Weekly News Update 8/23

GCTri rocked the racing circuit again last week!  Congrats to all of our team members who raced:  At the West Point Triathlon Kevin Portmann took 2nd Overall; at War at the Shore short course we had: Glenn Hartrick 1st OA (51:00), Dave Calabrese (1st AG, 56:00), Nicole Ogrosso (2nd OA female, 1:00), Brad Roberts (3rd AG, 1:04), Lauren Wiest (1st AG, 1:05), Roberto Scarpati (2nd Div, 1:08), Kristen Mulgrew (2nd AG, 1:10), Sara Press (4th AG, 1:14), Jenny Zarzuela (2nd Div, 1:26); at War at the Shore Long Course we had: Raphael Zagury (5th OA, 2nd AG – 1:39), Mike Satz (4th AG, 1:44); at Timberman Sprint, Dave Cruz took 4th OA, 1st AG- 1:07); at IRONMAN Timberman 70.3 we had: Cristian Gonzalez (4:34 – earning  a spot at 70.3 World Championships), Carsten Hansen (4:53), RJ Boergers (5:15), Derek Barnes (5:24), Jared Manks (5:29), Jim Englert (5:42), Nicci Schock (5:45),  Lisa Mangino (6:11), Rebecca Gauthier (6:40). Congratulations to Eva Kovacs for finishing IRONMAN Mont Tremblant (14:33) – You are an IRONMAN…for the 22nd time!  Remember to keep sharing your results with us on the website –  http://www.gctri.org/race-results/submit-results/

Good luck to our team members racing IRONMAN Canada, IRONMAN Louisville, Rev3 Maine, Park City Mossman, TriRock Asbury Park, and any other races this weekend.  Have a blast, and race fast!

We have a couple options for rides this weekend: On Saturday, Kristine Papamichael will be leading a drop ride to State Line or possibly Nyack that will depart the 14th St. Pier at 9am SHARP!  On Sunday, Andrew Corcione and RJ Boergers will be leading a 50-60mi ride that will depart 14th st. pier at 8:00am.  For full details on available training opportunities, check out the club calendar on the webpage – http://www.gctri.org/race-calendar/ Happy Training!