TXS TRI Fan Page

Look out for a new awesome team in 2010/2011!

2010-07-07T20:48:00.000-07:00

We have new officer and are looking forward to the 2010/2011 season!

Know someone who may be interested in joining? Send them here!

Questions? See the contact page!

Tri Club - Jan 2010

2010-01-24T15:19:00.000-08:00

The Texas State Triathlon Club is in full swing of the 2010 Spring Semester and preparing to kick but at Collegiate Nationals and Lonestar!

With a re-energizing break, we now have a fresh practice schedule and rejuvenated bodies.

April will also be deemed TRIATHLON MONTH.

April 11 - Texas State Sprint Triathlon! (Sign up now! We are also looking for volunteers!)

April 17 - Collegiate Nationals!

April 23-25 - Lonestar! (Sprint, Olympic and Half-Irons!)

Fun fun fun!!

Ironmen, 70.3ers, volunteering, and parties!

2009-12-05T10:52:00.000-08:00

The Texas State Tri Club has been busy!

New Ironmen!

Daniel Chidester and Adrien Thom are now IRONMEN!

In case you weren't aware, an ironman consists of:

2.4 mile swim

112 mile bike

26.2 mile run

Results:

Daniel Chidester

13:42:57

28th in the Men's 18-24 Age Group

Adrien Thom

14:17:40

72nd in the Women's 30-34 Age Group

Imagine... 14 hours and 140 miles of swim/bike/run! CRAZY!

Daniel and Adrien had been training relentlessly for this race and it all paid off in the end. Held in Panama City Beach, Florida (http://www.ironmanflorida.com/) they roughed through the treacherous miles and came out Ironmen.

Considered the pinnacle of tri-events, the ironman defines the endurance athlete. Congratulate these warriors if you get a chance!

Results:

http://www.ironmancenter.com/results/index.php

Finishers of the Longhorn 70.3 Half-Iron!

The Longhorn 70.3 race is held in Austin, Texas - it is a challenging endurance event that may members of our team made look like child's play. They tackled it head on after constant training and represented the team in style.

Cole Parker - 1st Half Iron!

Eddie Lomeli - 1st Half Iron!

Mike Quiroz - Beat his time for last year by an hour and a half!
James Waterman - A veteran in the sport of triathlon!
Chelsea Tiner - Stud triathlete!

Results:

http://www.mychiptime.com/searchevent.php?id=4099

Volunteering at the Longhorn 70.3 Half-Iron

The Triathlon Club was able to cheer on participants in the Half Iron and also help volunteer at the race!

With a good group of hard working members making the early morning trip (about 4am...) we were able to volunteer in the race with tasks ranging from body markings to transition bag organization!

It was hard work, but the team kept their spirits up and learned a lot! This opportunity gave us serious insight into how to run a successful race - now we can apply those lessons to the Texas Sprint Tri in the Spring!

End of the season party at Adrien's!

Well now that the Fall 2009 semester is coming to a close, the team thought it appropriate to get together to celebrate the numerous accomplishments of the team this year!

Our multi-talented and ever wise swim coach and team resource, Adrien was SO kind to volunteer her beautiful home for us to get together!

We were served a feast of stuffed chicken, spaghetti with homemade pasta sauce, mole, rice, french bread, macaroni, cheesecake, cookies... (and pancakes :) to name a few...

With a superb meal, friendly company, and great conversation- the night was a true success.

Until next semester!

Happy Holidays from the Texas State Triathlon Club!

TX TRI Results!

2009-10-20T23:07:00.001-07:00

The TX TRI at Canyon Lake!

We arrived early Saturday to a course that was wet, and weather that was cloudy and humid. With a slight chill in the air, the team made there way to the start after preparing our transition area and setting up the Texas State Triathlon tent.

The water was chilly but not unbearable. Canyon Lake just made the temperature cut off for a wetsuit legal swim so the team was covered in neoprene. Due to the low water level, the course ended up being two

loops around buoys before going in. The team felt good in the water thanks to excellent coaching provided by Adrien.

The bike was a different story for the team. While the course was wet, windy, and hilly, the biggest issue was the road condition. 4 team members suffered multiple flats throughout the course and 3 had to end early. The biggest issue with flats came from the recent chip sealant that was applied to the roads in the not too distant past. This caused numerous participants in the TX TRI to drop out, but such is life.

Those that made it through the bike alive were able to conquer the two loop run. With the weather clearing up, the run was nice for most.

Below are the results minus those that were casualties of the road. [Mike Q, Javier R, Neal L]

Link:

http://www.rrptiming.com/node/57

Overall

--- 1500m Swim ---

------- T1 -------

--- 26M Bike -----

------- T2 -------

--- 10K Run ------

Total

Place

Name

Age

Rnk

Time

Pace

Rnk

Time

Pace

Rnk

Time

Rate

Rnk

Time

Pace

Rnk

Time

Pace

Time

6	149	Tracy Osborn	24	3	34:29.2	22:59/K	6	3:25.0	6	2:21:23.0	11.0MPH	5	1:58.0	5	1:15:31.2	12:11/M	4:16:46.4
1	80	Juan Landa	19	3	47:55.2	31:57/K	4	3:04.0	1	1:36:47.0	16.1MPH	1	0:30.0	2	41:20.4	6:40/M	3:09:36.6
2	97	Chris Garza	18	4	48:28.2	32:19/K	3	2:02.0	2	1:46:23.0	14.7MPH	3	0:58.0	1	40:02.2	6:27/M	3:17:53.4
1	12	Richard Powell	21	3	30:09.2	20:06/K	6	1:52.0	1	1:19:58.0	19.5MPH	7	1:23.0	2	40:40.7	6:34/M	2:34:02.9
5	27	James Waterman	27	5	30:15.2	20:10/K	16	2:13.0	3	1:21:31.0	19.1MPH	14	1:31.0	8	45:46.8	7:23/M	2:41:17.0
9	59	Alan Cross	26	11	33:35.2	22:23/K	6	1:18.0	11	1:32:06.0	16.9MPH	4	0:51.0	11	49:44.4	8:01/M	2:57:34.6
7	74	Josh Lopez	21	8	37:51.2	25:14/K	8	2:56.0	8	1:33:12.0	16.7MPH	2	0:47.0	6	51:59.2	8:23/M	3:06:45.4
4	33	Edward Lomeli	21	7	35:46.2	23:51/K	3	1:33.0	2	1:20:06.0	19.5MPH	3	0:54.0	3	45:24.1	7:19/M	2:43:43.3

Stonebridge Triathlon Success!

2009-09-30T09:44:00.000-07:00

This past weekend the team took a trip to McKinney, Texas to compete in the Stonebridge Triathlon. With this event being many members first triathlon, everyone did a standup job!

We made the trip early Saturday morning from San Marcos, and were able to make a quick trip to Austin Tri Cyclist to pick up gear and wetsuits. From there we had a successful drive to Bianca's house where we were treated like pros and served a feast by Bianca's parents. Many thanks for the hospitality!

From there we headed to packet pick-up at the Stonebridge Ranch where we were able to scope out the venue and drive the course. Stonebridge Ranch was a beautiful new area outside of Dallas, in a suburban/commercial area.

The course was well organized and consisted of participants completing loops. The sprint was to do one loop of the lake, 2 loops of the bike course, and the out and back 5k. The olympic distance did two loops of the lake swim, 4 loops of the bike course, and an out and back 10k.

After looking over the course, we headed to the hotel to get comfortable and get ready for a meal at Olive Garden. Olive Garden was a short drive from the hotel and the team was able to get their fill of carbs before the big race the next day. After returning to the hotel we saw the A&M tri team out in the pool giving their wetsuits a test run. A few of us joined them in the tiny hotel pool and ended up having a good time with the fellow triathletes.

Early Sunday morning we made our way to the race site and got situated in the transition area. The sprint was off first, and members made their way though the course while the olympic waited to get started. About an hour later everyone had either started, or finished, the race and enjoyed every minute of it ;)

Here are the results of the team:

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16 TXS triathletes ended up competing and it was the first triathlon for over half of them. The venue was great and many triathletes were able to come up with great times.

Some results for the Collegiate division races:

Olympic Distance (1500m swim, 40k bike 10k run)

Male:

Place

Name

Bib No

Age

Gender

Rnk

Time

Pace

Time

Rnk

Time

Rate

Time

Rnk

Time

Pace

Time

Michael Parker

983

25:23.60

1:42/M

02:21.85

59:25.55

24.2mph

01:08.05

43:29.10

7:01/M

2:11:48.15

Brian Jackson

982

24:13.30

1:37/M

02:26.40

59:30.50

24.2mph

01:05.00

49:25.25

7:58/M

2:16:40.45

Neal Lucas

981

24:51.75

1:39/M

02:35.60

1:07:07.25

21.5mph

01:42.15

40:29.55

6:32/M

2:16:46.30

Sprint Distance (750m swim, 20k bike 5k run)

Female:

Place

Name

Bib No

Age

Gender

Rnk

Time

Pace

Time

Rnk

Time

Rate

Time

Rnk

Time

Pace

Time

Jessica Ralph

18:04.30

2:25/M

03:25.30

38:09.50

18.9mph

01:34.55

28:48.90

9:14/M

1:30:02.55

Amanda Dart

501

13:59.40

1:52/M

04:35.70

43:55.85

16.4mph

02:11.70

34:55.05

11:11/M

1:39:37.70

Alex Hansen

509

17:57.90

2:24/M

05:34.90

44:17.90

16.3mph

01:58.60

34:38.80

11:06/M

1:44:28.10

Ashley Simon

511

19:04.10

2:33/M

05:45.80

49:43.55

14.5mph

34:53.00

11:11/M

1:49:26.45

Bianca Davis

504

20:23.55

2:43/M

05:20.70

49:20.35

14.6mph

02:51.75

43:17.15

13:52/M

2:01:13.50

Christina Raggio

508

25:04.00

3:21/M

05:02.50

52:10.05

13.8mph

04:19.75

38:01.55

12:11/M

2:04:37.85

Male:

Place

Name

Bib No

Age

Gender

Rnk

Time

Pace

Time

Rnk

Time

Rate

Time

Rnk

Time

Pace

Time

Richard Powell

505

13:22.25

1:47/M

03:17.20

33:06.65

21.8mph

01:49.90

19:51.90

6:22/M

1:11:27.90

Michael Quiroz

510

14:00.80

1:52/M

02:48.40

36:08.50

19.9mph

01:42.15

24:42.45

7:55/M

1:21:22.30

Bill Kessler

506

18:52.50

2:31/M

02:52.60

36:06.50

19.9mph

00:55.25

22:53.55

7:20/M

1:21:40.4

Chris Garza

503

21:51.35

2:55/M

03:11.70

36:43.00

19.6mph

01:23.85

23:47.10

7:37/M

1:26:57.00

Josh Lopez

502

16:57.10

2:16/M

05:03.10

35:32.10

20.3mph

01:48.60

27:28.90

8:48/M

1:28:49.80*

Randy Walters

507

25:46.35

3:26/M

04:33.20

49:50.70

14.4mph

01:23.45

32:35.55

10:27/M

1:54:09.25

Address for results:

http://www.active.com/page/Event_Details.htm?event_id=1652027&assetId=7945b1f1-9ba6-4da3-9b8f-3707f0245dc0#Results

I know I saw Texas A&M and UNT but they're may have been a third small local school.

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After the race the team got another great lunch from Bianca's family to take with us (thanks again!) and got ready to head back to San Marvelous.

After hitting up the hotel for a quick clean we got back on the road to make it back in time to get some studying in. The successful weekend ended as we unloaded the gear at the University and began talking about the next triathlon for the TXS TRI TEAM!

Race Results and Upcoming Races!

2009-09-21T21:21:00.000-07:00

We have had a few triathlons recently in which Texas State Triathletes were able to represent.

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Austin Triathlon:

There were numerous Texas State Triathletes that competed in this race.

Participants should send their results to be posted!

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Dude Girl Triathlon:

Krista Betzing rocked this race!

Name:	BETZING, Krista
Division:	25-29
Representing:	SAN MARCOS TX US
Racer Number:	555	Race Start:	07:00:00	Overall Place:	25
Age:	28	Assigned Start:	07:42:45	Overall Back:	+01:04:14.800
Gender:	F	Actual Start:	00:00:00	Gender Place:	25
		Stop Time:	10:34:59	Gender Back:	+01:04:14.800
		Gun Time:	02:52:14	Division Place:	1
		Chip Time:	02:52:14	Division Back:	+00:00:00.000


Interval Name: Swim1 Interval Time: 00:14:22:87
Interval Name: Swim2 Interval Time: 00:12:50:6
Interval Name: Dash Interval Time: 00:04:09:301
Interval Name: T1 Interval Time: 00:01:35:415
Interval Name: Bike Interval Time: 01:24:05:564 Pace: 17.8
Interval Name: T2 Interval Time: 00:01:11:612
Interval Name: Run Interval Time: 00:54:00:209 Pace: 00:08:42.6 With a blazing swim and trail run, Krista put this race away! --------------------- The club is also preparing for the upcoming Stonebridge Triathlon which takes place in McKinney Texas Sunday September 27th. Participants include: Alex Hansen – Sprint Chris Garza – Sprint Randy Walters – Sprint Michael Quiroz – Sprint Jessica Ralph – Sprint Bianca Davis – Sprint Joshua Lopez – Sprint Richard Powell – Sprint Christina Raggio – Sprint Bill Kessler – Sprint Ashley Simon – Sprint Amanda Dart - Sprint James Waterman – Olympic Michael Parker – Olympic Brian Jackson – Olympic Neal Lucas – Olympic Wish us luck and look out for results soon! --------------------- TXS TRI is also coming up and members are preparing for the challenging Olympic Distance race at Canyon Lake!

James knocks down an Ironman 70.3!

2009-08-06T14:17:00.000-07:00

Texas State Triathlon member James Waterman recently completed the Calgary 70.3 Ironman! This event took place in Western Canada's Rocky Mountains where athletes completed the 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, and 13.1 mile run. James finished the race in a blazing 6:36 despite the high altitude of the venue.

The race is said to have been beautiful and really bring out some tremensdous athletes. Here is an article about the event: http://blog.calsun.canoe.ca/sixinthecity/2009/01/29/half_iron_huge_success

Wow, yet ANOTHER Half Iron finisher.

Half Iron Finishers!

2009-07-22T13:12:00.000-07:00

Big race news!

Multiple team members competed in the prestigious Buffalo Springs Lake 70.3 Ironman! This grueling race was completed by:

Krista Betzing
Brian Jackson
Guin McDaid

All these athletes absolutely rocked the race.

They even earned an article by the University:

http://www.txstate.edu/news/news_releases/news_archive/2009/07/Triathlon070809.html

~Brian got 12th in the 18-24 age group with a blazing 20.4 MPH average on the bike!
~Krista placed 17th in her 25-29 age group and managed to complete a grueling half marathon in 2:04 no matter the events prior!
~Guin rocked her 30-34 age group despite a flat tire; she also finished the swim leg in a jaw dropping 43:08!

GREAT JOB GUYS!

If you see them, be sure to congratulate their accomplishments!