Americans Matt Chrabot and Sarah Haskins turned in strong early-season performances at the Miami International Triathlon, taking down last year’s winners. Photographer Robert Murphy was there to catch all of the action.
Olympic Triathlete Sarah Haskins came home for the holidays to High Ridge this week from her winter home in Florida, where she and her husband, Nathan Kortuem, live. Haskins is in training for a push to improve on her 11th place finish in the 2008 Beijing Olympics triathlon. She is hoping to make the U.S. team that will compete in the 2012 Summer Games in London next August. Photo: Eric Wynn/Life Time Fitness Triathlon Series She took time to meet with students at Uthoff Valley Elementary School in Fenton where two student assemblies were scheduled to meet Haskins. Her message was clear and simply stated in three words: Think. Do. Achieve. “Boys and girls, I want you to know that I started in athletics when I was about your age. I started swimming when I was 5 years old. And you can do it, too. You just need to find your passion and set goals,” she said. Haskins spent nine years on the Parkway Swim Club. Haskins also talked about running a mile when she was in grade school with a goal of just finishing the distance and then finishing it faster than the last time. Read more: Ballwin-ellisville.patch.com
American Sarah Haskins took the gold for the women, while Brazil’s Reinaldo Colucci won the men’s title at today’s Pan American Games. Manny Huerta was the top American male, finishing in second
After her threepeat win at the Life Time Fitness Triathlon in Minneapolis on Saturday, American Sarah Haskins, one of the top ITU racers gunning for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team shares why she likes racing non-drafting races, how things are different in an Olympic-qualifying year and how she’s preparing for racing at the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series race in London on Aug.
Nine of the United States’ top triathletes have earned the right to compete for a spot on the 2012 U.S. Olympic Triathlon Team next month at the International Triathlon Union World Championship Series event in London on Aug. 6-
Americans Matt Reed and Sarah Haskins once again came out on top at the 2011 Life Time Fitness Minneapolis Triathlon. Catch all of the race action with this photo gallery
