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Reed Repeats at Miami International
By Liz Hichens/Triathlete Magazine
3/16/2009 |
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Article courtesy of Triathlete Magazine/Competitor.
With beautiful weather in mid-March, including sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-70s, many professionals chose the Profile Design Miami International Triathlon as the opportunity to make season debuts. Matty Reed narrowly defended his title, while fellow American Jillian Petersen came out on top for the women's field.
Andy Potts was first out of the water with a time of 16:30. He was followed closely by American Brian Fleischmann at 16:33 and Reed at 16:39. While Chris Lieto came into T1 nearly a minute after the leaders, his field-leading bike time of 54:07 was enough to give him first position heading into the run. Reed and Potts used their short-course experience to charge past Lieto on the run. While Potts had the most momentum, posting a total run time of 32:03, Reed's third-leg time of 33:12 was enough for the overall win and time of 1:47:22. Potts followed closely two seconds later with a time of 1:47:24. Lieto proved he is capable of success in an Olympic-distance event, finishing third at 1:48:21.
In the women's field many of the highly anticipated competitors ended up not starting the race, leaving six women to battle for the top spot. Sarah McLarty built a minute lead over the next best competitors on the swim, heading into T1 at 17:03. Onto the bike, McLarty carried her lead throughout and headed into the last transition in first position. Jasmine Oeinck was the fastest biker and headed into the run close behind McLarty. The run proved to be the most important leg in the women's race. Although Petersen did not post the fastest swim or bike times, she blew past the field with a 10k run of 36:25 and a final time of 2:00:21. Oeinck also had a strong run, finishing in second at 2:00:48. Joanna Zeiger rounded out the podium at 2:02:19.
Profile Design Miami International Triathlon
Miami, Florida
March 15, 2009
1.5k-swim, 40k-bike, 10k-run
Men
1. Matty Reed (USA) 1:47:22
2. Andy Potts (USA) 1:47:24
3. Chris Lieto (USA) 1:48:21
4. Andrew Yoder (USA) 1:49:06
5. Brian Fleischmann (USA) 1:50:32
Women
1. Jillian Petersen (USA) 2:00:21
2. Jasmine Oeinck (USA) 2:00:48
3. Joanna Zeiger (USA) 2:02:19
4. Sara McLarty (USA) 2:03:16
5. Michelle Leblanc (USA) 2:04:42
Photos courtesy of Ryan Oliver, Team Zensah.
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