On Saturday July 18th, Riptide athletes Jocelyn Petrella and Josh Merrick competed in The Cabbage Head Duathlon, the final event of the three-race Mile High Duathlon Series, in Wiggins, Colorado. Both Jocelyn and Josh clinched the series titles with their performances over the 5K run-30K bike-5K r
07.21.2009| Uncategorized | admin
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Team Riptide had a strong showing at the 5430 Boulder Peak Triathlon, the premier Olympic distance triathlon in Colorado, this past weekend. In the women's pro field, Jocelyn Petrella had a solid swim, coming out of the water in 5th place. She persevered up Old Stage on the bike and battled to w
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We started the race out with an interesting deep water start making for a combative first 200m. Adam swam strong as always and made it to the front with the lead pack, while Dan and I settled into the second swim group about 30 seconds back. A few riders were shed from the lead pack in the first
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The Bucknell-bound standout swimmer has another accolade to add to his collection: Christian was recently named the Colorado 4A Swimmer of the Year. This honor is bestowed upon only one swimmer in the entire state of Colorado in the 4A division. Christian rightly earned the title after being nam
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Riptide held its second youth triathlon camp last week at Steinaker State Park near Vernal, UT. 26 campers utilized the excellent and safe training environment to get ready for the Dinoland Triathlon and touch up on their racing. The campers practiced open water swimming at beautiful
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Team Riptide competed in the Dinoland Triathlon over the weekend and took three podium spots in the process. On the men's side, Branden Rakita was second out of the water but quickly took the lead on the punishing climb out of T1. Dan Mackenzie was a few spots back along with Adam Truex
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