1st's, 2nd's and 3rd's Oh My!

One2Tri Racing was all over Charlotte and the surrounding areas representing this weekend!

Kim Eagens, Jim Kunevicious and Tom O'Donnell headed to Kings Mountain, NC to compete in the notorious Over The Mountain triathlon hosted by Setup Events (1500 meter swim / 45k bike / 10k run).  In addition to being 5k longer than the typical Olympic distance bike leg, the events' name is no coincidence; the new 2011 run course didn't fall short of "over the mountain" either.

Kim Eagens posted solid results for One2Tri with a 1st place age group and a 5th place overall female against some pretty stiff local competition.  Kim crossed the line in 2:40:36 and turned in the 3rd fastest female bike split of the day (1st in age group) with a 1:22:21 (20.1 mph).  

Jim Kunevicius nabbed a 3rd place age group place with a solid 2:36:26 on what was intended to be a "training day".  Jim came home with the 10th fastest male run split of the day (of 198!) with a speedy 40:54 (6:34/mile) after a pretty "vicious" bike course.  Pun intended.

Tom O'Donnell, despite working 192 hours a week for the past 6 months, came in with a 2:42:24 for a 7th place finish in a very competitive age group field.  Overall, a very strong day for Tom in all three disciplines.  Look for both Tom and Jim in the coming months as they gear up for IM USA - Lake Placid in July.  

Danielle and Chad celebrating post 5k

Danielle and Chad Crockford showed up to race at the Great Harvest Bread 5k  in Charlotte.  Danielle turned in a 19:09 (6:10/mile) for a 4th place female and Chad took a 3rd place overall with a 17:05 (5:30/mile).  A huge congrats go out to Chad and Danielle for amazing results again in a very fast race!  The team is still waiting for them to share their delicious Great Harvest bread!


Later that day, Chad and Joey Church, also participated in the Copper Classic 1k to raise awareness for Pints for Prostates, a local charitable organization committed to fighting prostate cancer.  Joey came in to the 0.568-mile run with tremendous pressure as the defending champion, and took a solid 3rd place this year, just behind Chad in 2nd.  The two enjoyed several pints thereafter to celebrate their strong finish, all the while contributing to a great cause.   


Tom Patch completed the River Bound Race Series 10k trail run at the White Water Center.  Tom PR'd this years race by well over 3 minutes and came across the line in  50:45 (8:11/mile) for a 4th place age group place!  Congrats to Tom!


A busy weekend for the One2Tri Racing team and we have no doubts the rest of the summer will prove to be the same!  Check back for photos!!  

One2Tri Racing Revs it up at Rev3 Knoxville!

One2Tri Racing teammates traveled to Knoxville, TN - home of Coach Nicole's alma matter, the University of Tennessee Lady Vols, to race in the 2nd annual Rev3 Olympic and Half Iron distance races. Boy did Jim and Nicole show up to race!

Jim Kunevicius competed with some of the best pros in the world in the 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike and 13.1 mile run.  Jim nagged an 8th age group slot by picking off 27 people in his age group on the bike and the run alone!  Despite a 4:00 penalty, Jim rolled in with a 5:13 total time and a 35th overall place.  An successful race for Jim but be on the lookout look for an even stronger second half of the season for Jim as he gears up for IM Lake Placid - a course very well suited for strong cyclists like himself!   

Jim looking strong in the finishing shoot

Kudos also go out to Coach Nicole who took a 3rd place age group and a 7th place overall amateur with an outstanding 2:26 total time on the Olympic distance race (0.9 mile swim / 24.8 mile bike and 10k run)!  Per usual, Nicole posted the #1 swim time in her division with a 23:47 (1:39 per 100 meter pace!), and posted very solid bike and run times.  

Nicole looking and riding strong on her fancy new ride

Congrats to both Jim and Nicole for an awesome weekend of racing!  

White Lake Success for One2Tri Racing

Greg Shore offers his teammate Michael
support at the While Lake Half

Michael Starkey has become One2Tri Racings star duathlete! Not three weeks ago, the New Orleans Ironman 70.3 cancelled the swim portion of the race due to choppy water.  This past Saturday, the oh-so-popular crystal clear water of White Lake was laden with such thick fog it would have made for dangerous conditions.  As a result, White Lake was also made into a duathlon with a time trial start.

Luckily for Michael, he’s a super strong cyclist and runner and turned in some amazing results, yet again on the duathlon course at White Lake.  Michael turned in a 2:22:27 bike split (23.6 mph - 21^st overall) and a 1:25.52 run split (6:33/mile pace - 5^th overall) for a total time of 3:50:42 for a 1^st place age group and 9^th place overall (of 367)! 

Michael grabs a 1st place age group spot on the podium!

Congrats to Michael for another phenomenal “half iron distance” duathlon! 

  

Kim Eagens and Greg Shore took on the more “reasonable” distance at the White Lake Sprint this past Sunday – swim and all!  Kim and Greg posted solid times despite a stacked field of competition!   

Kim Eagens turned came home with a 2^nd place age group spot and an 11^th place overall (of 214) with a 1:18:01 posting the 1^st fastest bike and run split in her age group with a 37:59 (22.2 mph) and a 21:13 5k (6:50/mile pace).   

Eagens with her game face on in the finishing shoot

Greg Shore turned in a phenomenal race with a 1:11:09 – the 7^th fastest male of the day (of 249) and the 2^nd fastest in his age group!  Greg posted a 19:02 5k (6:08/mile pace) which was the fastest in his age group by 15 seconds!  

A strong run posted by Greg 

An awesome weekend for Kim and Greg!

Kim and Greg show off their "hardware"

Be on the lookout!!

Be sure to keep an eye out for the One2Tri Racing squad around town in their awesome new Castelli kits and Kask custom helmets!  Tri kits soon to come.  

Another strong weekend for One2Tri Racing

This weekend proved to be another strong weekend of racing for the team - though it had its up and its downs.  Where to begin?!  We'll go in order of distance for this week.  

To start us off, Joey Church took on the notorious St. Croix IM 70.3 on Saturday and boy did the course live up to its name.  Despite a few minor glitches for Joey including head-butting a turtle mid-swim, nearly "endo-ing" over his aero bars 3 miles into the bike course resulting in a long road side repair, and a blazing hot and humid run course, Joey completed the 70.3 and still completed it well!  Joey knocked out a 5:24:43 for a solid 17th age group place despite a very challenging day on the course.  Congratulations Joey and way to hang tough!!


Secondly, Greg Shore completed the Huntersville Sprint (500m pool swim, 12 mile bike, 5k run) in just over 1:03 for a 10th place overall finish and a 1st place age group!  Greg also posted the 3rd fastest run split of the day.  


Two of our resident runners participated triathlon and duathlon style this weekend!  Tom Patch completed both the University City Duathlon (5k run, 19k bike, 3k run) and, along with Mo Campbell, the Buck Hurley Triathlon Challenge (300 pool swim, 10 mile bike, 5k run).  Tom took a 2st place age group spot (and missed 1st by 12/100ths of a second!)  at the duathlon with a total time of 1:17:53 and also took a 3rd place age group position at Buck Hurley with a 1:09:38.  Mo Campbell, in her first triathlon, went 1:12:57 for a 1st place age group and posted the course record run split (male and female included) with a 19:13!  Future competetive triathletes in the making?  Yes!!


Lastly, our well-known elite runners, Chad and Danielle Crockford, participated in the CPCC Skyline 5k.  Danielle took a 2nd place overall finish with a 18:48 (6:03/mile pace) and Chad turned in a 16:49 (5:25/mile pace) for an 8th place overall (musta been a pretty stacked mens field if a sub 17 minute 5k gets you 8th) and a 1st place age group!


CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who posted pretty amazing results this weekend!  Check back to see what next week has in store as May race season heats up.