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NOVA ROCKS AT 2004 WORLD TRI CHAMPS IN PORTUGAL
Posted by Michael Collins on
May 13 2004
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05:00PM PDT
MADERIA ISLAND, PORTUGAL - 4 Nova Masters Swimmers participated at the ITU World Triathlon Olympic Distance Championships (1.5k Swim-40k Bike-10k Run) in the city of Funchal on the Island of Maderia off the coast of Portugal, May 8th, 2004.
Leading the way was Dan Neyenhuis who placed 4th in 60-64 division. This was a great return to the World's for him since he had to drop out during the run at the 2003 Worlds due to an injury he suffered on the way to the race that morning. His time was 2:36:48 which was the second fastest time from the USA behind Robert Plant who finished 3rd in 2:35:07.
Nova Masters & Triathlon Coach, Michael Collins, had his best performance at the World Championships in his 3rd try with a 5th place finish in the 35-39 age group. Collins finished 20th at the World Championships last year in Queenstown, NZ, and 26th in 2002 when the race was in Cancun, Mexico. Collins, a swimming specialist, was first out of the water in his age group, just ahead of the eventual age group winner, but was nearly a minute ahead the rest of the field. Collins stayed strong enough to drop only one place on the bike and two on the run. Collins time was 2:11.09 which was the 2nd fastest American time behind Timothy Valley who finished 2nd in 2:08.19 with an extremely strong bike and run.
Christen King, competing in the 25-29 age group finished a surprising 10th in her first World Championships. This was a far better showing than her 12th place finish at Nationals which qualified her for the World Championship race. Christen relied on a strong bike to move through the field after the swim, and also passed two competitors in the last 400m of the run to move up from 13th to 11th. Christen finished the race in 2:27:36 with the third fastest American time.
Finally, the youngster of the team, Kyle Hughes, competed as one of the Team USA Junior Elites (16-19), for the first time, and finished as the 2nd American in the Sprint Distance Race (750m Swim-20K Bike-5K Run) with a time of 1:12:03 for 44th overall.
For full results and splits go to: www.triathlon.org
Leading the way was Dan Neyenhuis who placed 4th in 60-64 division. This was a great return to the World's for him since he had to drop out during the run at the 2003 Worlds due to an injury he suffered on the way to the race that morning. His time was 2:36:48 which was the second fastest time from the USA behind Robert Plant who finished 3rd in 2:35:07.
Nova Masters & Triathlon Coach, Michael Collins, had his best performance at the World Championships in his 3rd try with a 5th place finish in the 35-39 age group. Collins finished 20th at the World Championships last year in Queenstown, NZ, and 26th in 2002 when the race was in Cancun, Mexico. Collins, a swimming specialist, was first out of the water in his age group, just ahead of the eventual age group winner, but was nearly a minute ahead the rest of the field. Collins stayed strong enough to drop only one place on the bike and two on the run. Collins time was 2:11.09 which was the 2nd fastest American time behind Timothy Valley who finished 2nd in 2:08.19 with an extremely strong bike and run.
Christen King, competing in the 25-29 age group finished a surprising 10th in her first World Championships. This was a far better showing than her 12th place finish at Nationals which qualified her for the World Championship race. Christen relied on a strong bike to move through the field after the swim, and also passed two competitors in the last 400m of the run to move up from 13th to 11th. Christen finished the race in 2:27:36 with the third fastest American time.
Finally, the youngster of the team, Kyle Hughes, competed as one of the Team USA Junior Elites (16-19), for the first time, and finished as the 2nd American in the Sprint Distance Race (750m Swim-20K Bike-5K Run) with a time of 1:12:03 for 44th overall.
For full results and splits go to: www.triathlon.org
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