:14:31.6; 29 Frederickson-Pope, N Leigh-Ann, 1:14:36.7; 30 Mckee, Angela, 1:16:10.2; 31 Krimm, Tamara, 1:16:48.8; 32 Sweetser, Heather, 1:16:51.0; 33 Martinez, Valerie, 1:16:54.0; 34 Cederberg, Jessica, 1:17:21.1; 35 Miller, Danielle, 1:18:10.3; 36 Thibert, Janet, 1:18:12.7; 37 Keifer, Kristen, 1:18:13.1; 38 Parrish, Karianne, 1:18:23.8; 39 Braun, Erika, 1:19:15.1; 40 Lindsey, Courtney, 1:19:46.7; 41 Chiara, Sarah, 1:19:50.7; 42 Kirkpatrick, Danielle, 1:19:58.1; 43 Barnett, Lisa, 1:20:37.2; 44 Springer, Carmen, 1:20:47.1; 45 Smith, Pam, 1:21:24.9; 46 Ames, Rebecca, 1:21:46.7; 47 Williams, Cheryl, 1:22:23.8; 48 Braniff, Sara, 1:22:39.5; 49 Roberts, Janelle, 1:23:09.0; 50 Clark, Haley, 1:23:30.1; 51 Biss, Shelley, 1:23:42.2; 51 Hoglin, Jaime, 1:23:42.2; 53 Cottle, Jennifer, 1:23:42.8; 54 Booth, Kendra, 1:24:45.3; 55 Cooper, Lynn M., 1:24:51.0; 56 Melander, Karen, 1:24:55.2; 57 Hammers, Kristin, 1:25:29.9; 58 Mitchell, Carol, 1:26:03.7; 59 Breshears, Alice, 1:26:24.9; 60 Everett, Andrea, 1:26:38.2; 61 Patton, Leah, 1:26:43.8; 62 Gordon, Leslie, 1:26:56.5; 63 Nicolini, Jill, 1:27:04.1; 64 Fletcher, Jacenda, 1:27:04.3; 65 Meier, Karen, 1:27:14.2; 66 Riese, Melissa, 1:27:25.2; 67 Novakovich, Teresa, 1:27:36.6; 68 Hoadley, Jennifer, 1:27:38.5; 69 Marshall, Marnice, 1:27:55.1; 70 Deyarmon, Leisa, 1:28:02.9; 71 Shaw, Sabrina, 1:28:11.6; 72 Carter, Abigail, 1:28:37.9; 73 Shreves, Mary, 1:28:56.9; 74 Trailer, Kay, 1:29:08.3; 75 Vaaia, Michelle, 1:29:11.2; 76 Trotzke, Shauna, 1:29:13.0; 77 Novakovich, Amy, 1:29:26.3; 78 Ballinger, Jennifer, 1:29:32.9; 79 Metcalf, Tiffany, 1:30:16.8; 80 Gardino, Adriana, 1:30:29.1; 81 Bauer, Suzy, 1:30:46.3; 82 Lee, Charla, 1:30:58.7; 83 Peterson, Marsha, 1:31:30.3; 84 Merrill, Melissa, 1:31:43.0; 85 Danner, Zoe, 1:31:53.3; 86 Cooley, Kimberly, 1:31:57.7; 87 Hall, Amy K., 1:32:15.7; 88 Ring, Terri, 1:32:30.0; 89 Woolcott, Kelly, 1:32:35.5; 90 Brent, Jona, 1:32:51.0; 91 Nunez, Cathy, 1:32:55.3; 92 Markle, Candi, 1:33:19.1; 93 Gallego, Lu, 1:33:33.4; 94 Burton, Kristine, 1:34:38.2; 95 Pessetto, Leslie, 1:34:47.6; 96 Hadaway, Maryjane, 1:34:51.5; 97 Carlson, Julie, 1:34:52.4; 98 Rodeheaver, Teresa, 1:34:53.1; 99 Comeau, Carole, 1:34:56.1; 100 Kerr, Tara, 1:35:17.5; 101 Bunn, Eulalia, 1:35:56.6; 102 Cuthbert, Lorelei, 1:36:05.4; 103 Lord, Kristine, 1:36:08.1; 104 Lawhead, Lena, 1:36:50.7; 105 Thompsen, Joani, 1:37:13.9; 106 Ault, Sandra, 1:37:27.9; 107 Verrall, Tracy, 1:37:47.7; 108 Knorz, Tennille, 1:38:07.0; 109 Bayer, Angie, 1:38:14.2; 110 Gabel, Heather, 1:38:23.6; 111 Hronkin, Christy, 1:39:19.0; 112 Heineman, Gail, 1:39:22.5; 113 Ryan, Liane, 1:39:40.6; 114 Boyer, Roma, 1:39:54.5; 115 Styers, Kyla, 1:40:13.2; 116 Udall, Sharunn, 1:40:28.3; 117 Paulson, Dawn, 1:40:47.1; 118 Sanders, Traci, 1:41:00.3; 119 Shanigan, Elissa, 1:41:40.0; 120 Carter, Rachelle, 1:42:07.4; 121 Portney, Laura, 1:42:20.2; 122 Hammes, Mary, 1:42:38.9; 123 Nelson, Charlotte, 1:43:34.3; 124 Bethe, Cara, 1:44:29.8; 125 Luke, Marley, 1:44:31.8; 126 Williams, Cherish, 1:45:20.7; 127 Santaella, Julie, 1:45:47.5; 128 Rabeau, Julie, 1:45:55.4; 129 Kay, Jodi, 1:46:16.2; 130 Delaney, Elyse, 1:46:21.0; 131 Coad, Michele, 1:47:07.3; 132 Crumrine, Kathleen, 1:47:12.3; 133 Merrill, Kellie, 1:47:15.5; 134 Lackey, Rhonda, 1:48:10.4; 135 Edwards, Sarah, 1:51:33.0; 136 Reynaga, September, 1:51:49.8; 137 Inglis, Brittney, 1:51:56.5; 138 Tuomi, Debbie, 1:52:57.4; 139 Whiton, Susan, 1:54:35.7; 140 Cowan, Dawn, 1:54:58.5; 141 Holland, Monique, 1:55:05.5; 142 Riekena, Wendy, 1:55:38.3; 143 Fitzpatrick, Rebecca, 1:55:54.2; 144 Kaiser, Jessica, 1:56:00.3; 145 Motz, Jill, 1:56:06.5; 146 Holler, Misty, 1:59:10.7; 147 Mccoy, Stephanie, 2:00:20.1; 148 Boman, Kathryn, 2:02:03.7; 149 Burnett, Nancy, 2:02:17.6; 150 Quinn, Laura, 2:05:03.2; 151 Comstock, Nikita, 2:05:10.7; 152 Farris, Anna, 2:05:24.6; 153 Eicher, Michelle, 2:06:35.4; 154 Millard, Monica, 2:11:24.0; 155 Pflughoft, Mary, 2:11:55.4; 156 Weaver, Pamela, 2:14:07.5; 157 Dant-Hubb, Sharon, 2:59:34.3; And 158 Hughes, Kathy, 3:01:23.1.
Teams
1 Just Do It — Carillo, Toby, Greeson, Tyler And Sebastiani, Philip, 55:03.7; 4 Body Renew — Cook, Wyatt, Mckinley, James And Taggart, Dave, 1:03:37.2; 7 Kittnum — Farnum, Sam, Kittredge, Erin And Kittredge, Kim, 1:07:13.5; 10 Barracuda — Burlingame, Pam, Ellington, Madison And Ellington, Quinn, 1:10:09.7; 13 Fierce — Burlingame, Pam, Jenski, Bayli And Jenski, Emma, 1:12:45.7; 17 Sweet Potatoes — Deans, Alisha, Deans, Brooke And Germer, Jennifer, 1:14:45.7; 20 Three G’s — George, Brenda, George, Patrick And Mueller, Melissa, 1:19:44.5; 23 Three Little Pigs — Dehart, Jayme, Holman, Lindsay And Johnson, Alicia, 1:20:10.0; Unnamed Team — 26 Kelley, Lloyd, Schober, Sharon, And Schober, Sharon, 1:43:05.4; 29 Ic Rock Stars — Ainsworth, Lesley, Brown, John And Lupas, Michael, 1:43:45.8; 32 Travel Services — Button, Donna, Healy, Marcia And White, Nancy, 1:56:48.2.