The Willow Glen Resident

Triathlons at Lake Almaden

San Jose athletes are among the winners at two rugged events

By Dick Sparrer

Scott Adams of Los Gatos was running with the leaders in the San Jose International Triathlon VI.

Well, that's not exactly true. Adams was running, swimming and biking with the leaders in the grueling event at San Jose's Lake Almaden.

The competition began with a one-kilometer swim. Athletes climbed out of the water to begin a 40K bike ride, and finishing up with a 10K run.

And Adams covered the course well enough to finish among the top 15 pro and elite competitors. Adams finished 13th overall in 2:00:43.

Marci Mauro of Sunnyvale and Lauren Alexander of San Jose were top finishers in the women's elite class. Mauro was fourth in 2:02:53 with Alexander fifth in 2:03:29.

Neal Shea of Sunnyvale, Jackie McCleary of Los Gatos and Brian Lavelle, Thomas Carney, Bill Shawhan, Tim Lavelle, and Eileen Navarrete of San Jose were individual winners in age group competition at the rugged event.

B. Lavelle was first in the men's 20-24 division, with San Jose's Paul Whittle second, Seb Ziesler sixth, Paul Dribnock seventh and Jamiel Danesh 11th. Brad Nelson of Los Gatos was 12th.

Carney took the 30-34 title, and Shawhan roared to a win in the men's 45-49 age group. T. Lavelle took the 50-54 title with Walter Radloff of San Jose third.

Neal was an easy winner in the men's 60-64 division.

Jeff Fieldhack of Los Gatos was fourth in the men's 25-29 division, with Jeff Lanterman of San Jose 17th; Chris Blancarte of San Jose was fifth in the 15-19 class; Gregg Trent and David Laberge, both of San Jose, finished five-six in the 35-39 division; Marc Williams of San Jose was fourth, with Mark Johnson of San Jose eighth in the 40-44 class; Lynn Whitney of Los Gatos was 11th in the 55-59 field; and Ken Nash of San Jose was second in the men's 70-and-over division.

Navarrete and McCleary were each winners in female competition.

Navarrete won the 14-and-under title, and McCleary was first in the 30-34 division with Jeaneen Teixeira of San Jose 23rd.

Alison Shellman was second in the women's 20-24 class, with Stefani Pastorini sixth, Melissa Barnhill 14th and Lisa Dardis 20th. All are from San Jose.

Jami Andrews of San Jose was sixth in the 25-29 age group; Kristin Webster of Cupertino was fifth in the 35-39 class; and Lisa Yonaka of Los Gatos was second in the 40-44 group.

Sprint Triathlon

A day earlier, in the San Jose Mountain Bike Sprint Triathlon at Lake Almaden, Eric Bean of Sunnyvale raced to an overall victory. Bean, 22, breezed through the 500-yard swim, 10-mile bike ride and three-mile run in 54:02 to finish almost two and a half minutes ahead of his nearest rival.

Kevin Bowe of Saratoga came through with a surprising ninth overall in 1:00.34. Bowe was competing in his first triathlon.

Robert Kleidon of San Jose finished 12th, with Marc Clevenger of Sunnyvale 14th, Archie King of San Jose 22nd and Jeff Hane of Sunnyvale 32nd.

Emily Allison of San Jose was 34th overall and the second female finisher in the fast field.

Barry Meyers of San Jose was 37th, with Mauricio Cibrian of San Jose 45th, Thomas James Lynch of Los Gatos 46th, John Fritz of San Jose 51st, Joe Vasilious of Sunnyvale 52nd and Greg Winter of Los Gatos 53rd.

In age-group competition, Pearce Selleck of Los Gatos was first in the male 14-and-under division, and Bowe won the 15-19 division. Bean took the 20-24 class.

Clevenger was second in the 30-34 age division, and Kleidon was third in the 35-39 class, with Randy Hooks of Los Gatos getting ninth.

Archie King of San Jose was second in the men's 40-44 division, with Hector Ruiz of Los Gatos fourth and Jeff Chase of Los Gatos fifth, and Tony Grant of San Jose was second in the 45-49 division, with Rudy Cruz of San Jose third, Max Zinsman of Cupertino fourth and Ken Yeager of San Jose fifth.

Ed Carpentier of San Jose was first in the 50-54 division, with Dan Selleck of Los Gatos second; Frank O'Sullivan of San Jose was second in the 55-59 class; James Cochrane of Saratoga was fifth in the 60-64 group; and Wally Saunders of San Jose was first in the 65-69 division.

Allison was second overall among the women, but first in the 20-24 age division. Melissa Monahan of San Jose was in second in the age group, and Nancy Rivera of Sunnyvale was 13th.

Rachel Rhodes of San Jose was the 14-and-under winner with Christa Joy of Cupertino second, and Gayle Mamlok of San Jose took the 15-19 title.

Michelle Jenkins of Sunnyvale was second in the women's 25-29 age group with Elise Winter of Los Gatos 10th, Jodie Hodges of Sunnyvale 11th, Lynette Souza of Sunnyvale 14th, Susan Ghest of Saratoga 18th, Krista Kendall of San Jose 19th and Sinead O'Sullivan of Los Gatos 20th.

Tina Nelms of San Jose was fourth in the 30-34 group, with Melinda Jones of Sunnyvale fifth; Brenda Mee of San Jose was second in the 35-39 division, with Kathy Kikoshima of San Jose third; Karen Bonadies of Los Gatos won the 40-44 title; and Judy Demers of San Jose was second in the 45-49 class.

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