Congratulations to Page Whalen for finishing 1st Overall Female at the Cross-Roads Marathon in Odessa, Tx  Page ran a 3.:47:29! Way to go!!!

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10/09/2012 | | Michelle LeBlanc

A hearty congratulations to Melissa Rothe for her finish in the Portland Marathon. After battling an upper respiratory infection and filled with meds, Melissa took on the streets of Portland to finish in 4:18:54. Way to race, Melissa!! 

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10/09/2012 | | Michelle LeBlanc

Congrats to Coach Grace Benes, Liz Baugher , Amiee Bagley  and Thomas Belsha for their awesome races at Toyota US OPEN! Grace and Liz finished 3rd and 4th Overall in the competitive Elite Amateur Wave. Grace swam 20:29, biked,1:10:18 and ran 40:55 for a finish of 2:16:05. Liz had a swim of 22:49, bike 1:07:57 and run 41:20 with a finish of 2:16:37. Aimee was 7th her AG 25-29 F. She did her swim 27:18, bike, 1:18:43 and run 49:48 crossing the finish in 2:41:52...awesome for her Olympic Triathlon  debut. And  Thomas persevered through illness with a swim 40:27, bike 1:33:40 and run 59:45 breaking the tape at 3:22:03. Great job guys!!!

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10/09/2012 | | Michelle LeBlanc

Congrats to Sasha Loftin, Alan Jones  and Andrew Cashion for great racing at the Kerville Half Ironman!!! Alan placed 11th in 40-44M AG. Swim, 40:26. bike, 3:04:28 and run 1:59:46 crossing the line in 5:48:41. Andrew finished 3rd in his AG 25-29M with a swim of 35:33, a blazing bike of 2:31:09 and run 1:46:28 finishing 4:56:35.And Sasja finished 6th in F35-39 AG completing the swim, 41:22, bike 3:04:00, run 1:55:02 hitting the finish line at  5:44:24. The bike had brutal winds and the run was a toughie!!! Both of these athletes are training for Ironmans in October. Way to race and best of luck!

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10/09/2012 | | Michelle LeBlanc

Congrats to Jorge Molina for fantastic racing at his first-ever sprint triathlon! Jorge finished the Cancun Sprint in 1:30! 

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10/09/2012 | | Michelle LeBlanc

ORR athletes Triny Aguirre and Leonel Guerrero took to the cool temps and wind at Oktoberfest Triathlon  this past weekend. Triny secured a 1st place Overall Female a 7:46 swim, 41:51 bike and 22:13 run hitting the finish in 1:13:30! Leo had a swim of 7:25, bike 47:57 and run 21:49 for a 1:20:32! Way to race!!

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10/09/2012 | | Michelle LeBlanc

A big shout out to Stephen Wren, Jorge Lemus and Tammy Darnell. These ORR athletes ran the Chicago Marathon last weekend. Steve crossed the finish in 3:28 and Jorge ran his way to a PR in 3:52! Tammy  cruised to 4:55:54 finish. Way to race, everyone!

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10/09/2012 | | Michelle LeBlanc

A huge congratulations to Todd Teren. He  finished 19th OVERALL out of more than  2000 runners at the Milwaukee Marathon this past weekend. In what was  his first-ever 26.2 mile run (or race)! Todd started out at around 6:20 pace and negative split down into the low 6s for an overall final time of 2:43:09, or 6:14 pace. WOW! ORR is very excited that Todd will be joining the coaching staff starting in 2013. Congrats to you Todd!

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10/09/2012 | | Michelle LeBlanc