15th Annual Hammerfest Triathalon a Great Success

A very substantial crowd of both participants and spectators gathered last Sunday at the for the 7:30 a.m. start of this year's . 

The event, consisting of a half mile swim off the beach at Owenego, followed by a thirteen-mile bike ride (two laps from there around the Pine Orchard golf course), and then a three-and-a-half mile run (down from four miles thanks to the by ) around Pawson Park, raised money for the benefit of the Myelin Project. 

The Myelin Project raises money for research into diseases, which affect the material that sheathes the nerves.  The consequences of these diseases – which include the leukodystrophies and multiple sclerosis - are drastic and include the loss of the abilities to walk, talk or speak.

Among the organizers of the event are Jean and Jack Kelley, whose son Brian Kelley has been afflicted with adrenoleukodystrophy, or ALD, for 17 years, since the age of six.  With them in producing the event are the members of Branford's Race Productions, including Michael D'Addetta, Ron Meneo, Scott Roth, and Margit MacDougal as the race Directors. Jane Rosenthal, owner of the Owenego and manager John Bloomquist have welcomed the event for fifteen years.

In addition to the race's primary sponsor, as well as many other local businesses contributed to the occasion financially and/or in services and assistance.

Among the many other volunteers helping to make the triathlon a success, Jean specifically notes the contributions of Captain Geoffrey Morgan, who was instrumental in helping devise a plan to safely negotiate the partially destroyed Linden Avenue and scuba diver Ed Fay who did an underwater survey and removed debris from the beach of the Owenego following Irene to ensure a safe swim for the athletes.

The winners of the event:

Men's Overall

First Place
David Demres

Second Place
David Ellis

Third Place
Joshua Sklanka

Women's Overall

First Place
Elise Vonhousen

Second Place
Keri Harden

Third Place
Cassie Maximenko

A listing of the wlnners in all the age categories follows:

** FEMALE RESULTS: 13 - 19 **
1 Skyler Werner 17F F1319 1:22:11 4 172
2 Emily Malison 14F F1319 2:10:20 4 170

** FEMALE RESULTS: 20 - 24 **
1 Heather Turek 20F F2024 1:32:33 4 173
2 Jackie Hornak 21F F2024 1:54:55 4 174

** FEMALE RESULTS: 25 - 29 **
1 Cassie Maximenko 28F F2529 1:16:18 4 1
2 Erica McNamara 28F F2529 1:29:11 4 181
3 Sheree Rascati 27F F2529 1:30:39 4 277
4 Julia Joy Morgillo 25F F2529 1:35:26 4 176

** FEMALE RESULTS: 30 - 34 **
1 Addy Danaher 31F F3034 1:24:32 4 186
2 Elizabeth St John 31F F3034 1:28:54 4 189
3 Theresa Paulsen 31F F3034 1:29:40 4 184
4 Tammie Repass 30F F3034 1:31:01 4 183

** FEMALE RESULTS: 35 - 39 **
1 Elise Vonhousen 38F F3539 1:16:54 4 2
2 Whitney Peterson 38F F3539 1:24:52 4 200
3 Lisa Lochner 36F F3539 1:34:18 4 195
4 Adriana Espinosa 37F F3539 1:35:15 4 196

** FEMALE RESULTS: 40 - 44 **
1 Keri Harden 41F F4044 1:19:59 4 204
2 Kellie Roper 41F F4044 1:30:02 4 205
3 Nicole Vink 44F F4044 1:36:11 4 211
4 Jacqueline Futia 43F F4044 1:39:01 4 208

** FEMALE RESULTS: 45 - 49 **
1 Susan Fegelman 48F F4549 1:22:11 4 219
2 Joan Lynch 46F F4549 1:25:27 4 276
3 Anne Kraske 47F F4549 1:32:01 4 217
4 Polly Chorlton 46F F4549 1:33:13 4 216

** FEMALE RESULTS: 50 - 54 **
1 Pascale Butcher 50F F5054 1:20:36 4 224
2 Catherine Bisceglia 51F F5054 1:32:23 4 229
3 Mary Money 53F F5054 1:33:35 4 232
4 Allison Clark 51F F5054 1:37:53 4 227

** FEMALE RESULTS: 55 - 59 **
1 Vickie Cox 56F F5559 1:38:19 4 238
2 Sandra Vlock 55F F5559 1:44:19 4 235
3 Cathy Petz 56F F5559 1:47:49 4 236
4 Melissa Lonergan 58F F5559 1:59:02 4 239

** FEMALE RESULTS: 60 - 64 **
1 Mary Dunn 60F F6064 1:20:02 4 3

** FEMALE RESULTS: 65 - 69 **
1 Janit Romayko 66F F6569 1:41:22 4 240

** MALE RESULTS: 13 - 19 **
1 Alex Muniz 16M M1319 1:24:48 1 16
2 Dawn Perrotti 17M M1319 1:24:53 1 171
3 Clayton Otter 16M M1319 1:24:55 1 14
4 Peter May 16M M1319 1:26:40 1 15

** MALE RESULTS: 20 - 24 **
1 David Demres 22M M2024 1:08:22 1 20
2 Joshua Sklanka 22M M2024 1:09:27 1 21
3 John Corbo 21M M2024 1:20:25 1 19
4 Christopher Mahoney 24M M2024 1:22:42 1 23

** MALE RESULTS: 25 - 29 **
1 DAVID ELLIS 28M M2529 1:08:36 1 5
2 Timothy Milenkevich 29M M2529 1:17:52 1 35
3 Zachary Vernon 27M M2529 1:26:00 1 31
4 Benjamin Sutton 25M M2529 1:28:24 1 24

** MALE RESULTS: 30 - 34 **
1 Jeffrey Duda 32M M3034 1:09:53 1 4
2 Whitney Watts 31M M3034 1:12:40 1 42
3 Francesc Lopez 33M M3034 1:13:12 1 47
4 Matthew Falcon 31M M3034 1:18:54 1 40

** MALE RESULTS: 35 - 39 **
1 William Lunn 37M M3539 1:11:20 1 57
2 Scot Little 39M M3539 1:13:36 1 6
3 Henk De feyter 35M M3539 1:20:06 1 50
4 Kenneth Clark 39M M3539 1:21:36 1 60

** MALE RESULTS: 40 - 44 **
1 Jon Arellano 43M M4044 1:14:29 2 81
2 Jim McGrath 44M M4044 1:15:26 2 88
3 Eric Opdyke 40M M4044 1:16:39 2 275
4 Ernesto Callegari 44M M4044 1:19:02 2 93

** MALE RESULTS: 45 - 49 **
1 Michael Hains 49M M4549 1:14:28 2 118
2 Ed Vescovi 49M M4549 1:15:03 2 115
3 Alan Macdougall 46M M4549 1:16:53 2 8
4 Stephen Schonning 48M M4549 1:16:56 2 110

** MALE RESULTS: 50 - 54 **
1 Scott Roth 53M M5054 1:13:01 3 7
2 Richard Korby 51M M5054 1:16:57 3 125
3 Chris Woods 52M M5054 1:18:48 3 130
4 Tom Wilkas 51M M5054 1:19:12 3 126

** MALE RESULTS: 55 - 59 **
1 Bruce Cook 59M M5559 1:22:12 3 155
2 John McGrane 55M M5559 1:23:35 3 143
3 Jim Donegan 56M M5559 1:24:29 3 148
4 Rick Gedney 55M M5559 1:27:06 3 140

** MALE RESULTS: 60 - 64 **
1 Michael Lynch 61M M6064 1:17:11 3 158
2 Barry Sheckley 64M M6064 1:33:31 3 163
3 Glenn Arbonies 64M M6064 1:40:29 3 162
4 Kenneth Platz 64M M6064 1:46:26 3 164

** MALE RESULTS: 65 - 69 **
1 Rodney Williams 65M M6569 1:46:53 3 165
2 Edward Capriles 66M M6569 1:52:28 3 166

** MALE RESULTS: 70 - 74 **
1 Dan Bullard 70M M7074 2:15:33 3 168

** MALE RESULTS: 75 - 79 **
1 Maurice Mahoney 76M M7579 2:19:25 3 169

** ** RELAY ALL FEMALE FINISHERS **
1 Lauren Cancelliere 99R RRF-- 1:20:28 5 256
Lauren Cancelliere - - - - ( Isaiah 40:31)
2 Susan Wines 99R RRF-- 1:20:49 5 270
Susan Wines - - - - ( Wines)
3 Sherry Coleman 99R RRF-- 2:06:20 5 261
Sherry Coleman - - - - ( No Sidekicks)

** ** RELAY ALL MALE FINISHERS **
1 Chris Burke 99R RRM-- 1:11:33 5 265
Chris Burke - - - - ( Team Last Leg)
2 Roger Kimball George Bren 99R RRM-- 1:13:45 5 272

3 Phil Brencher 99R RRM-- 1:30:02 5 253
Phil Brencher - - - - ( brencher radovich)
4 Karl Schipul 99R RRM-- 1:32:17 5 267
karl schipul - - - - ( The Reluctants)

** ** RELAY MIXED FINISHERS **
1 Michael Sernyak 99R RRX-- 1:12:36 5 251
Michael Sernyak - - - - ( 3 swam rode & ran over the cuck)
2 Robert Axtell 99R RRX-- 1:22:22 5 264
Robert Axtell - - - - ( Team HPL)
3 Stephen Brault 99R RRX-- 1:25:33 5 255
Stephen Brault - - - - ( Cyclonauts)
4 James Carpenter 99R RRX-- 1:25:39 5 254
James Carpenter - - - - ( Cream Puffs)

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