iCAN Junior Triathlon Club Earns National Youth Club Honors
The iCAN Junior Triathlon Club came away with team honors at the USA Triathlon Youth National Championship in August where they placed third among the nation’s best youth triathlon clubs. This was the first year the club traveled as a team to the USA Triathlon championship event. The club also won the Overall Team Championship award this May at the IronKids Triathlon in San Diego.
Fresno’s Waldner Repeats as USAT Youth National Champion
iCAN Junior Triathlon Club member Chloe Waldner earned her second-consecutive youth triathlon national title Saturday August 14th at the 2010 USA Triathlon Youth National Championship in San Diego, CA.
Waldner competed in the 9-10 year old division and finished with a time of 19:57, 27 seconds ahead of second-place. Her time was good enough to place her seventh among both male and female 9-10 year-olds.
Waldner, who has competed in 28 triathlons since the age of four, notched five first-place finishes this season.
“Over the fifteen years that I have been announcing events for USAT, I have seen very few performances that match what Chloe did this past Saturday,” said Tim Yount, Senior Vice President of Sport Development at USA Triathlon. “Not only did she defeat a strong group of athletes in the age group, she did so as one of the youngest athletes in the division."
Fresno’s Julia Reese placed fourth and Madera’s Kieran Devere placed fifth in the 13-15 year-old division. This was only Reese’s third triathlon.
Nearly 500 of the nations best youth athletes gathered at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot on August 14 for the age group races at the 2010 USA Triathlon Junior Triathlon Festival. Competitor’s made the trip from all over the United States, from as far as Massachusetts and Georgia.
The Youth National Championship course was made up of a 100m swim, a 5k bike and a 1k run for ages 7-10 and a 200m swim, a 10k bike and a 2k run for ages 11-15.
iCAN Junior Triathlon Club Scores Big in
San Diego IronKids Event
San Diego, CA— Fresno’s iCAN Junior Triathlon Club traveled to the IronKids
Triathlon series event in San Diego on May 23 coming away with the overall Team Champion Award.
The club traveled with just 10 members to the event that helped win the overall award, while competing against several other established clubs, including a large affiliation from the Tri Club of San Diego, Monterey Bay Multisport and Team Mexico.
Four members finished with first place honors in their age divisions and seven of those 11 members qualified for the IronKids National Championship to be held in St. Petersburg, Florida on Oct. 3, 2010.
The IronKids Triathlon Series consist of 12 triathlons held in various cities across the United States for youth ranging from 6 to 15 years of age. The series began in May in Orlando, Florida and will end with the IronKids National Championship in October. Only the top 5 finishers in each age division in each series event earn spots to compete in St. Petersburg.
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