Congrats Local Finishers @ Ford Ironman World Championships!

I was surprised how many times I heard "from Madison, Wisconsin..." while watching athletes finishing this year's Ford Ironman World Championships. (Search 2009 results.)

Looking closer now at the results, I'm also impressed how many local athletes placed in their agegroups. Congratulations!

Athletes/finish time/placement include:
- Thomas Brunold - 9:27:09 3/248
- Mike Lavery - 9:36:35 5/35
- Michael Meteyer - 9:48:52 3/104
- Mike Gotzler - 9:59:35 56/206
- Joe Kurian - 10:02:03 56/143
- Jackie Arendt -10:17:58 4/51
- Jim Brusketwitz -10:52:05 5/57
- Cindi Bannick -11:11:37 27/67
- Tom Shepard -11:25:38 25/35
- Scott Johnson -11:26:30 102/183
- John Birkelo -11:37:29 109/183
- Colleen Capper -11:42:47 10/54
- Kristin Korevec -11:44:04 31/51
- Jeff Boldt -11:46:10 62/104
- Justin Hart -13:44:22 85/92



I hope I've included everyone. Again, congratulations!



Question for you:
Was your state/city represented at this year's Ford Ironman World Championships?



More Kona Coverage:
http://ironmakeover.blogspot.com/2009/10/hat-trick-for-chrissie-3x-ford-ironman.html
Wellington Sets a New Standard
Women's press conference
An incredible day in Kona



photo credit: Chrissie Wellington Wins! http://ironman.com/mediacenter/downloads

2 comments:

Velma said...

Go Wisconsin!!!

Sara Cox Landolt said...

No kidding! Good showing for this state's triathletes!