Race Coverage

Dani V Wins Texas 70.3!

Sunday, 10 April 2016 06:10

"V" FOR VSETECKA - 2015 Minnesota Rookie of the Year DANI VSETECKA (pronounced "sheh-tesk-kah") proved yesterday that she may be even specialer than most had assumed. So special, in fact, that like fellow Rochesterarian Ruth Brennan Morrey, and St. Paul's Heather Lendway, her amateur career may be a brief one. Don't be surprised if she is the next Minnesotan to procure a pro license

Here's what Dani did yesterday at Texas 70.3 in Galveston: She took the women's amateur title in a time of 4:34:46. Not bad for only the fifth race of her career. It was also her 3rd half IM victory in as many starts and a PR for the distance by 6:38. Dani has won four of the five multis she's entered thus far.

Next, her margin of victory at Texas was thick--8:16!--over decorated amateur Kelly O'Mara of San Raphael, California. If that name sounds familiar, it's probably  because she placed 2nd behind East Gull Lake's Michelle Andres at Ironman Wisconsin last fall....

Dani's splits were: 30:36 - 2:29:17 (2nd fastest amateur bike split) - 1:31:29 (fastest amateur run split) = 4:34:56. RESULTS

STREAKS ARE MEANT TO BE SNAPPED - GWEN JORGENSEN's World Triathlon Series 12-race winning streak was snapped last Saturday at Gold Coast WTS in Queensland, Australia, by British Olympian (5th in London 2012) Helen Jenkins. Gwen's last WTS loss was in Cape Town, South Africa, in May of 2014.

Triathlon.competitor.com had this to say about Jorgensen's performance: ...the American didn’t let that (Jenkins' win) happen easily, despite starting from T2 almost two minutes behind the leaders, she still ran herself on to the podium. In a thrilling sprint with (Andrea) Hewitt (NZL OLympian - 6th at London '12) down the finish line, Jorgensen steamed ahead in the final few meters to claim silver, ahead of Hewitt in bronze. RESULTS