Kerr Lake Race Recap

This weekend, four RMEC members competed in the Kerr Lake Triathlon. This popular event draws big crowds, and 2009 was no exception. 284 athletes started the race on Sunday. Mary Whitwell thrived in the event, taking full advantage of a longer swim distance. From the moment the horn sounded she was on a tear with her swim. Only eight women in the entire event came out of the water faster than she did. . . In fact only 47 men could stay ahead of her pace! She followed up with a solid bike, and then the self proclaimed "non-runner" drops a 54 minute 10k (wow!) and takes 3rd in her age group.

Jennifer Crumley also had a strong performance in her debut at the international tri distance. Like Mary, she excelled in the swim portion of the race followed by a strong bike. A solid 10k gave her a total time of 3:00:16. This was strong enough for 4th in her age group, only missing the podium by 31 seconds! Great job Jennifer.

On the men's side, Dave Lavely and Jeff Miller continued their friendly competition finishing close yet again. Jeff had one of his best swims to date, and an impressive performance on the bike. Where he really shined however was in the run, when he ran a 41:41 10k! This is only 30 seconds off his 10k time at Ford's Colony last year. Only seven places and three minutes behind came Dave. His 40k bike time of 1:13:07 was the fastest of the RMEC, and help to secure him to a 8th place finish in his very competitive age group. Overall his finishing time was 2:31:51.

Below are the splits for every one. The men's split rankings are based on all finishers. The women's splits are just among the female athletes

Jeff 2:28:55 (13th age group)
Swim -- 27:57 (63)
Bike -- 1:16:11 (137)
Run -- 41:41 (22)

Dave 2:31:51 (8th age group)
Swim -- 28:52 (89)
Bike -- 1:13:07 (101)
Run -- 45:09 (55)

Mary 2:46:39 (3rd age group)
Swim -- 27:42 (9)
Bike -- 1:20:45 (38)
Run -- 54:09 (33)

Jennifer 3:00:16 (4th age group)
Swim -- 29:48 (28)
Bike -- 1:24:44 (40)
Run -- 59:06 (54)

Great job everyone!