Results, Photos: Apple Valley, Rosemount Triathletes Conquer Maple Grove Race

In its third year, the Maple Grove Triathlon brought out more than a 1,000 athletes to Park in Maple Grove this past weekend.

Triathletes chose between the Dare to Sprint which included a .3 mile swim, 14 mile bike ride and three mile run or the longer The Olympic Dare course of .9 miles, 26 mile bike ride and 6.2 mile run.

The top finisher in The Olympic Dare was Kris Spoth (2:03:07) of Ames, IA followed by Patrick Parish of Bloomington and Andrew Turner of Sioux Falls, SD. 

Local results are:

Olympic Triathlon

• Jeff Hunter - 282nd place overall; 3:04:46 overall (swim 30:03; ride 1:22:58; run 1:05:51)
• Brian Smalkoski - 22rd place; 2:54:40 (swim 29:10; ride 1:26:06; run 54:59)
• Roxann Mannuzza - 361st place; 3:43:28 (swim 41:52; ride 1:38:31; run 1:16:36)

Rosemount

• Brian Shoemaker - 89th place overall; 2:34:53 overall (swim 31:35; ride 1:14:05; run 45:21)
• Howard Chetek - 84th place; 2:33:56 (swim 30:37; ride not listed; run 47:38)
• David Leard - 58th place; 2:30:15 (swim 27:08; ride 1:13:48; run 46:53)
• Cathy Yndestad - 18th place; 2:16:59 (swim 21:10; ride 1:11:20; run 42:54)

Sprint Triathlon

Apple Valley

• Julie Morris - 590th place; 1:46:01 overall (swim 12:14; ride 51:30; run 34:46)
• Kristy Connors - 497th place; 1:39:09 (swim 14:03; ride 50:03; run 26:23)
• Bruce Hoffman - 101st place; 1:19:06 (swim 9:50; ride 40:32; run 24:53)

Rosemount

• Amie Kippley - 278th place; 1:27:55 (swim 10:43; ride 46:49; run 24:40)

For a full list of results, click here.