State Games redoux

In the triathlon that included a swim in Memorial Park’s Prospect Lake, by consensus much longer than the announced 750 meters, along with a 13-mile bike leg and a 5K run, Pueblo had 10 participants and there were another three others from Canon City and one from Colorado City in the field.

The local pacesetter was Chris Gredig, a 48-year-old Puebloan who had what may have been his best triathlon ever with a 1:23:01 time for 37th overall in the field and second in his age bracket. Mark Riem, 40, of Canon City was a fraction of a second behind him in 1:23:10. George Dallam, a Colorado Springs resident and a professor at Colorado State University-Pueblo, was 10th overall and first in the 45-49 age division with a 1:12:33 forged on swim-bike-run splits of 12:18, 36:17 and 21:48 plus the two transitions. Dave Diaz, 59, took third in his age group with a 1:26:48.

On the women’s side, Robin Krueger, 39, of Pueblo may not have placed in her age division but she was 15th overall among females with a time of 1:28:02. Pueblo’s Carrie Slover (1:43:33) was second in the 55-59 division and Peggy Oreskovich (1:31:53) and Stacey Diaz (1:36:00) were second and third, respectively, in the 45-49 bracket. This was just the second triathlon ever for Oreskovich, and she chopped a remarkable 20-plus minutes off the time she recorded on the same course in the Prospect Lake Triathlon in June.

Multi-sport

Michael Orendorff, 56, of Pueblo, won his age division of both the Boulder Peak Triathlon and the three-race EAS 5430 Boulder Triathlon Series. Orendorff had to settle for second in his age bracket in the final race of the series - the Long Course Half-Ironman which he completed in 4:54.0. The series also included a sprint triathlon and the Boulder Peak that was Olympic distance with a longer bike leg. Also completing the Half-Ironman from this area were Gwendolyn and Grant Drummond of Pueblo West in 5:56 and 6:22, respectively, and Rob Lins of Florence in 7:04.

Send comments and fitness information to Gary Franchi via e-mail at gfranchi@bresnan.net.