2010 USA Triathlon Winter Champions see double in repeat win
Posted on 20 January 2010
Colorado residents Brian Smith and Rebecca Dussault won the 2010 USA Triathlon Winter Championships.
The 2010 USA Triathlon Winter Champions repeated their wins from 2009 as Colorado residents Brian Smith and Rebecca Dussault took the victory at the Battle at Solider Hollow on Saturday.
Men’s race
Smith tackled his second straight winter victory with a time of 1:09:32.9 in the super quick run-bike-cross country ski event. No swimming takes place in the winter events. Jay Henry (Avon, Colo.) placed second just over a minute behind Smith with a time of 1:10:38.7. Superhuman fifty-year-old Mike Kloser (Vail, Colo.), who won the 2007 and 2008 titles, took third at 1:13:55.1.
Women’s race
Rebecca Dussault placed fourth and won the women’s title with a time of 1:16:55.5. In a duplicate of last year’s event, Emma Garrard (Park City, Utah) finished as runner-up (1:23:47.1), while Heather Best (Fairbanks, Alaska) took third (1:29.14.0).
Note: The top three finishers on both the men’s and women’s side qualified for the U.S. squad for the 2010 ITU Winter Triathlon World Championship in Eidsvoll, Norway, taking place on Feb. 13th.
A member of the U.S. Olympic Nordic Ski Team in 2006, Dussault will wait to see if she is selected for the 2010 Vancouver team. If not, she is expected to join the Team USA contingent in Norway next month.
In addition to serving as the USAT winter championship event, Saturday’s race was also an ITU Winter Triathlon World Cup and the Pan-American Championships.
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