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Triton Women Defend National Championship, Team 5th

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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

The Collegiate Triathlon National Championship Race is the largest and most prestigious collegiate race in the country.  Boasting over 750 top athletes from 95 colleges and universities from across the United States, the National Championship is the pinnacle of every school's race season.

This past Saturday, athletes from across the country converged in Lubbock, Texas to determine who would take home the trophies and the bragging rights as the top team in the nation.  In the end, the women of the UC San Diego Triathlon Team stood at the top of the podium to receive their second consecutive team championship.

Led by team veteran Darlene Hunt, the UCSD women secured four positions in the top 25.  In an outstanding performance, Hunt placed 4th with a time of 2:20:49.  Also in the top ten, UCSD's Lauren Chiodini finished 7th after posting the fastest female bike split along the hilly, wind-swept course.  Third years, Allison Johnston and Sarah Kavaler, rose to fill the remaining team-scoring positions, coming in 20th and 25th, respectively.  Lisa Fong, Bethany Sotak, and Jennie Stokes completed the UCSD women’s roster and all raced hard on the tough course.

In the men's race, the Tritons rose from 11th place in 2008 to a very respectable 7th place finish just behind UC Santa Barbara.  With the Triton's top-seeded male, Marc Schommer, having stomach problems during the race, UCSD's Tim Ray anchored the men with a solid 22nd place in a time of 2:10:17.  Schommer would finish a little over 2 minute back in 34th place, followed by Michael Libutti in 50th and Robert Krohn in 52nd.  Team captains, Sante Kotturi and Frank Uyeda, trailed in later, followed by UCSD Junior, Ty Kubart.

Together, the UCSD men and women earned enough points to be named the 5th best team in the nation and to round out the finial podium at the awards ceremony.

Head coach, Mac Brown, was especially thrilled by the team’s performance.   “The team gave it everything they could and I could not have been any happier.”  He continued, “I honestly do not think I have ever been more proud of any other team I have ever been associated with. All I asked these student athletes last fall was to give me everything they had during practice and racing and I would be happy. They did exactly that.”

Article by: Frank Uyeda
Pictures by: Chris Burnham

 

Women's Individual Results

Overall Name Swim Rank Swim Time T1 Bike Rank Bike Time Bike MPH T2 Run Rank Run Time Run Pace Finish Time
4 / 313 Darlene Hunt 41 23:27 2:01 153 1:11:59 20.7 1:17 191 42:06 6:47 2:20:49
10 Lauren Chiodini 263 28:56 2:19 106 1:10:07 21.3 1:51 152 40:58 6:36 2:24:08
20 Allison Johnston 153 26:35 2:16 272 1:17:12 19.3 1:18 154 41:02 6:37 2:28:21
25 Sarah Kavaler 264 28:57 2:38 132 1:11:11 20.9 1:35 317 45:57 7:24 2:30:17
31 Lisa Fong 34 23:07 2:22 290 1:17:51 19.2 1:26 389 47:46 7:42 2:32:29
59 Bethany Sotak 124 25:54 2:30 308 1:18:32 19 1:48 515 52:22 8:26 2:41:05
184 Jennifer Stokes 580 36:35 2:43 457 1:24:57 17.6 1:55 630 58:56 9:29 3:05:03

 

Women's Team Results

Rank Points
School
 1 41University Of California-San Diego
 2
 69University Of Colorado-Boulder
 3 76United States Naval Academy
 4 91University Of California-Berkeley
 5 101United States Military Academy At West Point
 6 137University Of California-Santa Barbara
 7 157Colorado State University
 8 189University Of Florida
 9 197University Of Southern California
 10 212Michigan State University

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Men's Individual Results

Overall Name Swim Rank Swim Time T1 Bike Rank Bike Time Bike MPH T2 Run Rank Run Time Run Pace Finish Time
22 / 423 Timothy Ray 23 22:38 2:02 24 1:05:06 22.9 1:20 102 39:13 6:19 2:10:17
34 Marc Schommer 83 24:50 1:47 30 1:05:40 22.7 1:08 104 39:16 6:20 2:12:40
50 Michael Libutti 25 22:49 1:52 98 1:09:54 21.3 1:05 105 39:18 6:20 2:14:55
52 Robert Krohn 27 22:52 2:25 52 1:06:53 22.3 1:12 180 41:52 6:45 2:15:11
136 Sante Kotturi 429 32:25 3:42 122 1:10:40 21.1 1:21 43 37:08 5:59 2:25:15
147 Frank Uyeda 216 27:41 2:31 73 1:08:39 21.7 1:35 347 46:45 7:32 2:27:10
187 Ty Kubart 142 26:25 2:34 244 1:15:49 19.7 1:33 327 46:08 7:26 2:32:27

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Men's Team Results 

Rank Points
School
 1 44University Of California-Berkeley
 2
 45United States Naval Academy
 3 76United States Military Academy At West Point
 4 93University Of Colorado-Boulder
 5 119
Michigan State University
 6 143University Of California-Santa Barbara
 7 150University Of California-San Diego
 8 253California Polytechnic - SLO
 9 321University Of Arizona
 10 327Iowa State University

Overall Team Results

Rank School
 Men Women Combined
 1United States Naval Academy 45 76 121
 2
University Of California-Berkeley 44 91 135
 3University Of Colorado-Boulder 93 69 162
 4United States Military Academy At West Point 76 101 177
 5University Of California-San Diego 150 41 191
 6University Of California-Santa Barbara 143 137 280
 7Michigan State University 119 212 331
 8California Polytechnic - SLO 252 233 486
 9Stanford University  327 238 565
 10University Of Florida  404
 189 593

 

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Race report from USA Triathlon: http://www.usatriathlon.org/news/article/12048

Full race results can be found at: http://www.pigmantri.com/jmsracing/results09/usatcollegiate09.html
Last Updated on Friday, 29 May 2009 10:20