More information about the Downtown Triathlon
June 28, 1998 Natchitoches, Louisiana
Nearly 200 Triathletes from Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas showed up for the inaugural
Downtown Triathlon. The 1/3 mile swim was held in the very calm Cane River Lake with
the athletes existing through a boat ramp to the transition area. From there, the
scenic and rolling 19 mile bike route was embarked upon. To complete the event, the
5k run was a flat out and back course. The weather was overcast with temperatures
around 80 degrees with the humidity around 90%. The race was very well organized and
well received by everyone competing.
The Lafayette
contingent of triathletes who made the 2.5 hour drive north found the conditions to
their liking. John Deshotel led the way on the men's side after
trailing coming out of the water to complete very strong bike and run segments to capture
the overall victory.. Charles Brenke finished 2nd in the men's 30
to 34 division, while Jerry Richard claimed 3rd in the 45 to 49 age division.
On the women's side, Mary Helm used strong swim and bike legs to capture the overall crown in excellent time. Jennifer Braswell, who clocked the fastest time in the run segment by over a minute, made up some serious ground to finish 3rd. Brandi Quinn was second in the women's 25-29 age division. Liz Hebert won the women's 30 to 34 division while Tammy Deshotel (John's wife) was 3rd in the same classification.
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| Christina Tripp 2nd, Mary Helm, 1st, Jennifer Braswell, 3rd | Jerry Richard 3rd, Men's 45-49 age group | Jennifer Braswell 3rd Overall - Women's Division |
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Mary Helm exits the water |
Team Sporty's Finishers: Charles Brenke 2nd, Mens 30-34 , Blake Morvant, Jennifer Braswell 3rd woman overall, Charles Stewart |
More Information about the Downtown Triathlon 06/26/98 DOWNTOWN TRIATHLON SINGLE PARTICIPANTS June 28, 1998 AGE GROUP RESULTS PART AGE OVER SWIM BIKE RUN TOTAL NAME NO GRP ALL TIME TIME TIME TIME Top Female Finishers Mary Helm 163 ***** 32 09:40 54:17 22:39 1:26:36 Women 18 To 24 PART AGE OVER SWIM BIKE RUN TOTAL NAME NO GRP ALL TIME TIME TIME TIME Christina Tripp 85 1 34 09:03 54:41 23:17 1:27:01 Rebecca May 95 2 58 12:19 53:10 24:45 1:30:14 Liane Lovell 125 3 90 09:45 54:58 31:42 1:36:25 Angela Key 182 4 92 13:30 1:01:48 21:30 1:36:48 Nan Frascogna 209 5 102 11:34 1:01:41 25:01 1:38:16 Gretchen Weinnig 165 6 155 12:43 1:02:36 37:30 1:52:49 Bridget Thibodeaux 70 7 179 18:17 1:09:25 40:03 2:07:45 Women 25 To 29 Jennifer Braswell 119 1 36 12:17 54:05 20:53 1:27:15 Brandi Quinn 131 2 54 12:11 54:57 22:24 1:29:32 Taylor Ahrens 130 3 74 11:07 59:49 22:51 1:33:47 Angie Phillips 93 4 98 12:35 59:02 26:09 1:37:46 Angela Casagrande 99 5 124 12:54 1:03:56 25:38 1:42:28 Cate Cebrowski 134 6 125 10:24 1:05:12 27:13 1:42:49 Miranda Mc Williams 14 7 144 13:50 1:05:34 29:27 1:48:51 Dawna Gray 87 8 145 16:00 1:06:06 27:42 1:49:48 Jennifer Sutton 135 9 148 13:19 1:04:53 32:01 1:50:13 Sonia Tinsley 65 10 160 13:29 1:15:18 26:00 1:54:47 Women 30 To 34 Elizabeth Hebert 26 1 52 09:37 55:18 24:19 1:29:14 Kellie King 17 2 71 11:05 56:21 25:22 1:32:48 Tammy Deshotel 51 3 76 11:30 57:37 24:54 1:34:01 Marie Farris 48 4 79 10:49 59:57 24:04 1:34:50 Jonnene Hedge 80 5 123 13:40 1:00:45 28:01 1:42:26 Tara Gallien 88 6 152 19:27 1:03:33 27:59 1:50:59 Lisa Fuller 186 7 169 15:58 1:12:51 31:58 2:00:47 Women 35 To 39 Dianne Reed 60 1 40 09:58 55:57 21:57 1:27:52 Karen Lewis 195 2 118 16:18 1:00:47 24:46 1:41:51 Elizabeth Henderson 12 3 122 13:08 1:01:36 27:39 1:42:23 Carolyn Gaston 139 4 153 13:39 1:09:49 28:28 1:51:56 Paige Leebrick 144 5 164 12:06 1:17:13 27:08 1:56:27 Women 40 To 44 Susan Morehouse 138 1 100 12:14 1:03:03 22:37 1:37:54 Christine Brewton 146 2 120 15:26 57:41 29:06 1:42:13 Elizabeth Martinez 110 3 149 15:44 1:05:11 29:23 1:50:18 Lori Eilts 177 4 184 14:14 1:24:41 37:43 2:16:38 Women 45 To 49 Jennifer Terzia 83 1 130 15:15 1:03:18 25:09 1:43:42 Elizabeth Mothe 188 2 176 18:09 1:10:49 36:53 2:05:51 Margie Gordon 8 3 178 18:02 1:17:05 31:50 2:06:57 Lily Mouhot 156 4 180 18:47 1:23:31 28:21 2:10:39 Mary Ann Mc Innis 136 5 182 17:20 1:19:06 35:31 2:11:57 Women 50 To 54 Georgia Walker 193 1 113 15:37 55:53 29:15 1:40:45 Women 55 To 59 Linda Ohmstede 19 1 138 16:57 1:01:02 27:33 1:45:32 Anne Powell 23 2 147 14:49 1:05:33 29:28 1:49:50 Women 60 and Over Francis Ard 58 1 183 : 1:41:11 31:36 2:12:47 PART AGE OVER SWIM BIKE RUN TOTAL NAME NO GRP ALL TIME TIME TIME TIME Top Male Finishers John Deshotel 52 ***** 1 08:41 45:06 19:44 1:13:31 Men 17 and Under Taylor Mencacci 181 1 14 10:09 51:50 20:04 1:22:03 Bryson Matthews 3 2 84 11:39 59:14 25:05 1:35:58 Brian Telano 56 3 137 11:57 1:11:26 21:35 1:44:58 Men 18 to 24 Daniel Gorman 64 1 9 10:05 49:08 19:52 1:19:05 Matthew Leschber 97 2 41 10:04 53:48 24:02 1:27:54 Brad Ball 208 3 104 13:14 59:17 25:49 1:38:20 Michael Beal 69 4 115 15:00 1:00:14 25:57 1:41:11 Adam Cordova 172 5 135 : 1:13:18 31:23 1:44:41 ChristopheBailey 213 6 139 15:26 1:04:13 26:01 1:45:40 Alden Kirk 210 7 156 15:40 1:08:44 28:27 1:52:51 Brian Paul 202 8 157 15:57 1:08:27 28:32 1:52:56 Brandon Fremin 15 9 161 10:20 1:17:50 26:39 1:54:49 Kenny Paul 155 10 170 18:25 1:18:08 25:17 2:01:50 Mike Komssi 168 11 186 21:59 1:21:09 35:20 2:18:28 Men 25 to 29 Doug Le Blanc 180 1 2 08:57 47:23 18:25 1:14:45 Martin Jacobs 161 2 7 08:12 49:25 20:58 1:18:35 David Pepper 197 3 8 09:54 50:18 18:24 1:18:36 Charles Stewart 20 4 17 10:00 49:47 22:37 1:22:24 Jason Kendall 154 5 21 11:09 50:41 21:32 1:23:22 Paul Sinclair 191 6 23 09:41 50:25 23:28 1:23:34 Ben Tuety 73 7 25 11:19 51:00 21:47 1:24:06 Scott Sutherland 84 8 26 11:19 52:47 20:24 1:24:30 Cory Marlowe 111 9 30 : 1:04:25 20:34 1:24:59 Charles Hollinger 1 10 38 11:58 52:08 23:34 1:27:40 Stefan Thibodeaux 108 11 42 11:59 54:13 21:42 1:27:54 Michael Bigbey 173 12 45 12:34 53:01 22:37 1:28:12 Robby Burleigh 46 13 47 10:30 55:51 22:28 1:28:49 Roy Provost 106 14 53 10:19 53:28 25:36 1:29:23 Ryan Farr 63 15 61 09:09 56:55 24:38 1:30:42 Mark Haser 132 16 63 : 1:10:44 20:34 1:31:18 Jeffrey Wiscombe 57 17 65 14:42 52:20 24:38 1:31:40 John Jones 192 18 73 14:02 54:29 24:41 1:33:12 Joe Buckley 77 19 78 11:44 58:45 24:18 1:34:47 Jason Benefield 212 20 85 15:13 57:14 23:33 1:36:00 Todd Tracy 170 21 87 13:23 56:41 26:14 1:36:18 A B Ahrens 206 22 95 10:53 1:03:02 23:15 1:37:10 David Williams 66 23 97 11:48 57:17 28:22 1:37:27 Steve Straughan 204 24 99 11:50 56:57 29:03 1:37:50 Trey Reinhardt 184 25 106 13:31 57:23 27:37 1:38:31 Brian Epstein 133 26 107 13:20 1:02:42 22:34 1:38:36 Jeff Kimmel 183 27 112 14:09 1:00:06 25:41 1:39:56 Kyle Prestenbach 112 28 119 10:32 1:06:26 25:13 1:42:11 Roger Ferrier 2 29 127 11:49 1:04:31 26:50 1:43:10 Scott Mc Daniel 194 30 136 14:00 1:07:43 23:07 1:44:50 ChristopheBiggerstaff 25 31 141 15:22 1:05:56 26:28 1:47:46 Lee Couret 92 32 146 21:48 1:04:13 23:47 1:49:48 ChristopheStaszak 89 33 151 13:19 1:07:35 29:51 1:50:45 Scott Alexander 151 34 167 15:21 1:12:42 31:14 1:59:17 Randy Komssi 169 35 185 10:18 1:32:48 35:21 2:18:27 Men 30 to 34 Joseph Lee 27 1 3 08:17 46:22 20:49 1:15:28 Charles Brenke 157 2 4 09:35 45:57 20:21 1:15:53 Pete King 18 3 11 : 1:00:42 19:52 1:20:34 Stephen Crittell 7 4 12 09:20 51:12 20:31 1:21:03 Marcus Eichhorn 102 5 15 09:27 50:52 21:46 1:22:05 Blake Morvant 44 6 29 12:08 50:24 22:20 1:24:52 Lee Trautman 40 7 37 10:13 51:52 25:33 1:27:38 Kyle ( ChiKlipping 82 8 49 11:15 54:28 23:11 1:28:54 Carl ( SquDupre' 190 9 55 11:30 50:33 27:31 1:29:34 Charles Dunlop 211 10 59 11:23 55:57 23:08 1:30:28 Jamey Moore 153 11 68 11:07 58:25 22:52 1:32:24 Matthew Battiston 122 12 72 12:05 58:08 22:47 1:33:00 Greg Daniel 141 13 81 18:06 53:00 24:23 1:35:29 Randy Jackson 113 14 89 14:15 59:24 22:45 1:36:24 Steve Dear 109 15 96 13:34 57:08 26:43 1:37:25 Frank Garber 105 16 105 14:13 56:38 27:33 1:38:24 Mike Backofen 32 17 132 12:32 58:57 32:40 1:44:09 David Chesal 47 18 140 12:42 1:05:03 28:05 1:45:50 Jimmy Backofen 72 19 142 14:22 1:07:08 26:18 1:47:48 Ed Heath 29 20 166 15:42 1:09:28 33:24 1:58:34 Men 35 to 39 Mike Mc Halffey 94 1 5 11:21 48:06 18:35 1:18:02 Chris Clemmons 81 2 6 09:19 48:21 20:24 1:18:04 Troy Potter 175 3 18 11:47 50:22 20:29 1:22:38 Terry Hunt 201 4 24 11:09 50:15 22:29 1:23:53 Jerry Lanser 149 5 31 12:51 52:40 20:44 1:26:15 Chuck Spohn 117 6 39 12:18 54:33 20:54 1:27:45 Steve Soileau 143 7 44 12:11 53:47 22:09 1:28:07 Al Boudreaux 120 8 48 09:30 53:18 26:04 1:28:52 Barry Goodspeed 198 9 57 11:05 54:40 24:20 1:30:05 Wesley Klein 54 10 60 09:59 56:40 23:58 1:30:37 Michael Licatovich 187 11 66 10:25 54:20 27:06 1:31:51 Darrel Lee 62 12 69 12:01 58:08 22:20 1:32:29 Bill Morrison 118 13 75 13:07 57:15 23:27 1:33:49 Mike Shore 158 14 77 12:02 59:20 23:21 1:34:43 Monte Ebersole 167 15 86 22:02 43:58 30:06 1:36:06 Kevin Kilpatrick 159 16 111 11:37 58:56 29:12 1:39:45 Roy Martin 160 17 121 14:29 1:03:37 24:07 1:42:13 Mark Terver 45 18 128 12:50 59:54 30:34 1:43:18 Ray Michaelson 67 19 129 13:38 1:04:44 25:12 1:43:34 Timothy French 196 20 133 15:07 59:33 29:42 1:44:22 Gary Dean 13 21 150 21:40 1:02:52 25:48 1:50:20 William Edwards 101 22 158 20:57 1:07:21 25:05 1:53:23 Jim Balfe 39 23 159 22:55 1:05:17 25:44 1:53:56 Steve Poe 123 24 162 16:20 1:09:00 29:45 1:55:05 David Bond 140 25 163 14:57 1:10:24 30:39 1:56:00 Jeff Leebrick 145 26 168 15:10 1:17:10 27:06 1:59:26 Rocky Reid 207 27 171 11:38 1:15:56 34:28 2:02:02 Charlie Whitehead 104 28 175 17:19 1:20:34 27:49 2:05:42 Mike Wolff 178 29 187 28:46 1:16:52 33:01 2:18:39 Randy Biggs 11 * DNF 13:58 : : : Men 40 to 44 Laurence Cohen 179 1 10 09:02 49:33 20:35 1:19:10 Barry Lanningham 42 2 13 11:05 48:23 21:41 1:21:09 J P Reed 61 3 20 11:15 47:51 24:02 1:23:08 Steve Kueckar 174 4 27 11:46 51:14 21:40 1:24:40 Geoffrey Lehmann 128 5 35 10:41 55:00 21:28 1:27:09 Mickey Brewton 147 6 46 11:12 52:55 24:36 1:28:43 James Robinson 121 7 91 14:11 1:00:14 22:21 1:36:46 David Malone 199 8 93 12:00 1:03:51 21:03 1:36:54 Terry Hopkins 171 9 108 13:33 58:34 27:01 1:39:08 Joseph Schaneville 49 10 110 12:34 1:01:01 25:56 1:39:31 Jim Harris 142 11 116 11:53 1:02:29 27:18 1:41:40 Bob Pulaski 53 12 126 15:49 1:03:30 23:41 1:43:00 Ted Eilts 176 13 177 16:21 1:17:02 33:10 2:06:33 Paul Irby 5 * DNF 10:39 54:21 : : Men 45 to 49 Charlie Mc Alister 33 1 16 11:49 49:34 20:51 1:22:14 Dan Midyett 4 2 22 11:22 50:55 21:15 1:23:32 Jerry Richard 28 3 28 11:50 49:10 23:50 1:24:50 Steve Rains 114 4 51 14:43 53:43 20:44 1:29:10 Edward Downey 107 5 62 11:58 53:54 24:51 1:30:43 Des Mothe 115 6 64 13:02 56:21 22:07 1:31:30 Robert Forest 152 7 70 11:35 56:18 24:41 1:32:34 Raymond Paul 68 8 82 15:41 57:02 22:57 1:35:40 Bob Paul 203 9 88 14:22 56:55 25:06 1:36:23 Marion Cash 205 10 101 14:41 58:57 24:19 1:37:57 Michael Smith 185 11 134 17:06 1:02:44 24:40 1:44:30 Rick Yates 79 12 154 09:00 1:08:57 34:22 1:52:19 Men 50 to 54 Chris Jones 55 1 19 10:15 52:27 20:11 1:22:53 Joseph Mecalis 137 2 43 15:14 50:03 22:41 1:27:58 John Lutes 22 3 80 12:47 58:24 24:18 1:35:29 Jim Thorn 98 4 83 10:50 57:28 27:28 1:35:46 Robert Fleming 35 5 94 11:42 56:46 28:33 1:37:01 Larry Doyle 16 6 103 12:18 1:00:27 25:34 1:38:19 Richard Maxwell 100 7 109 10:54 1:00:46 27:39 1:39:19 Felix Pavy 200 8 131 16:38 1:01:36 25:45 1:43:59 Donald Richard 166 9 143 17:11 1:05:22 25:15 1:47:48 Men 55 to 59 Bob Stephens 189 1 33 11:54 52:17 22:33 1:26:44 Wilburn Powell 24 2 50 12:01 52:01 25:00 1:29:02 Carey West 26 3 56 11:58 54:03 23:36 1:29:37 Odis Howze 96 4 67 11:29 53:57 26:30 1:31:56 Lovick Johnson 50 5 114 13:14 1:00:00 27:55 1:41:09 Pete Miller 71 6 117 16:27 56:47 28:35 1:41:49 Fletcher Sutton 10 7 165 16:17 1:05:05 36:27 1:57:49 Men 60 and Over Ed Bulliard 59 1 172 12:39 1:10:05 39:33 2:02:17 John Wheeler 43 2 173 16:12 1:11:31 35:16 2:02:59 Bill Duer 116 3 174 26:18 1:10:07 26:46 2:03:11 Archie Breazeale 164 4 181 22:40 1:15:00 33:56 2:11:36 Michael Dwyer 41 5 188 21:19 1:20:19 44:32 2:26:10 TOTAL FINISHERS 193