Several hundred Mid-Atlantic region triathletes were among the more than 1,750 participants at the HSBC Ironman USA Lake Placid Triathlon held on Sunday, July 28^th.
 
Canada’s Heather Fuhr claimed her third title in four years in the women’s race. Fuhr, who claimed the 12th Ironman title of her career, posted an overall time of nine hours, 43 minutes and 12 seconds, more than 13 minutes faster than second-place finisher Joanna Lawn of New Zealand.

Fuhr overcame a spirited effort by age-grouper Jackie Hatherly (Lake Placid, NY) passing Hatherly on the run and then coasting to the win.

Fuhr now stands second overall in all-time Ironman wins with 12, trailing only Ironman legend Paula Newby-Fraser who has won 23 Ironman events in her career.

Hatherly led the women’s race throughout the swim and bike portions of the event, before finally being overtaken by Fuhr and then Lawn on the run. Hatherly’s time of 10:11:37 smashed her own age-group record for women 35-39 by more than 20 minutes.

Karen Holloway (Richmond. Va.) was the top female finisher from the region, finishing fourth overall with a time of 10:12:35, while Amy Farrell (Lake Placid, NY) finished fifth in 10:13:29.

The men’s race featured a dominant performance by Ryan Bolton (Boulder, Colo.) who claimed his first Ironman title.

Bolton, who finished second at last year’s Lake Placid event, registered a time of 8:39:19 in only the third Ironman event of his career. Bolton broke his own course run record by posting a marathon time of 2:49:14. Bolton stood seventh after the swim, but made up time on the bike and led the rest of the way in claiming the title.

Estonia’s Kirill Litovtchenko finished second (8:53:50), with Shingo Tani of Japan third (9:01:46). Eduardo Sturla of Argentina was fourth (9:11:30).  Jamey Yon (Charlotte, N.C.), who finished second at the Lake Placid event back in 2000, was the top male finisher from the Mid-Atlantic region,  finishing fifth overall (9:14:42).

In addition to the stellar performances of Holloway and Yon in the professional division, sixteen age-group athletes from the region received trophies at the post-race awards banquet for their top-five finishes.
 
09:42:21  David Aitkenhead (Morristown, NJ)
1^st - M35-39
 
09:48:22  Justin Angle (Philadelphia, Pa.)
4^th – M25-29
 
10:03:53  Daniel Labarka (Ashburn, Va.)         
4^th – M35-39
 
10:04:29  Haluk Sarci (Cresskill, NJ)  
2^nd – M40-44
 
10:07:00  Rob Isabelle (Ridgewood, NJ)          
3^rd – M40-44
 
10:20:10  Todd Hesel (Timonium, Md.)
2^nd – M18-24
 
10:27:54  Ryan Jones (Paoli, Pa.)
3^rd – M18-24
 
10:40:10  Eve Campeau (Mahwah, NJ)
2^nd – W35-39
 
10:52:59  Kristin Halizak Eddy (Reston, Va.)   
4^th – W30-34
 
10:53:53  David O’Neil (Virginia Beach, Va.)
5^th – M50-54
 
11:00:22  Robin Jefferis (Phoenixville, Pa.)
3^rd – W35-39
 
11:41:58  Carol Housaman (Woodbridge, Va.)
3^rd – W40-44
 
11:52:14  Robert Williams (Severna Pk., Md.)
1^st – M60-64
 
12:08:58  Bob Dillard (Davidson, N.C.)
4^th – M55-59
 
12:12:20  Beatrice Vanhorne (Vienna, Va.)
1^st – W50-54
 
12:18:01  Anthony Garro (Tenafly, NJ)
3^rd – M60-64
 
Congratulations also go out to the twenty-one athletes from the region who earned slots to the Ironman Triathlon World Championship to be held on October 19, 2002 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
 
David Aitkenhead (Morristown, NJ)
Justin Angle (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Raymond Campeau (Mahwah, NJ)
Eve Campeau (Mahwah, NJ)
Clark Darrah (Gladstone, NJ)
Mark Galietta (Doylestown, Pa.)
Anthony Garro (Tenafly, NJ)
Todd Hesel (Timonium, Md.)
Carol Housaman (Woodbridge, Va.)
Rob Isabelle (Ridgewood, NJ)
Ed Jablonski (Cockeysville, Md.)
Caroline Lonergan (Brookside, NJ)
David O’Neil (Virginia Beach, Va.)
Catherine Phillips (Lynchburg, Va.)
Marianne Polunas (Dayton, NJ)
Eric Schrading (Galloway, NJ)
Andrew Southerling (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Joe Vagi (Richmond, Va.)
Ben Vaughan (Norfolk, Va.)
Robert Williams (Severna Park, Md.)
Mark Wise (Newark, Del.)
 
For complete race results, visit http://www.ironmanusa.com/results/index.php.