Australians Dominate U.S. Triathlon Series Event in Minnesota, But DeBoom and Ricketts Retain Points Lead On Isuzu Go Farther Pro Tour.WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn.--(BW SportsWire)--July 11, 1999-- Australian triathletes Andrew Noble Sir Andrew Noble, 1st Baronet (13 September 1831 - 22 October 1915) was a Scottish physicist noted for his work on ballistics and gunnery. Born at Greenock, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. and Michelle Jones were winners today at the fifth stop on the 1999 Bally Total Fitness Bally Total Fitness is an American health club chain with 400 gyms in 70 cities, and claims 4 million customers [1]. The chain has recently opened gyms in South Korea, China & the Bahamas. U.S. Triathlon triathlon, athletic event made up of three contests. Since the 1970s the term has come to mean especially a race combining swimming, bicycling, and running. A notable example is Hawaii's Ironman Triathlon, held since 1978, which features a 2. Series (USTS USTS Uplink Synchronous Transmission Scheme USTS United States Training Ship USTS UHF Satellite Terminal System USTS United States Technical Services ) schedule. Noble, 33, a former boilermaker-turned pro triathlete tri·ath·lete n. One who competes in a triathlon. from Gold Coast, Australia, was among the leaders coming out of the 1.5-kilomter swim in White Bear Lake and heading out onto the 40-kilometer bike course. That was not good news for the rest of the field, since Noble is a natural cyclist and one of the strongest riders on the U.S. triathlon tour. Indeed, he went to the front almost immediately and only American Tim DeBoom Tim DeBoom (born November 4, 1970) is a professional triathlete from Lyons, Colorado. As of 2005, Tim is a two time winner (2001 & 2002) of the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii. , 28, from Boulder, CO could stay with him. When the pair came off their bikes and into the closing 10K run only seconds apart, Noble was pleasantly surprised to find himself in charge. The victory was Noble's second consecutive USTS win with a time of 1:47:19 and pulled him to within 81 points of DeBoom on the Isuzu Pro Tour, with seven of the 12 races remaining on the USTS schedule. In the women's race, the competition all but ended when two-time world champion Michelle Jones, beat England's Julie Ricketts to the top of a short, steep set of stairs leading from the beach to the bike racks following a hard-fought swim. It was the kind of aggressive racing that has made Jones, 28, a native of Sydney, Australia, now living and training in Carlsbad, Calif., a dominant figure on the international triathlon circuit. Rickett's stayed with Jones on the bike ride, but Jones quick transition and lightening run clinched her third win in as many tries on the 1999 USTS circuit. Jones winning time was 1:58:10. It was not enough, however, to dislodge dis·lodge v. dis·lodged, dis·lodg·ing, dis·lodg·es v.tr. To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied. v.intr. Ricketts from the Isuzu Pro Tour lead. -0- RESULTS Men 1. Andrew Noble, 33, Gold Coast, Australia, 1:47:19 2. Tim DeBoom, 33, Boulder, Colo., 1:47:55 3. Victor Plata, 26, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1:50:54 4. Darren Wood, 31, Carlsbad, Calif. 1:51:17 5. Eric Harr, 28, Fairfax, Calif., 1:51:36 Women 1. Michelle Jones, Carlsbad, Calif. 1:58:10 2. Julie Ricketts, Houston, Tex., 1:58:53 3. Susan Bartholomew, Littleton, Colo., 2:00:26 4. Nicole DeBoom, 27, Boulder, Colo., 2:03:02 5. Lauren Jensen, 31, New Berlin, Wis., 2:07:28 |
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