Posted: October 1, 2007

Triathlon: Stoltz, Whitmore win XTERRA USA Race & Pro Series

Each take home $19,000 in Prize Money INCLINE VILLAGE, NV - Conrad Stoltz from South Africa and Jamie Whitmore from California won the XTERRA USA Championship race and the XTERRA America Tour Pro Series titles with dominating performances on an incredibly crisp and clear day on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe, Nevada this afternoon. Stoltz (who lives in Reno for six months of the year during the racing season) passed last year's champion Seth Wealing early in the bike to take the lead and went on to set a new course record in 2:34:08. Whitmore came into the bike-to-run transition tied with Jennifer Smith of New Zealand but outran the Kiwi by more than two minutes for a winning time of 2:59:18. It's the first time in the seven-year history of the race that a female has broken the three-hour mark. The race consisted of a 1-mile swim in Lake Tahoe (58-degrees), a 21.7 mile mountain bike that traversed the Flume and Tahoe Rim Trails, and a 6.1 mile forest trail run. Of local note Emma Garrard from Truckee, CA, a 26-year-old photographer for the Tahoe World, won the women's amateur division in 3:15:57 (she was the 10th overall female). Reno natives Kent Robison and Tom Lyons won their sixth XTERRA National Championship crowns, and Ross McMahan from Incline Village was the first Nevada finisher, placing 22nd overall and 3rd in the highly competitive 35-39 age group. More than 350 qualified athletes representing 46 states and 8 countries made their way to Incline Village their shot at the national championship of off-road triathlon. Matt Boobar, a 35-year-old from Plymouth, New Hampshire won the XTERRA men's amateur national title for the second straight year in a time of 2:49:02. TEAM Unlimited, a Hawaii-based television events and marketing company, owns and produces XTERRA. The award-winning TEAM TV crew was at the race filming all the action for a nationally broadcast one-hour sports special which will start airing in November. Check your local listings for air times or visit xterraplanet.com. The XTERRA USA Championship is presented by the Nevada Commission on Tourism, Paul Mitchell and XTERRA Gear. Sponsors include Travelocity, GU, Pacifico, Zorrel, Rodale, Gatorade, the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe and Nevada State Parks. Complete results are available at: xterraplanet.com. Subscribe to the Runner's Web Weekly Digest