Lots of DeBoom Athlete’s hitting the races the past couple weeks.

Professional Triathlete, Nick Vandam placed 9th overall at the Coteau-du-Lac Continental Cup in Montreal, Canada. Nick’s on the world circuit earning ITU points for US Olympic Trials in 2012.

Lots of Boulder Peak Triathlon Racers last weekend:

Gerry Kim competed in her first Olympic distance event last weekend at the Boulder Peak Triathlon. Welcome to the club Gerry and congrats on what was a very hot day to be outside, let alone race.

Jesse Bolton also competed in the Boulder Peak Triathlon and placed 175th overall out of over 1800 athletes. Well done Jesse.

Darren Rappaport had a strong finish at Boulder Peak as well and is right on track for his primary goal this fall – Ironman Arizona.

Kenny Withrow rocked a solid Boulder race as well as he continues to build his peak towards the Boulder 70.3.

Major Andy Caine qualified for 70.3 World Championships at the Rhode Island 70.3 – Congrats Andy!

John Carroll won his age group and placed 4th overall at the Saratoga 12 hour bike race. The object was to go as far as you could in the time alloted. John’s goal for 2011 will be to chase the course record. Congrats john.

The season is in full swing now and lots of racing and results coming through. I’m trying to convince athletes to send in photos so I can post them, but short of me flying all over the country to snap photos, this is it. Congrats to everyone, and keep up the hard work!

We received this photo from DeBoom athlete, Jeff Peterson. Jeff escaped from Alcatraz over the weekend with a little help from the West Point Team, as they ran into one another out on the course and cheered each other on. Nice to see our athletes support one another. The good news is that all 4 cadets pictured will be returning to a West Point Men’s Team that was the National Runner Up at Collegiate Nat’s a couple weeks ago. Great experience for some youngsters.

Mr Peterson (see if you can figure out which one is Jeff), used Alcatraz to launch his professional triathlete debut – congrats Jeff! Jeff is also the owner of a new social network website for athletes called RunRamsey. Pretty cool site, so be sure to check it out and link up with like minded people.

Well done ladies!

National Champion Women and National Runner-Up Men

Army Standout, Ashley Morgan enroute to 4th overall



Army Captain, Bryan Legasse, fighting hard on the day



The calm before the Storm.

On a day when all hell was breaking loose weather-wise, the USMA Tri Team kept their cool. Racing above and beyond their level of experience and lead by Army Standout, Ashley Morgan, the cadet women won their first ever National Title. In a close fought battle, Army edged out the Univ. of Colorado and Navy for the top of the podium. Ashley finished 4th overall in the women and her mere presence inspired the rest of the Army women to raise their game where every place counts.

The Army men showed that the team will be in good hands next year as they pushed themselves to a second overall team performance. In a race where the top 4 team members decide the score, the Army men and Cal Poly were in a virtual tie for second and went to a tie breaker (the 5th finisher) where Army freshman, Adam Leemans edged out the 5th place finisher for Cal Poly and earned the Army team a 2nd overall.

The best ever performance at Nationals for a young Army team that is destined to challenge for the crown again in 2011. Congrats to all the Army kids, parents, supporters and alumni. What a hard fought and well earned achievement.

Now time to get ready for Collegiate Duathlon Nationals…next week.

Results:

Women
1. West Point
2. Univ. of Colorado
3. Navy

Men
1. Univ. of Colorado
2. West Point
3. Navy

Team Overall
1. Univ. of Colorado
2. West Point
3. Navy

For more complete results, go here.

Here is a link to download the most recent Simon Gowen Triathon Radio Show

Tony and West Point Officer Rep., MAJ Andy Caine, talk to Simon Gowen on “The Simon Gowen Triathlon Show.” If you want to skip all the “fluff”, goto approximately the 23 minute mark of the broadcast to get straight to the good stuff.

This episode, Simon takes an in-depth look at this year’s USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championship, which is set for this Saturday in Lubbock, TX.

Along with Tony and MAJ Caine from Army, Simon chats with Jeff Dyrek, USAT’s national events director, representatives from other top clubs, to include Navy, as well as past champions Amanda Felder, a member of USAT’s Project 2016 team, and Steve Sexton, who is a part of USAT’s Project 2012 team.

Right on the heels of winning a Colorado State SCY Title with his Denver University Masters Swim Team, Coach Tony DeBoom is taking to the road this week where his West Point Triathlon Team will take on all comers at the Collegiate National Championships in Lubbock, TX.

The West Point team started the year as a young team looking to rebuild after losing several top ranked seniors the past couple years, but they have developed incredibly fast and are looking to stake their claim as the nation’s best in 2010.

Head Coach Tony DeBoom was thrilled with the team’s dominating performance in which there were many amazingly fast and inspirational swims. Complete results will be posted here in the near future.

Special Thanks to Eric Wynn for the incredible shots from last weekend.