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WOL Athletes Rise to the TOP: 3 Little Pigs, Carolina Beach Double Sprint + more

Oh how we love Triathlon Season! Our athletes are rising to the top, bringing home AG wins, hardware and more and more confidence with big smiles. All your hard work, time and patience has really paid off and we couldn’t be more proud and excited! Let’s end the season strong team!

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Three Little Pigs Tri
This was such a fun race full of laughter, team pride and top finishes. We LOVE our athletes! They are strong, adventurous and always up for the challenge!
Congratulations to the Big Bad Wolf Trophy winners. Coach Tom took the overall win and Lindsey Hess took 2nd place female OA. Way to blow the house down team.
Kyle Shepard and Mark Dillan took 2nd in their respective age groups.
Cate Piech and Nicole Moss both had a great time and got their first tri of the season under their belts. Lynda Brady Smith won her first piggie!!!!!  Holly Cunningham proved she can do it and brought home piggie #2. Wild Billy Loyd, Lowell GouldDeborah Dotsun and Francis White all had great days and ran strong!!

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Grandma’s Marathon
Pam Dieffenbauch did it!  She completed yet another marathon.  Keep at it and you will get to your goal.  You did fantastic.

Lake Pflugerville Triathlon
Michelle Bonathan
 proved that they grow em tough in Texas. She overcame mechanical issues and ran her way to the podium with 2nd place AG!!!!! Time for some summer fun for this Rockstar!

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Racing from the Florida Coast across the great pond to London, Ilene Schnall and Caroline Bloom both brought home some hardware with their podium finishes. Great races ladies!

Enka Sprint
Flatlanders taking it to the hills and proving Alaskaman training knows no bounds.  Bringing home 3rd and 5th OA Females, training buddies, Erin Green and Coach Sami had an awesome start to the weekend. Then teaming up with fellow Alaskaman Newbie, Phillip Davis they tackled 100 miles in the Asheville hills. We get by with a little help from our friends and Coach Brian lead the way!

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Carolina Beach Double Sprint:
The Without Limits Endurance Team had a great showing at the Carolina Beach Double Sprint. The swim was cancelled which meant a beach run became the new swim. OUCH!

Congrats to Coach Tom for winning overall and Keith Parella coming out of no where and crushing it. Todd Midgett took 3rd overall in the open division. Welcome Todd!
Lawrence Landrigan returned after some time off and took 2nd place in his 35-39 AG, running a great sprint to the finish.
WOL Swept the mens 40-44 AG with Keith Parella leading the way, Bud Woodrum taking 2nd, Mark Dillan finishing in 3rd and Walt Greer securing 4th.
Other AG wins included Kyle Shepard placing 3rd in 45-49 AG, Tom Lankford placing 3rd in 50-54 AG, and Marcy Waters winning the 50-54 AG.
Congrats to all our amazing athletes who ran strong races: Ray Caffee, Patrick Renton, Kyle Phillips, Ty Rabon, Massimo Crudeli, Ed McDermott, Bryan Haas, Anna Maltby, Stephanie Morris, Lesly Jurado, Cate Piech, Renee Griffin, Jenny Mott, and Nicole Moss.

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Blueberry Festival
WOL rocked this super fun 5k with PR’s from so many of our athletes. A big shot out to Brian Eber for totally skipping the 24s…. going from his previous 25:11 PR to 23:54! Myra Rasmussen jumped into this race post travel and did a great!

Run for H20
Jennifer Barker jumps into a 10K while on vacation.  It might have been short but you still did awesome.

California Triathlon
Congrats to Shay Hutchings and Catherine Clement for their strong finishes.  Shay Hutchings is on his way to his first Ironman at Santa Rosa and Catherine Clement’s first race in 2 years!!!!  Without Limits racing California Style!  

Smile Train Sprint
Coach Brian and Patrick Horning smiled all the way to the podium!!  Wahooooo, Coach Brian is finding the tri bug again. Excellent racing guys.

Indy Ultimate
Katie Elzer -Peters complete a fun race!  The Indy Ultimate looked like a great time and certainly challenging!! Awesome job Katie

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