Race Coverage

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Saturday, 11 July 2015 06:10

By Matt Hattan (sctimes.com)

GRANITEMAN -CLEARWATER – Melissa Klocker crossed the finish line and when the hugs started with friends and family, there were some screams of joy and even a few tears.

Klocker, 38, completed her first triathlon Saturday at Warner Park at the Clearwater Graniteman Triathlon. Klocker is a medical assistant and surgical coordinator for Central Minnesota Retina Specialists and lives in Cold Spring with her husband, Michael, and has three daughters.
There was a triathlon clinic and group swim held Tuesday at Warner Lake. Klocker, who has asthma and allergies, was fearful that she would not be able to complete the swim once she got her face in the lake water.

Bill Corcoran, the owner and general manager of Graniteman Events, Inc., was one of two people who did the pre-race swim with Klocker....

"They swam with me because they wanted to make sure I had an awesome race and that was so sweet," Klocker said. "They just said get the smart swimmer buddy (flotation device) and let it float with you and you'll be fine, push through it. READ MORE

RESULTS LINKS - GRANITEMAN, TIMBERMAN, MINNEAPOLIS & ELYSIAN. Words and pics on Monday and Tuesday. Photo - G-Man Olympic winner Bennett Isabella.