Tinman is Back!

Tinman is Back!

Fort Morgan Tinman Triathlon

By Courtney Johnson

May 18, 2008 (Fort Morgan, CO) – After a brief hiatus the Tinman Triathlon has returned to Fort Morgan under the direction of ZF Sports Management and Jim Flint. The race featured both a super sprint and middle distance. The Tinman was the first race in the Rocky Mountain Tri Series, a seven-race series spanning Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. Over seventy athletes from five states competed.

The swim took place in Jackson Reservoir. The Super Sprint distance was a 500-yard swim while the middle distance Tinman was a two loop 1000-meter swim. The bike took all racers 36 miles on Highway 144 out to the town of Orchard and then into Fort Morgan for the transition.

“I thought the course was great. The bike portion was certainly my favorite. It’s rare that you get to bike in a point-to-point race in Colorado, let alone in the farmlands. It was nice to do something a little different,” said Tinman overall race winner Tim Hola.

From the transition, Tinman racers did a two loop 5k course on trail and pavement around Riverside Park. The sprint participants did one loop of the same 5K course.

“The run course was nice because it had a lot of shade and it was on a dirt trail,” said Highlands Ranch resident Nicole Sulzen, who took 2nd place in the Super Sprint.

Racers were treated to a pancake breakfast and drinks at the finish line. The top three overall in each race division received beer mugs engraved with their place. The top three athletes in each age group received medals.

Highlands Ranch’s own Tim Hola, 34, won the Tinman in 2:12:27. “I was happy with my result,” he said. “Winning a race is always a special feeling because it doesn’t come very often.”

Andrew (AJ) Johnson, 32, also of Highlands Ranch, was second in 2:18:27. Charlie Kelly, 31, of Boulder took third in a time of 2:20:58.

Leo Hansen, 28, of Denver won the men’s Super Sprint in 1:54:26. Guy Sigley, 51, from Highlands Ranch, took third in 1:57:09; and 48-year-old Rick Flood from Loveland, CO finished third in 2:08:15.

On the women’s side, Boulder’s Michelle Steiner, 34, claimed first in the Tinman with a time of 2:33:58. Julia Purrington, 33, of Pine was second in 2:35:19 while 28-year-old Katie Brooks of Aspen placed third in 2:45:19.

First place in the women’s Super Sprint went to 34-year-old Charo Egan from Parker. Egan finished in 2:05:32. Nicole Sulzen, 31, of Highlands Ranch took second in 2:10:01. Kim Grant, 49, of Denver crossed the line in third with a time of 2:21:04

“I was really happy with my overall 2nd place in the female sprint division,” said Sulzen. “I had my fastest swim ever and I averaged my fastest bike ever, so I would say it was a great day.”

Super Sprint Women

OVRL FIRST NAME LAST NAME CITY PLC DIV PLC SWIM T1 BIKE T2 RUN TIME
3 Egan Charo Parker 1 F30-34 1 9:21 1:25 1:32:23 1:08 21:15 2:05:32
6 Nicole Sulzen Littleton 2 F30-34 2 10:01 1:56 1:33:39 1:08 23:17 2:10:01
11 Kim Grant Denver 3 F45-49 1 9:44 1:59 1:44:34 1:22 23:25 2:21:04
12 Karin Carestia Park City 4 F40-44 1 13:07 4:23 1:33:59 1:50 28:49:00 2:22:08
15 Jennifer Arden 5 F25-29 1 12:55 2:25 1:50:29 3:07 28:37:00 2:37:33
19 Mindy McEachran Denver 6 F30-34 3 12:23 2:16 2:08:32 1:38 28:54:00 2:53:43
20 Amy Burton parker 7 F40-44 2 14:57 1:30 1:54:23 2:04 41:04:00 2:53:58
21 Gina Redden Parker 8 F40-44 3 12:55 2:33 2:03:12 1:38 34:53:00 2:55:11
23 Kimberly Cancelosi Frisco 9 F50-54 1 16:45 3:58 2:05:08 2:05 41:55:00 3:09:51

Super Sprint Men

OVRL FIRST NAME LAST NAME CITY PLC DIV PLC SWIM T1 BIKE T2 RUN TIME
1 Leo Hansen Denver 1 M25-29 1 8:58 1:13 1:23:04 0:42 20:29 1:54:26
2 Guy Sigley Highlands Ranch 2 M50-54 1 8:13 1:16 1:23:42 0:41 23:17 1:57:09
4 Rick Flood Loveland 3 M45-49 1 10:20 1:49 1:30:19 0:48 24:59:00 2:08:15
5 Chris Purrington 4 M40-44 1 9:20 1:43 1:32:21 1:14 24:11:00 2:08:49
7 Rob Holmes Princeton 5 M60-64 1 10:22 1:13 1:29:20 1:06 28:37:00 2:10:38
8 Jay Lochhead Longmont 6 M45-49 2 13:15 1:47 1:36:02 0:59 24:21:00 2:16:24
9 Thomas Seabrook 7 M40-44 2 10:05 3:18 1:33:36 0:01 29:37:00 2:16:36
10 Ryan Close Gypsum 8 Clydes 1 9:26 1:28 1:33:08 0:56 34:16:00 2:19:14
13 Adam Sack Denver 9 M35-39 1 10:58 2:27 1:40:36 3:11 32:44:00 2:29:56
14 Brian Gewin 10 M35-39 2 14:01 2:20 1:42:53 1:10 31:11:00 2:31:35
16 Shaun Thompson Fort Morgan 11 M35-39 3 13:59 3:39 1:53:00 1:18 27:59:00 2:39:55
17 James Knutzon South Fork 12 M55-59 1 10:11 3:37 1:56:05 2:30 28:32:00 2:40:55
18 Chris Busch Glendale 13 M35-39 4 14:09 3:54 1:53:22 1:13 32:28:00 2:45:06
22 Scott Horton Denver 14 M25-29 2 17:47 4:54 2:00:17 1:46 33:29:00 2:58:13
24 Pat O’Rourke Ft. Morgan 15 M30-34 1 30:36:00 3:52 2:11:37 0:43 39:45:00 3:26:33

Tinman Women

OVRL FIRST NAME LAST NAME CITY PLC DIV PLC SWIM T1 BIKE T2 RUN TIME
10 Michelle Steiner Boulder 1 F30-34 1 16:28 1:29 1:28:28 1:08 46:25:00 2:33:58
13 Julie Purrington 2 F30-34 2 16:05 0:40 1:32:29 0:46 45:19:00 2:35:19
16 Katie Brooks Aspen 3 F25-29 1 18:06 1:25 1:34:12 0:40 50:56:00 2:45:19
22 Kelsie Campbell Denver 4 F25-29 2 19:21 2:42 1:42:34 1:42 46:40:00 2:52:59
26 Leah Raffaeli Littleton 5 F35-39 1 23:20 1:45 1:43:07 1:10 53:59:00 3:03:21
31 Janey Bell Denver 6 F45-49 1 21:51 2:21 1:45:06 1:51 1:02:00 3:13:09
32 Francie Anderson Lakewood 7 F45-49 2 21:45 3:12 1:47:38 2:12 59:16:00 3:14:03
35 Joanne Theobald Casper 8 F45-49 3 17:41 3:19 1:49:31 3:37 1:08:30 3:22:38
39 Helen Lepper Aurora 9 F20-24 1 19:12 3:26 1:53:41 1:35 1:15:01 3:32:55
41 Abigail Porter boulder 10 F25-29 3 25:18:00 5:11 2:06:35 3:08 1:08:29 3:48:41

Tinman Men

OVRL FIRST NAME LAST NAME CITY PLC DIV DIVPLC SWIM T1 BIKE T2 RUN TIME
1 Tim Hola Highlands Ranch 1 M30-34 1 13:32 0:41 1:20:13 0:37 37:24:00 2:12:27
2 Andrew Johnson Highlands ranch 2 M-PRO 1 14:54 0:45 1:23:04 1:04 38:40:00 2:18:27
3 Charlie Kelly Boulder 3 M30-34 2 13:48 1:08 1:29:20 0:51 35:51:00 2:20:58
4 Matt Limbert Colorado Springs 4 M35-39 1 16:40 1:39 1:26:18 1:23 36:46:00 2:22:46
5 Dennis Hahn 5 M35-39 2 18:11 1:01 1:23:49 0:41 40:42:00 2:24:24
6 Scott Binder Englewood 6 M45-49 1 15:32 1:25 1:24:08 0:59 43:46:00 2:25:50
7 Ben Kramer Littleton 7 M25-29 1 17:32 1:14 1:27:41 1:16 39:43:00 2:27:26
8 David Anderson Colorado Springs 8 M35-39 3 22:14 1:03 1:21:39 1:04 43:35:00 2:29:35
9 Peter Bredeman 9 M30-34 3 19:14 0:51 1:27:27 0:44 43:25:00 2:31:41
11 Dave Sheanin Erie 10 M40-44 1 15:02 0:57 1:30:49 0:38 46:55:00 2:34:21
12 Timothy Gensler Greenwood Village 11 M40-44 2 17:07 2:07 1:30:30 1:07 44:24:00 2:35:15
14 Philip Mazza Westminster 12 M35-39 4 16:42 1:37 1:32:52 1:01 46:21:00 2:38:33
15 Micheal Buchanan Aspen 13 M30-34 4 16:17 1:42 1:35:44 0:36 48:40:00 2:42:59
17 Steven Pacheco Westminster 14 M40-44 3 19:09 1:37 1:33:06 2:12 50:21:00 2:46:25
18 James Moore Loveland 15 Clydes 1 18:15 1:43 1:30:15 1:12 55:27:00 2:46:52
19 Brad Beck Boulder 16 M40-44 4 22:07 1:25 1:30:23 1:37 51:49:00 2:47:21
20 Cesar Ramirez Chihuahua 17 M30-34 5 21:38 1:31 1:41:03 1:08 46:07:00 2:51:27
21 Cory Olsen Superior 18 M25-29 2 17:38 1:45 1:34:27 0:52 57:08:00 2:51:50
23 Nathan Trice Breckenridge 19 M25-29 3 18:11 2:01 1:36:44 1:16 59:10:00 2:57:22
24 Bob Irving Lakewood 20 M50-54 1 22:46 3:14 1:40:33 1:11 49:45:00 2:57:29
25 Mike Weir Longmont 21 M35-39 5 23:35 2:16 1:40:22 1:49 50:11:00 2:58:13
27 Michael Chessnoe Denver 22 M65-69 1 20:42 2:55 1:42:11 2:29 55:25:00 3:03:42
28 Roger Myers Lakewwod 23 M60-64 1 19:27 1:40 1:36:46 1:43 1:04:07 3:03:43
29 Todd Scholl Avon 24 M50-54 2 23:04 2:42 1:39:14 3:05 1:01:16 3:09:21
30 Teddy Martinez Fort Collins 25 M30-34 6 24:23:00 1:03 1:45:13 1:14 59:20:00 3:11:13
33 JD Trujillo 26 M50-54 3 23:42 4:26 1:50:52 0:35 56:25:00 3:16:00
34 Alex Larson USAF Academy 27 M20-24 1 25:24:00 3:13 1:43:30 1:22 1:05:41 3:19:10
36 Jason White Windsor 28 M35-39 6 26:54:00 3:56 1:56:33 2:47 54:33:00 3:24:43
37 Tom Warley 29 M55-59 1 20:37 3:15 1:53:05 1:49 1:06:06 3:24:52
38 Jason Chesson Greeley 30 M35-39 7 24:33:00 5:43 1:45:58 1:24 1:07:44 3:25:22
40 charley Dilcher Aurora 31 M01-19 1 25:05:00 4:34 2:09:52 2:36 1:03:45 3:45:52
42 Mark Yoder Denver 32 M50-54 4 21:54 3:54 2:08:44 0:01 1:16:31 3:51:03
43 Andrew Conrad Fort Collins 33 M45-49 2 24:05:00 3:44 1:59:25 2:52 1:22:07 3:52:13