Posted: July 2, 2005

Triathlon: Stoltz, Whitmore Win In Richmond

RICHMOND, VA – Conrad “the Caveman” Stoltz broke his left hand in a crash half-way through the bike course but still dominated an all-star line-up of triathletes and mountain bikers en route to winning the Nissan Xterra East Championship on a hot sunny day in Richmond.

In the women's race reigning XTERRA World Champ Jamie Whitmore edged last year’s Richmond champion Melanie McQuaid by just 36 seconds.

Craig Evans from Spring Hill, TN and Karen Lefebre from Big Sky, MT won the men’s and women’s amateur championships. Emily Bashton was the only Richmonder to win an age group title, claiming the 25-29 division.

The race consisted of a half-mile swim in the James River, followed by an 18-mile mountain bike course through Richmond’s award-winning James River Park System trails and a 6-mile off-road scramble. Attached are the individual results in text format. A detailed race report is to follow. Visit http://www.xterraplanet.com/race/results_05/richmond_05coverage.html for more information.

2005 Nissan Xterra East Championship Pro Results (Total Purse = $20,000)

TOP 5 PRO MEN TD colspan=7>TOP 5 PRO WOMEN?

Pl	Name	Age	Hometown	Final Time	Purse	Pts
1	Conrad Stoltz	31	Stellenbosch, South Africa	1:59:42	$2,500	100
2	Brent McMahon	24	Victoria, B.C., Canada	2:04:13	$2,000	90
3	Olivier Marceau	32	Cannes, France	2:05:22	$1,500	82
4	Seth Wealing	26	Boulder, Colorado	2:05:41	$1,200	75
5	Andrew Noble	37	Gold Coast, Australia	2:05:55	$900	69
1	Jamie Whitmore	29	Elk Grove, California	2:19:12	$2,500	100
2	Melanie McQuaid	31	Victoria, B.C., Canada	2:19:48	$2,000	90
3	Candy Angle	35	Weymouth, Massachusetts	2:24:54	$1,500	82
4	Jessica Harrison	27	Perpignan, France	2:30:57	$1,200	75
5	Renata Bucher	27	Lucerne, Switzerland	2:31:10	$900	69

* Fastest 800-meter Swim (0.5 Miles): Brent McMahon (11:41), Jessica Harrison (12:34)

* Fastest 27k Bike (16.8 Miles): Conrad Stoltz (1:08:30), Melanie McQuaid (1:19:55)

* Fastest 9.5k Run (6 Miles): Tim Menoher (37:50), Jamie Whitmore (43:52)

NISSAN XTERRA EAST CHAMPION (FEMALE AGE GROUP)

Division	Name	Time	Hometown
15 - 19	Kylie Krauss	3:06:16	Bay Village, OH
20 - 24	Erin Olafsen	3:03:12	North Sutton, NH
25 - 29	Emily Bashton	3:19:16	Richmond, VA
30 - 34	Kylie Kavanagh	3:02:57	Winston Salem, NC
35 - 39	Karen Lefebre	2:56:48	Big Sky, MT
40 - 44	Linda Lindsay	3:03:28	Petaluma, CA
45 - 49	Jill Wiest	3:33:36	Lykens, PA
50 - 54	Libby Harrow	3:53:20	Vero Beach, FL
55 - 59	Linda Uscher	4:13:06	Upton, MA
* TOP AMATEUR
NISSAN XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP)
Division	Name	Time	Hometown
15 - 19	James Lascara	2:29:34	Charlotte, NC
20 - 24	Ryan Kelly	2:22:20	Concord, NH
25 - 29	Craig Evans	2:10:31	Spring Hill, TN
30 - 34	Tim Menoher	2:20:05	Erlanger, KY
35 - 39	Michael Nahom	2:16:37	New Milford, CT
40 - 44	Jim James	2:22:42	Ann Arbor, MI
45 - 49	Howard Jones	2:36:55	Fairfield, CA
50 - 54	Ian Davidson, Jr.	2:27:40	Clemson, SC
55 - 59	Charlie Redmond	3:32:08	Demarest, NJ
60 - 64	Joe Amato	3:32:18	Ellicott City, MD
* TOP AMATEUR