Multisports Orange County (CA)

KAILUA-KONA, HI - Three Multisports OC members participated in this first year event on the big Island of Hawaii. Coach Michael Collins finished 3rd in the 35-39 age group and 16th overall out of the 700+ competitors with a time of 4:45:16. Collins podium finish was good enough to receive an invitation to the "Big Show" the Hawaii Ironman World Championships, but he graciously passed the spot on with his first child expectant around the first of October. "Alli gave me the hall pass to go but I am really not interested in training again for a race that long and hot. The conditions for the Half were nearly enough to break me, and I don't feel like being out there TWICE that long. The heat on the run going through the lava fields was extremely tough for me. I ran about a minute per mile slower than at the CA half last year. I'm very happy to stick to Sprint and Olympic Distance with an occasional Half to keep my endurance adequate." Michelle Staffon placed 5th in 45-49 with a time of 6:08:01, and showed excellent consistency on the day with the 3rd fastest swim, 5th fastest bike, and 4th fastest run in her age group. High winds on the bike challenged her bike handling skills and limited her time on the aero bars, but her confidnece on the bike is growing. Karen Mastro was 15th in the 50-54 age group in 7:53:25. She had a personal best swim split in the no wetsuit first leg, and followed that up with a strong bike performance before succumbing to the heat of the day in the run. "I had fun in the swim and on the bike," she said, "but when I got out on the run, I just wanted the day to be over." Karen was using the race as a preparation day for her upcoming Ironman Austria and Korea later this summer. The Honu Half Ironman race features the top half of the Hawaii Ironman bike course which makes for good training and gaining experience for those wishing to do IM. They also feature a large number of qualifying slots both for Hawaii residents and international racers wishing to qualify in a distance shorter than doing a full Ironman race. The 2006 race is expected to fill very quickly after registration opens at www.honuhalfironman.com on June 20, 2005.

SAN DIMAS, CA - Several Multisports OC ladies headed out to Bonelli Park in San Dimas to compete in the all women's event. Brandy Bounds was the top finisher placing 6th individual overall and 1st in the 20-24 age group. Danielle Chapman placed 8th overall and 3rd in 30-34. Kathy Barris was 3rd in 25-29 and 12th overall. Michelle Brown placed 8th in 30-34 and 33rd overall out of the field of over 500 women. The girls dominated the swim portion with Kathy coming out first, Michele second, Brandy 4th, and Danielle sixth. Team results and splits are posted below or go to the Danskin Triathlon site for full results. BRANDY BOUNDS 1st 20-24 00:10:43 4 00:02:09 00:44:49 9 18.6 00:00:44 00:23:26 21 00:07:33 01:21:52 7/503 DANIELLE CHAPMAN 3rd 30-34 00:10:51 6 00:01:55 00:46:15 19 18.0 00:01:00 00:24:38 33 00:07:56 01:24:41 9/503 KATHLEEN BARRIS 3rd 25-29 00:09:57 1 00:02:35 00:48:55 44 17.0 00:01:10 00:24:07 27 00:07:46 01:26:46 13/503 MICHELE BROWN 8th 30-34 00:10:41 2 00:03:04 00:49:26 50 16.8 00:01:12 00:27:01 75 00:08:43 01:31:26 34/503

NEWPORT BEACH, CA - Multisports OC & Nova Masters proved to be a dominating force at the 2005 Kring & Chung Newport Beach Triathlon, Sunday May 22, 2005. Nearly 40 members participated in the event and the group took home a huge percent of the hardware including 1st overall elite male, 1st overall amateur male, and 1st overall amateur female. Click here for FULL RACE RESULTS. Click here for TEAM PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT. Ian Pyott led the way for the team when he blazed to a new course record by 2 minutes to take his second overall victory of the year (Desert Tri Olympic Distance was his other victory). This was no "cherry pick" win as the field included New Zealand pro, Peter Clode, who stuck to Ian through the swim and bike but couldn't keep pace through the run, and two-time Catalina Triathlon champion, Kevin Bree, who went off course on the bike after losing contact with Pyott & Clode. "I felt great on my new custom Seven," Ian said. "It's was only my 3rd ride on the new bike, but it fits me absolutely perfectly. The course was crowded for the second and third loops but I had no trouble maneuvering through the field on the hills or corners. Hank at Edge dialed me in to perfection." Head Coach of the program, Michael Collins, wasn't far behind with a 3rd overall finish and first amateur. Collins left in the 3rd wave and weaved and bobbed his way through the swim, bike, and run to come across the line in the top 10 overall despite starting 6 minutes behind the first wave. Brandy Bounds was the first overall female amateur finisher and third woman overall behind 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist Michellie Jones, and Nichole Newton. Here's how the Multisports/Nova racers did. (We appologize if your name is missing!) MEN MALE ELITE 1 1 2 IAN PYOTT 1 SAN JUAN CAPIST 0:56:32 MALE O'ALL AGE GROUP 1 3 733 MICHAEL COLLINS 39 3 IRVINE 1:00:46 MALE 20-24 1 9 439 KEITH RYAN 21 1 HUNTINGTON BEAC 1:03:29 MALE 20-24 2 10 156 PATRICK DIDEUM 23 1 IRVINE 1:04:20 MALE 40-44 1 18 78 JEFFREY BROWN 44 4 CORONA DEL MAR 1:06:19 MALE 35-39 2 20 645 AMINE BRITEL 35 3 NEWPORT_BEACH 1:06:36 MALE 45-49 2 25 437 JOHN RYAN 46 4 HUNTINGTON BEAC 1:07:39 MALE 30-34 4 30 157 RYAN DOLAN 33 2 HUNTINGTON BEAC 1:08:03 MALE 30-34 5 33 690 DAVID BOURGUIGNON 33 2 LAGUNA_BEACH 1:08:29 MALE 30-34 6 36 467 THORIN SOUTHWORTH 30 2 NEWPORT BEACH 1:09:01 (First-timer) MALE 30-34 10 58 756 MATTHEW LAWTON 31 2 NEWPORT BEACH 1:11:52 MALE 45-49 4 73 148 LARRY DAVIDSON 48 4 DANA POINT 1:12:52 MALE 30-34 15 87 816 CRAIG CONLEE 30 2 PLACENTIA 1:13:52 MALE 55-59 1 120 206 KLIMENTY GRANOVSKY 55 5 ALISO VIEJO 1:16:00 MALE CLYDESDALE 9 155 426 MOLE RODGERS 1 COTO DE CAZA 1:17:51 MALE 14-15 2 169 80 SPENCER BROWN 15 1 CORONA DEL MAR 1:18:44 (son of Jeff Brown) MALE 35-39 21 176 466 ARTHUR SOSA JR 36 3 SANTA ANA 1:19:00 MALE 55-59 3 201 351 STEWART MIMS 57 5 LAGUNA NIGUEL 1:19:59 MALE 25-29 18 235 604 JUSTIN MACKLIN 29 8 NEWPORT BEACH 1:21:24 MALE 35-39 39 270 341 MARK MCGEADY 39 3 COSTA MESA 1:23:16 MALE 45-49 24 317 236 JOE HOFFMAN 45 4 TRABUCO CANYON 1:25:57 MALE 40-44 62 480 294 JOHN LEAHY 43 4 COSTA MESA 1:35:14 MALE 25-29 41 489 375 VINHQUANG NGUYEN 28 8 IRVINE 1:36:03 (First-timer) MALE 13 & UNDER 1 540 239 ZACH HOFFMAN 13 1 TRABUCO CANYON 1:40:06 (son of Joe Hofman) MALE 35-39 59 550 572 NICK HAGER 39 3 COSTA MESA 1:41:23 MALE 45-49 35 552 364 GREGG MOSS 46 4 NEWPORT COAST 1:41:46 (First-timer) WOMEN FEMALE O'ALL AGE GROUP 1 40 553 BRANDY BOUNDS 24 6 TUSTIN 1:09:30 FEMALE 25-29 3 104 52 KATHLEEN BARRIS 26 6 IRVINE 1:15:02 (First-timer) FEMALE 45-49 2 119 436 DANA RYAN 46 7 HUNTINGTON BEAC 1:15:58 FEMALE 35-39 3 136 160 ELAINE EDDOW 38 7 HUNTINGTON BEAC 1:16:52 FEMALE 30-34 3 145 565 SHAWN DOLAN 32 6 HUNTINGTON BEAC 1:17:17 FEMALE 40-44 3 180 657 LYDIA DOBBS 40 7 NEWPORT_BEACH 1:19:13 FEMALE 30-34 24 465 574 HELEN HO 31 6 IRVINE 1:34:05 (First-timer) FEMALE 35-39 14 509 177 SANDY FOLEY 37 7 NEWPORT BEACH 1:37:26 FEMALE 50-54 2 517 850 KAREN MASTRO 52 7 SAN DIMAS 1:38:06 FEMALE 25-29 20 530 374 ANGELMARIE NGUYEN 29 6 IRVINE 1:38:58 (First-timer)

SAN DIMAS, CA - Sorrel Hanson, 33, competing in her first triathlon in a few years, was the overall female champions at the first race of the L.A. Triathlon Series at Bonelli Park in San Dimas on Sunday April 24. The day before the tri Sorrel was competing in the SPMA Regional Short Course Championships where she swam 5 individual events (three 2nd place finishes, a 3rd, and a 4th) and was a part of 4 winning Nova Masters relays. Races #2 & #3 of the series will take place on May 15 & June 18.

PALM DESERT, CA - About 40 Multisports OC members & Nova Masters swimmers raced at the Desert Sprint or Olympic Triathlon April 17, 2005. Conditions were nearly perfect for the well run event put on by Klein Clark Sports. Coach Michael Collins got the team off to a great start with an overall victory in the sprint race with a time of 59:54 to win by over a minute. Ian Pyott followed up with an overall victory in the Olympic distance race with a 1:48:53 to win by nearly 8 minutes. Other top finishers in the sprint race included Mark Haskins 5th overall, Amine Britel 7th overall, Danielle Chapman, 5th overall female, Natalie Barrad, 6th overall female & 1st in 35-39, Annie Pedron 2nd in 35-39, In the Olympic race other top finishers included Dan Barta 5th overall & 1st in 40-44, Keith Ryan 7th overall, Jeff Brown 15th overall & 2nd in 40-44, Ryan Dolan 17th overall, Brandy Bounds 4th overall female & 1st 20-24. First Time racers to be congratulated include Wes Hale (on a prehistoric bike), Tim "I like to wear my Speedo all day" Harward, Sameer Shah, Paul "I wish the saddle didn't hurt" Chang, & Shirin "I just wanna have fun" Sharif (on a mountain bike). For more pictures from the race check the PHOTOS SECTION. The next few races on the TEAM RACE SCHEDULE are XTERRA Temecula on May 14-15, and the the Newport Beach Sprint Triathlon on May 22. Participants from Nova Masters & Multisports OC included: Olympic Distance 1 1 1 IAN PYOTT 1:48:53 0:14:24 0:01:20 0:57:56 0:00:40 0:34:33 MELITE INT 1 5 1 DANIEL BARTA 1:58:24 0:16:28 0:01:35 1:01:13 0:00:59 0:38:09 M40-44 INT 7 2 7 KEITH RYAN 1:59:23 0:14:30 0:01:24 1:02:55 0:01:25 0:39:09 M20-24 INT 15 2 15 JEFF BROWN 2:03:44 0:18:45 0:02:08 1:00:34 0:01:22 0:40:55 M40-44 INT 17 4 16 RYAN DOLAN 2:04:29 0:16:46 N/A N/A 0:01:16 0:42:16 M30-34 INT 27 2 26 JOHN RYAN 2:07:25 0:20:51 0:01:55 1:00:23 0:01:09 0:43:07 M45-49 INT 42 6 38 JOE ROWLAND 2:10:32 0:19:20 0:02:20 1:02:46 0:01:31 0:44:35 M40-44 INT 45 8 41 IAN JONES 2:10:46 0:22:43 0:03:38 1:04:01 0:01:07 0:39:17 M30-34 INT 48 9 44 DAVID BOURGUIGNON 2:10:49 0:20:55 0:01:57 1:05:14 0:01:08 0:41:35 M30-34 INT 56 6 51 KEVIN BROWN 2:12:24 0:21:19 0:01:59 1:04:54 0:01:02 0:43:10 M25-29 INT 61 1 4 BRANDY BOUNDS 2:13:11 0:17:18 0:01:56 1:07:43 0:01:15 0:44:59 F20-24 INT 102 4 14 KRISTEN THORKELSON 2:21:02 0:19:29 0:01:33 1:11:10 0:00:59 0:47:51 F30-34 INT 110 6 19 LYDIA DOBBS 2:22:51 0:21:20 0:02:48 1:11:50 0:02:00 0:44:53 F40-44 INT 115 15 90 WESLEY HALE 2:23:14 0:19:23 0:03:12 1:11:03 0:01:57 0:47:39 M40-44 INT 124 3 25 DANA RYAN 2:24:05 0:18:29 0:02:23 1:13:13 0:02:06 0:47:54 F45-49 INT 146 11 112 JUSTIN MACKIN 2:26:22 0:17:35 0:03:45 1:11:48 0:02:34 0:50:40 M25-29 INT 157 4 30 JULIE VUKSIC 2:28:17 0:23:36 0:02:59 1:14:01 0:01:16 0:46:25 F25-29 INT 168 20 130 PATRICK POLLOCK 2:29:26 0:21:30 0:02:46 1:08:02 0:01:42 0:55:26 M30-34 INT 202 10 41 SIOBHAN DAVIS 2:36:44 0:20:13 0:02:20 1:20:21 0:01:17 0:52:33 F35-39 INT 205 14 154 TIM HARWARD 2:37:03 0:22:49 0:04:48 1:13:58 0:03:34 0:51:54 M50-54 INT 222 31 167 MARK MCGEADY 2:43:18 0:22:05 0:04:48 1:12:47 0:01:59 1:01:39 M35-39 INT 233 8 52 JANAI PITTS 2:46:16 0:22:35 0:03:59 1:19:16 0:02:53 0:57:33 F30-34 INT 257 6 62 MIRIAM LAIRD 2:51:17 0:25:42 0:03:35 1:26:04 0:02:37 0:53:19 F45-49 INT 264 4 64 SHEILA NICHOLAS 2:53:34 0:35:07 0:04:00 1:18:56 0:01:42 0:53:49 F50-54 INT 273 16 194 SAMEER SHAH 2:56:13 0:26:58 0:05:26 1:20:52 0:02:56 1:00:01 M25-29 INT 289 8 78 BIRGIT BURGESS 3:04:18 0:29:41 0:03:45 1:29:01 0:00:56 1:00:55 F45-49 INT Sprint Distance 1 1 1 MICHAEL COLLINS 0:59:54 0:05:56 0:01:26 0:34:37 0:00:55 0:17:00 M35-39 SPT 5 2 5 MARK HASKINS 1:05:49 0:07:10 0:01:59 0:35:41 0:01:21 0:19:38 M35-39 SPT 7 3 7 AMINE BRITEL 1:06:50 0:07:26 0:02:21 0:37:02 0:01:09 0:18:52 M35-39 4 42 4 38 KILMENTY GRANOVSKY 1:13:34 0:08:25 0:02:09 0:38:49 0:01:22 0:22:49 M50-54 SPT 46 3 6 DANIELLE CHAPMAN 1:14:06 0:07:08 0:01:57 0:39:22 0:01:05 0:24:34 F30-34 SPT 48 1 8 NATALIE BARRAD 1:14:17 0:07:16 0:01:53 0:40:04 0:01:26 0:23:38 F35-39 SPT 62 2 12 ANNIE PEDRON 1:16:56 0:08:34 0:02:14 0:41:40 0:01:10 0:23:18 F35-39 SPT 63 7 13 MICHELE BROWN 1:17:09 0:06:42 0:02:05 0:42:33 0:01:24 0:24:25 F30-34 SPT 83 12 65 PAUL CHANG 1:19:30 0:08:42 0:03:08 0:41:15 0:01:42 0:24:43 M30-34 SPT 89 3 20 VICTORIA GLICK 1:20:11 0:08:29 0:02:00 0:42:31 0:01:06 0:26:05 F40-44 SPT 145 8 41 SANDY FOLEY 1:26:22 0:11:17 0:02:16 0:42:14 0:01:30 0:29:05 F35-39 SPT 210 14 67 MICHELLE EMMAL 1:34:06 0:11:51 0:05:08 0:49:04 0:02:59 0:25:04 F35-39 SPT 260 14 93 SHIRIN SHARIF 1:44:37 0:13:38 0:03:51 0:57:47 0:01:23 0:27:58 F25-29 SPT Full results are posted at www.kleinclarksports.com.