Gehrs Takes Ninth Overall, First in Age Group in Triathalon

Last weekend, at St. Andrews Tyler Gehrs competed in the 21st Marathon Sports Sprint Triathalon. The event consists of a quarter-mile swim in Noxontown Pond, followed by a 16 mile bike ride (two laps of the Johova's Fitness Loop), then a run of the cross country course. Tyler completed all of this in 1 hour, eight minutes, 28 seconds. His time this year is five minutes faster than last year. Out of 294 racers, Tyler finished in 9th place overall and won his age group by two minutes.

Tyler found himself in first place by a comfortable margin as he finished the swim leg in under 6 minutes. He improved dramatically over last year in the biking leg and even after having worked so hard on the bike and in the water, his run time was 18:28.

You can find some more pictures of the race at http://picasaweb.google.com/yophotoguy/21stSprintTriAtStAndrews. At this site you can find a picture of the Caldwell family cheering on the triathletes, a pic of Tyler accepting his plaque for winning his age group, and lots and lots of lycra-spandex.

Congratulations to Tyler for a great day of competition.