Early Season Results

Matt Sheeks
Matt started his 2009/10 campaign at an Off Road Duathlon in December. Some stiff competition including local WA Pro Michael Gordon and Elite AG athlete Rusty Pruden kept him company for the first half of the run before Matt exerted his authority and opened up a gap. He was never challenged on the bike and took the win.

Matt’s next race was the USAT National Elite Duathlon Champs in Alabama on April over the 10km-60km-10km distance. A very talented field highlighted by World Duathlon Champion Yeurie Vansteeland and including bike phenom David Thompson assembled for a fast and furious race. An opening 31 minute 10km put Matt in good position for the bike leg and despite a slight mishap in T2 he held strong on the second run to become National Elite Duathlon Champion and secured his spot on the World Championship team to compete in Edinburgh in September .

Recently Matt entered the Top Pot Donut Dash 5km for the chance to win some Alaska Airline Tickets to a US destination of his choice. Despite some speedy competition Matt ran a 14:43 to take the title, smoking fast.

Matt makes his Professional Triathlon Debut on Saturday at the Wildflower Long Course Triathlon. Wish him well...

Gerry Marvin
The newest addition to the team Gerry has already been in action twice this year competing in the Mercer Island 10km and the Spring Classic Duathlon in Portland. The Mercer Island 10km is a challenging and honest course which makes Gerry’s 38:06 clocking and 4th Place Overall Finish all the more impressive. A big PR and validation that Gerry’s running is to be feared coming off the bike this year.

Next Up was the Spring Classic Duathlon in Portland. A great first run and some strong riding saw Gerry move up into the top five or so athletes on the course before an unfortunate puncture derailed his podium ambitions. Nonetheless Gerry made the most of the trip and busted out a very solid sub 19 minute 2nd 5km to place him 15th Overall despite several minutes lost due to the flat tire.

Next up for Gerry will be the Kirkland Half Marathon on May 9th before his early season ‘A’ race on the Big Island of Hawaii on June 5th, 70.3 Honu.

Mathieu Signoretty
Mathieu has been getting in some solid training in preparation for the Xterra season. Some very solid FTP tests at Vo2 Performance Center and rumor has it more run volume should ensure Mathieu backs up his solid swim with some even more solid results this season.

His only outing so far this year has been the Mercer Island 10km where he went 42:30 good for 30th Overall and 2nd in his AG, a solid run.

Ethan Lyons
The early season has seen Ethan gravitate towards the local cycling and time trial scene. Opening up with the Ice Breaker Time Trial. Ethan took the overall win in Cat 4/5 men’s race surprising a lot of the more established locals with his result. He then went on to smash the field by over a minute at the Pedal Dynamics TT last weekend with another victory in the 4/5 men’s race.

On the road race scene Ethan took a 1st place in the Cat 5’s race at the Tour De Dung and has several other commendable results.

Ethan also raced the Mercer Island 10km only ‘unofficially’! His time of 39:50 would have been good enough for 18th Overall and 2nd in his AG.

The first official Triathlon of the year in WA the Elma Spring Fling saw Ethan christen his new TYR Hurricane Wetsuit and destroy a small field of local veteran athletes. Ethan’s time of 51 minutes is amongst the fastest ever recorded on this course.

Charles Rivers
Charles got his 2010 campaign underway at the Mercer Island Half Marathon. Despite fading slightly in the later half of the race Charles’ 1:22:47 was good for 32rd Overall and 3rd in his AG.

Next stop was the Spring Classic Duathlon in Portland. With no weak discipline and a blazing fast second run good enough for the 3rd fastest second run split Charles just missed out on the podium with a 4th place Overall finish.

National Duathlon Champs in VA were next on the schedule and a good opening run and smooth start to the bike were derailed when an impact puncture forced a DNF. Charles was one of many to have their race cut short that day and depsite the frustration has taken away some positives from the experience.

This weekend is the White Lake Half Ironman in NC. Charles hopes to impress on his local stomping ground before his return to Seattle for some more focused training before 70.3 Kansas his first ‘A’ race of the season.