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Weekly News Update 7/19

Last week’s races saw some terrific GCTri club results: Congratulations to GCTri members who finished the Aquaphor NYC Triathlon: Kevin Portmann (15th Elite – 2:05), Derek Barnes (2:36), Lauren Wiest (2:42), Michelle Vargo (2:44), Pam Harinstein; Long Branch Triathlon finishers: Heather Cameron (1:07), Carlos Buenano (1:08); Party with Purpose 5k teammates: Nicole Ogrosso, Maria Wedgeworth, Brad Roberts. Remember to keep sharing your results with us on the website –  http://www.gctri.org/race-results/submit-results/ Good luck to team members racing NJ State Sprint & Olympic Triathlons, Manasquan 1 mile OWS, and all other races this weekend. If you want to order GCTri Hincapie gear, please follow the instructions that Jen has emailed last week.  Please mark your calendars for Nicci Schock’s Nutrition presentation on Monday August 5th at 7pm at Stevens (flyer to come out shortly).  This Saturday Mike Haskell will be leading a 2 hour ride that will leave the 14th St. Pier at 7am.  Please be careful training in this heat.  Happy Training!

Weekly News Update 6/21

Last weekend’s races saw some terrific GCTri club results (and many members looked great too sporting their new Hincapie Race Kits).  Congratulations to GCTri members who finished the Wyckoff-Franklin Triathlon: Jen Sheppard (6th Overall, 2nd AG), Jamie Moreng (1st AG), Lisa Mangino (9th AG), Glenn Hartrick (2nd Overall), Derek Barnes, Marc Hourican (6th AG), Gabby Czernik (3rd overall), Nick Walulik (1st AG).  Congrats to the Long Branch Triathlon finishers: Erik Donohue (1st Overall – Long course), Jamie Brabston (1st AG), Heather Cameron (2nd AG), Nicole Ogrosso (1st AG), Mark Rogers (6th AG), Brad Roberts (4th AG) and Mike Frank (5th AG).  Best wishes to our favorite GCTri past president Andrew Shore at IRONMAN Coeur D’Alene.  Good luck to team members racing IRONMAN Syracuse 70.3, TriRock Philadelphia, Stars and Stripes Aquathon and all other races this weekend. Big thanks to our sponsor, Fleet Feet of Hoboken who held a special sale for our members this week and are distributing the Hincapie gear.  Because of member interest, Jen has opened the online ordering portal for Hincapie gear.  If interested in ordering, please visit: https://teamcenter.hincapie.com and follow Jen’s directions from Facebook.  Once we reach the minimums we will place the order.  We’ve got a couple ride options for you this weekend;  on Saturday Kristine Papamichael will be leading a ride to Bear Mountain (100mi) that will leave the 14th St. Pier at 6am.  On Sunday Mike Frank will be leading a ride (40-60 miles) that will leave the 14th St. Pier at 7am.  Happy Training!

Weekly Update 5/16

Congratulations to GCTri Member Steve Fulop for being elected Mayor of Jersey City; Good luck in your new position!  So, when is the inaugural Jersey City Tri?  After a quiet weekend of racing last weekend, it is evident by all the races this weekend that tri season is in full swing!  We’ve got: Scott Duprex, Raphael Zagury and Nicole Ogrosso racing the American Triple T in Ohio (for those unfamiliar it is a sprint Friday, 2 olympics on Saturday and a half IM on Sunday); Derek Barnes & Brian Wiest racing Jersey Man; Missy Manning, Erica Manning, Andrew Corcione, & Kristine Papamichael racing HarryMan; Dave Calabrese, Shelley Palumbo, Marc Rogers, Heather Cameron, Dave Pietrangelo, Jen Sheppard, John Argueta & Rowan Prior racing Red Bank; Kevin Portmann racing Black Bear; Chuck Dender and Matt Bach racing Iron ITT; Rich Bean racing King of the Hill Xterra; Carsten Hansen & Mike Fanelli racing Brooklyn Half Marathon – Good luck everyone!  Just a reminder that Gran Fondo NY is Sunday 5/19 so realize that 9W is gonna be nuts.  On Saturday a group will be meeting for a long ride that will leave the 14th St. Pier at 7am.  Happy Training!

Weekly Newsletter

Hello All,

At Ironman Mont Tremblant, GC Tri welcomed Frank Virga to the Ironman family finishing in 12:40.  Eva Kovacs also finished her 20th, yes 20th Ironman up there in 13:48.  At the West Point triathlon Kevin Portman won his age group and took 10th overall.

At the USAT Nationals Sprint, Glenn Hartrick took 4th in his age group, while Jamie Brabston and Nicole Ogrosso took top 10s in their age groups as well.  Carlos Garcia also had a fine performance.  At the Olympic distance Jen Finotti, Melissa Manning, Kristine Papamichael, Gabby Czernik and Erica Manning all had great races!

At Timberman 70.3, we had a large group with the GC Tri Banner Flying high.  Rich Bean qualified for 70.3 Worlds in his first ever 70.3.  Scott Burns and Maria Wedgeworth also finished their first 70.3, Kristin Hespos got a PR by over 20 minutes for the course and Nicci Schock had another solid performance.

This weekend Mike H will be leading a group ride leaving the 14th St Ferry on Saturday at 7:00 AM.  He’s taking a long easy ride up to Bear Mountain if you are looking to long and have some company.  Don’t worry if you don’t want to ride that far, you can start with the group and turn around at any point.

Happy Training

Weekly Newsletter/Weekend Ride

Hello All,
Another great weekend of racing for GC Tri at Vice Versa, NYC Tri and 70.3 Rhode Island.  At Vice Versa we had Glenn Hartrick taking the overall win and Andrew Shore coming in 4th.  On the ladies side, Gabby Czernik took 2nd in her age group, Nicole Ogrosso won her age group, Joyce Taite took 2nd in her age group, and Alicia Warburton took 2nd in her age group!
At NYC Tri Will Reagan won his age group in 2:05 and Lauren Wiest took 2nd in hers in 2:38!  We had a ton of finishers that killed the course (most of the fish were already dead though).  Brian Wiest in 2:14, Dave Calabrese in 2:27, Marcus Wignell in 2:29, Dave Pietrangelo in 2:31, Scott Burns in 2:41, Scott Placona in 2:58.  Dave Cruz won the brother battle in 2:17 over Dan in 2:27.
Lastly at 70.3 Rhode Island Jared Tootell took 2nd in his age group and Scott Duprex took 4th in his age group!
This weekend there will be a 6 AM early bird ride leaving the 14th St Ferry on Saturday!  If you haven’t signed up for the Jersey State Triathlon picnic on Facebook, please do and post what you can bring.  If you’re not in our Facebook group and would like to join the picnic on Sunday after the race, email Rich at .  We have 34 people signed up for the sprint and olympic races so awesome presence will be made by GC Tri!!!
Happy Training,

Weekly Newsletter/Weekend Ride

Hello All,
GC Tri takes 1st and 2nd overall at the Lincoln Park Triathlon!  Congrats to Scott Duprex and Will Reagan for showing everyone what GC Tri is about!  Congrats as well to Eva Kovacs, finishing her first of three Ironmans this year in Austria in 14:58!
This weekend we have a early bird beat the heat ride leaving at 6:00 AM from the 14th St Ferry on Saturday.
Good luck to everyone racing this weekend at Rhode Island 70.3, Vice Versa, or anywhere else.  Keep sending in these amazing results!
Happy Training,