West Des Moines CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup and U23 National Championships

Taylor Knibb (Washington, D.C.) and Eli Hemming (Kiowa, Colo.) won the women’s and men’s races, respectively, at the West Des Moines CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup on Sunday, which also served as the USA Triathlon Under-23 National Championships.  Knibb completed the 750-meter swim, 20-kilometer bike and 5-kilometer run in 1 hour, 43 seconds. Tamara Gorman (Rapid City, S.D.) crossed second in 1:01:26, and Dominika Jamnicky of Canada was third overall 1:01:38. Erika Ackerlund (Missoula, Mont.), placing fourth overall, took the third spot on the U23 Nationals podium in 1:02:17. 

Eli Hemming (Kiowa, Colo.) won the men’s race in 56:18, with Tony Smoragiewicz (Rapid City, S.D.) eight seconds behind in 56:26. Canada’s Michael Lori rounded out the overall podium in 56:52. Tyson Wieland (Dallas Center, Iowa), was the third U23 athlete across the line in 59:04, placing 12th in the overall field.

Saw a jump in my swim speed this weekend. Coming out of a non-wetsuit swim just 3 seconds and four places down from the lead gave me a good position to take fourth overall and third in USA's #U23nationals today. So helpful to have coach @hutchisonjen and boyfriend @elliot_bassett keeping me going through the heat today! #kiwami #rideMBW #orbeaorca #hshiveathlete #usatriathlon #luckynumber7

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First podium of the year! Hopefully more to come! Back to work with Team IE before @worldtriathlon Edmonton in three weeks. #findfaster #iamspecialized #sram

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For complete results from the West Des Moines CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup, visit triathlon.org.

The racing action on Sunday also included Youth Elite and Junior Elite Cups, which served as the final qualification events for the USA Triathlon Youth & Junior National Championships from Aug. 5-6 in West Chester, Ohio.

The 2016 Junior and Youth Elite Overall Series Champions! Congrats to all athletes on an outstanding season! #USATJR pic.twitter.com/P7V0fGmC1v

— USAT Junior Program (@USATJuniors) July 31, 2016

Boulder Peak Triathlon

Lindsey Jerdonek (Cleveland, Ohio) and Kaisa Sali (Helsinki, Colo.) recorded podium performances at the Boulder Peak Triathlon in Boulder, Colo., on Sunday. The elite non-drafting race covered a 1500m swim, 42k bike and 10k run course. Canadian Olympian Paula Findlay took the overall win with a time of 2:10:58, followed by Jerdonek, who currently lives and trains in Boulder, in 2:12:35. Sali took the third spot on the podium in 2:14:43.

2nd at @withoutlimitsco #boulderpeak triathlon, a hometown race. Rode to transition from home, got cheered on by my friends and rolled around the familiar Boulder roads with the same oxygen-deprived air that I'm used to. A slam dunk race. 👊 Congrats to @paula_findlay on the W and @kaisa.sali on 3rd. @aliciakayetri and @lesleyesmith (my selfless, volunteering friend) cashed checks, too. #womenwhotri #womenintriathlon #whoruntheworld that's right. #girls

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Thank You for beautiful day of swim-bike-run #BoulderPeakTri @WithoutLimitsCO @PaulaFindlay @LindseyJerdonek @AliciaKayeTri @LesleySmithTri pic.twitter.com/5p2TCBOoGM

— Kaisa Sali (@KaisaTri) July 9, 2017

In the men’s race, a trio of Boulder-based triathletes swept the podium on their home course. Cameron Dye took the overall win, with Rudy Von Berg a close second and Jason West completing the top-three.

So happy to come away with the win at my home town race the #boulderpeak today. It was extra special to race in front of my family and kids! Rode my butt off and hung on to the line! Thanks to @withoutlimitsco for bringing back this iconic race! @ventumracing @firstendurance @ismseat @rideshimano @stagescycling @compressport @compressportus #triathlon #cycling #radicaldesign #radicalresults

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Solid 2nd in Boulder Peak today #bouldertriathlonworldchamps @5430triathlon , thank you to everyone cheering hard on the side of the road, it was awesome racing at home!! Pic credit: @kevincollington

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For complete results from the Boulder Peak Triathlon, click here.