Race Coverage
Carter & Katie, Seam & Cami....
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Sunday, 17 August 2025 00:10
2025 YOUNG LIFE TRIATHLON Coverage - Three out of four of the swim-bike-run tri winners at yesterday's Young Life Triathlon were predicted.
One, a collegiate runner who appeared to doing his first triathlon, was a major surprise. His name is CARTER FERBER. He's 21, a collegiate runner from Fargo, and he used his speed afoot to overtake NICK JASMER, who appeared to be en route to the biggest win of his young career in YL's Olympic race.
2024 YLO winner BRANDON LEE came into thecontest as the favorite, but something wasn't right when he got off the bike. The six-minute-plus-small change mile pace he ran last year was not happening, not even close. More than a minute and ten seconds per-mile slower this time around, he admitted afterward that he had "worrisome" breathing issues. This allowed Nick to take over, at least for a while. A newbie, Carter had lost time to both Brandon and Nick in the swim portion and T1 and T2, but the 5:40-miles he threw down in the 10K ultimately delivered him to the finish line 22-seconds ahead. of Jasmer.
Exciting race!...
Despite his difficulties, Lee managed to finish 4th with three-time YLO winner (2018, 2019, 2021) DAVID LEWIS slipping ahead into 3rd place.
Winning handily for the women in the YLO was 2024 Minnesota Master of the Year nominee KADIE (HOKANSON) STEINBRING, who is now a three-time champion at Young Life, and undefeated in two starts in 2025 tri racing.
As in '24, SEAN PICKLE (photo) and local star CAMI ECKHOFF not only won handily, but once again finished 1-2 overall. For Sean, 20, it was his seventh career tri win, and 2nd of the the 2025 season. For Cami, it was her third win in four starts this year, and eleventh of her career. She is a likely candidate for 2025 Minnesota Female Triathlete of the Year.
As always, the races were well-executed with awesome volunteers and enthusiastic spectators. This was the 21st edition of the YL races. Not including paddle/kayak triathletes, this year's event drew 337 participants.
