On a gorgeous sun-filled day in Clearwater, FL, the conditions were ideal for fast splits and the athletes didn’t disappoint.  The world’s best athletes took to the 2007 Ford Ironman World Championship 70.3 and when the sand settled 4 Timex Multisport Team Members had themselves a top 10.

Heading up the Timex Multisport Team charge was Connecticut native, Chris Thomas, who let his bike do the talking with at 2:11:06 over the 56-mile course.  He placed 3rd in a very competitive 35-39 category, and also was the largest field in the race.

Boulder, Colorado resident, Erin Kummer, who has won many age group titles throughout the 70.3 circuit tried her hand against the field and came away with an impressive 4th in the 18-24 age group with a total time of 4:48:15.

Rachel Ross who just came off a great Kona finish, with a 2nd overall female amateur, tried to see if here legs would respond and came away with a 5th in the 30-34 age category.

April Gellatly, who also raced in Kona, came away with an 8th in the 18-24 age category with a total time of 5:06:41.

Swim    Bike    Run        Total
April Gellatly -    29:12    2:38:02    1:53:24        5:06:41
Erin Kummer -    32:47    2:33:49    1:37:04        4:48:15
Rachel Ross -     31:08    2:24:09    1:33:28        4:33:28
Chris Thomas -    28:31    2:11:06    1:21:25        4:05:05

In the Pro Men’s race, Ukranian native, Andriy Yastrebov, used the 3rd fastest run (2:57:02) to secure a hard fought 4th place.  Jordan Rapp scorched the bike course pulling off an impressive (4:48:39) bike split, which was the 2nd fastest of the day, and came home in 5th place overall.   Canadian, Kyle Marcotte who raced consistently all day finished with the 6th fastest time of the day.

The Pro Women had a good day as Jacqui Gordon came through with 12th overall, while 23-year old Laura Tingle scored a 15th.

Canadian Cat Brown had a stellar day and used the fastest run (3:31:04) in her age group (25-29) to finish in 2nd place.

Next up for the Timex Multisport Team is the 2007 Ford Ironman Wisconsin race held in Madison, Wisconsin on September 9th.

Cat Brown        W25-29    2nd         10:29:07
Jacqui Gordon     WPRO    12th        10:29:13
Kyle Marcotte    MPRO    6th         8:55:19
Jordan Rapp        MPRO    5th         8:51:32
Laura Tingle        WPRO    15th         10:37:08
Andriy Yastrebov    MPRO    4th         8:50:37

Lake Placid, NY. July 22, 2007

Alex Mroszczyk-McDonald of the Timex Multisport Team scored his biggest win to date with an overall victory at the 2007 Ford Ironman USA Lake Placid.  The Burlington, VT resident used a sub-3 hour (2:59:36) marathon to capture the overall title with a winning time of 9:16:02.

Canadian Marie Danais battled through foot issues and achieved a 9th place in the women’s only pro race with a total time of 10:17:01.

Timex Multisport Pro Viktor Zyemstev used the fastest run of the day (2:47:05) to secure his 2nd Ford Ironman Coeur d’Alene vitory.  Viktor ran down Canadian Pro and 2-time Ironman Champ, Tom Evans, in the closing miles to secure his 6th Ironman victory.

As the race unfolded it looked as though it was going to be a close finish.  After the champagne cork flew, Viktor spoke about the last few miles as he and Evans ran shoulder-to-shoulder.  “We ran together through the last four miles.  I try to push all the time, but he stayed with me.  I felt bad and a little dizzy, I pushed again at mile 25 and he backed off.”
“I don’t know if I had another one, but it’s better I push early to see what he does.  I knew when he didn’t go with me, I had it.”

1. Viktor Zyemtsev    UKR        8:33:32
2. Tom Evans        CAN        8:34:34
3. Michael Lovato    USA        8:40:39
4. Jasper Blake    CAN        8:46:09
5. Bryan Rhodes    NZL        8:46:38
6. Luke McKenzie    AUS        8:53:23
7. Adam Jensen    USA        8:56:53
8. Jim Vance        USA        9:06:40
9. Swen Sundberg    GER        9:14:41
10. Billy Edwards    USA        9:16:09

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May 12, 2007 - Panama City Beach, FL

Timex Multisport Team member Carole Sharpless scored a victory at the 25th annual Gulf Coast Triathlon (Half) with a stellar time of 4:39:36. Carole stepped two places higher than her 3rd place in the ’06 event and took her 1st overall victory of the year.  Gabriella Loskotova placed 4th in the event with a time of 4:45:03.

May 20, 2007 – Millington, TN

Twenty-three year old Timex Multisport Pro, Laura Tingle, from Louisville, CO, stole the show at the prestigious Memphis in May triathlon coming away with top honors in the overall women’s field.  Her time of 2:02:32 was enough to take her biggest win to date.  With a consistent swim, bike, run, she was able to hold off 2nd place by a few seconds.

June 3, 2007 – Bristol, NH

Vermont native, Alex Mroszczyk-McDonald showed that you can train and have good results even in the colder regions of the US as he pulled off a solid overall win at the Mooseman (Half) Triathlon up in Bristol, New Hampshire this past weekend.  His time of 4:06:11 let him enjoy the victory and give him good morale headed into Ironman Lake Placid on July 22nd.

Orlando, Florida. May 20, 2007

On a typical Sunday in Orlando you can expect people to attend the many theme parks in the surrounding area, but this was not your typical Sunday in the Sunshine State.  Over 2,000 athletes from around the world were there to test themselves at the 4^th annual Ford Ironman 70.3 Florida event.  With a stellar field on hand, as well as gorgeous sunny weather, the Timex Multisport athletes did not disappoint and posted solid times and results against the world’s best.

Aerodynamics specialist Jordan Rapp flew the Timex flag (albeit with little wind resistance) in the Men’s Pro racing to 11^th place overall and coming away with the 7^th fastest bike split of the day (2:08:33).  Andrew Hodges ran into the 14^th spot overall with the 5^th fastest run split of the day posting a speedy 1:16:35.  Former pro cyclist, Curt Chesney came away 16^th in the pro field and had the 9^th fastest bike split of the day with a 2:10:48.

On the Pro Women’s side, Canadian Natasha Filliol ran into the top 10 with the fastest run split with a 1:26:22.  Texan Kim Hager had the 4^th fastest run (1:29:24) of the day and came away 9^th in the pro women’s field after a stellar final leg.

On the amateur side, Kevin Grogan, finished 10^th in the most competitive age-group field, 30-34, and posted a solid 4:33:09.  Recent college graduate, April Gellatly, finished 2^nd in the women’s 18-24 category as well as coming away with the fastest swim (31:48) and bike (2:37:53), out of 39 competitors in her category.

The team came away with great results and look forward to seeing them reach their goals throughout the season.

Team Results

Blake Becker-            Pro Men         18^th                  4:12:55

Curt Chesney-            Pro Men         16^th                  4:10:17

Natasha Filliol-           Pro Women     8^th                    4:44:12

April Gellatly-            W18-24 cat.    2^nd                   5:02:18

Jacqui Gordon-           Pro Women     11^th                  4:50:53                              

Kevin Grogan-           M30-34 cat.    10^th                  4:33:09

Kim Hager-                Pro Women     9^th                    4:48:20

Andrew Hodges-        Pro Men         14^th                  4:07:00

Jordan Rapp-             Pro Men         11^th                  4:03:41

Look out for Timex Multisport Team members at upcoming races-

IM Coeur d’Alene- June 24^th

With the prestigious Wildflower Long Course turning 25, it was certain that the field, totaling 1,966, was going to be very competitive, but that did not deter the Timex Multisport Athletes from posting impressive results in a majority of the categories.

Highlights of the day begin with Tim Hola-Monster coming across the line as the 2^nd fastest amateur overall and winning the 30-34 age group.  Tim also had the 3^rd fastest run of the day (including pro’s) with a 1:20:53.  Erin Kummer was also victorious in her 20-24 age group capping off the day with a super strong run of 1:40:14.  Emily Herndon also used a fast run (1:41:20) to vault her to a 4^th place in the highly contested 25-29 women’s age category and the 11^th amateur woman overall.

In the Pro field, Kim Loeffler came away with a top ten finish, coming in 9^th with a total time of 4:55:28 and Tom Soderdahl finished with a fast run of 1:22:36 and coming in 13^th in the Pro Men’s field with a finish time of 4:22:30.

Emily Herndon-          F25-29 cat.      4^th AG             5:27:19

Tim Hola-                   M30-34 cat.    1^st AG              4:24:34

Erin Kummer-            F20-24 cat.      1^st AG              5:30:22

Kim Loeffler-             Pro Women     9^th Overall      4:55:28

Tom Soderdahl           Pro Men         13^th Overall    4:22:30

St. Petersburg, FL.  April 29, 2007

On a calm but sunny day in St. Petersburg, FL, five athletes from the Timex Multisport Team contested the 24^th Annual St. Anthony’s Triathlon amidst a stacked international field of competitors ranging from short court specialists to long course champions.

The Timex Team held there own against the world’s top athletes as the sidewalks were packed with enthusiastic fans throughout the winding course in downtown St. Petersburg.  Highlights from the day were Natasha Filliol’s 7^th fastest run of the day, in the Pro Women’s field, at 38:04 for 10K and April Gellatly’s 9^th fastest swim in the Elite Amateur Women’s division.

Kim Dunker- Elite Amateur Wmn         24^th place         2:22:59

Natasha Filliol- Pro Women                  15^th place         2:09:52

April Gellatly- Elite Amateur Wmn        19^th place         2:18:34

Gabriela Loskotova- Pro Women         19^th place         2:15:37

Tom Soderdahl- Pro Men                     18^th place         1:57:37

Look out for Timex Multisport Team members at upcoming races-

101 Series- Bradenton, FL, May 6th

IM 70.3 Florida (Disney)- May 20^th

IM Coeur d’Alene- June 24^th

April, 2007

With April coming to a close, the Timex Multisport Team has had a busy albeit successful month in the multisport world.  With such a great start to the season we look forward to seeing them build on the hard work that they have put in and the results are showing.

Rachel “Gumbate” Ross-

Rachel has had a whirlwind month.  She is coming off 2 victories this month starting out on April 15^th winning the Lanikai Tri in her home state of Hawaii.  Soon after Rachel traveled to Miyakojima, Japan to compete in the Strongman Japan race where she tracked down the 2 leaders in the final 3.5 miles to capture the title.

Gabriela Loskotova-

On April 15^th, Gabriela took 2^nd place at Powerman Alabama and putting up a 2:42:45 for the 8K-53K-8K duathlon.

April Gellatly-

April also competed at the Powerman Alabama and she placed ^nd in the highly contested Women’s 25-29 category while posting a 3:06:22.

Brian Schaning-

Starting out with a win in your first race of the season is always a confidence booster and that is exactly what Brian did at the Coulee Duathlon as he battled against some top regional athletes.  He moves onto the top step this year, as he placed 2^nd last year.

Conrad Snover-

Conrad is our team’s outlaw single-speeder and he descended on Laguna Seca, CA to contest the Sea Otter Classic in the Pro/Expert Single-Speed XC race.  Even with a flat tire he ended up placing a superb 7^th after a death march from the depths of 40^th position.

Kevin Grogan-

As one of our dual athletes, Kevin posted a 2^nd place at the XTERRA Fort Yargo event in Georgia on the 28th, as well as racing to the Florida State Long Course Championships 2 weeks prior to his XTERRA result.

Juli Fiocca-

Juli raced to a 3^rd place in her age group at the 2007 Ford Ironman Arizona race which also resulted in a spot in the Ironman World Championships race in Kona, Hawaii.

We want to thank all of our sponsors for their support of the Timex Multisport Team!