Triathlon medal winners pose with Elysian Royalty and former U.S. Rep. Tim Penny (far right).
Pennny has served as Master of Ceremonies for the awards ceremony for many years.
Rookie's Triathlon celebrates 25 years
Todd Landgraff takes top honor
Posted July 12, 2008 - 9:30 a.m. CDT
Award photo and results link at 12:05 p.m. CDT
Updated July 13, 2008
Award ceremony photos added at 9:15 a.m. CDT
Slide show added at 9:00 p.m. CDT
Thunderstorms broke sultry summer heat overnight bringing a cool, calm morning for 300 athletes to swim, bike and run their way through Elysian Saturday.
Todd Landgraff of North Mankato came in first with an official time of 52:32.8. Michelle Creasman of Faribault had the fastest time in the women's category, coming in at 1:03:08.3.
In team categories, Laura Hughes of Mankato was the first woman across the finish line to turn in a time of 57:15.0 for her team's performance. A men's team listed as Adam, James and Dimler came in just ahead of Hughes at 57:01. A co-ed team from Kasota took first in their category with a time of 1:00:36.2
Full race results can be viewed at this link: www.pttiming.com/raceresults.php
View a slide show here.
Awards Ceremony Photo Gallery
Todd Landgraff at the finish line. Landgraff receives his first place medal
from Miss Elysian Hilary Howson during Saturday's awards ceremony.
This is the third time Landgraff has claimed the top honor at Rookie's.
Laura Hughes was the first woman in, the third member of a women's team that took
first place. Her teammates, Sara Sneer and Brittany Laughlin come forward with her
to accept their medals as Master of Ceremonies, Tim Penny looks on.
A young runner takes off on the last leg of the race. His co-ed team from Kasota
won their category. The group receives their medals from Miss Elysian.
Penny's granddaughter, Ramona, served as assistant awarder of medals.
Elysian attendant, Meghan Houlihan, helped her get ready to honor
Michelle Creasman of Faribault who came in as the top woman racer.
(Photos by K. Burns for Elysian EDA)
