Team PacWest

2010 Fall BootCamp – Register Today

PacWest Athletics — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:00:52 +0000

Our new 2010 Fall Season begins the week of August 2-6.

Space is still limited.

Go to REGISTRATION to secure your spot.

About PacWest BootCamp – The focus of our 8-week BootCamp is to tone, condition and strengthen the core (abs & lower back) while providing a total body workout. PacWest BootCamps are held entirely outdoors, rain or shine! Perfect for those who want to stay in shape, enjoy the outdoors and looking for a gym alternative.

To learn more about the program go to BOOTCAMP.

PacWest Athletes Conquer Ironman Canada

PacWest Athletics — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:53:35 +0000

Wow. The Ironman Canada course was already tough enough but add in driving rain, wind and even hail made for extremely difficult conditions yesterday. However we are proud to announce that all ten of our athletes overcame the obstacles and posted some very impressive finish times.

HUGE CONGRATS to Michela, Tahra, Galyn and Bill for officially becoming Ironmen! We also had 5 PR’s (personal records). Incredible.

Congratulations to all of you on your amazing accomplishments. Truly inspiring!

Name (Division) Finish Time (Overall & Age Group Place)
Chris Hendricks (M30-34) 10:29:46 (OA 203, AG 32) PR
Ricardo Monroy (M40-44) 10:33:16 (OA 216, AG 46) PR
Ariane Buser (F30-34) 11:04:18 (OA 383, AG 8th)
Galyn Burke (F25-29) 11:21:00 (OA 521, AG 16) First time
Bill Shen (M30-34) 11:56:10 (OA 885, AG 105) First time
Kara Teklinski (F35-39) 12:08:54 (OA 1,001, AG 35) PR
Michela Hendricks (F30-34) 12:11:26 (OA 1,031, AG 42) First time
Eric Ojard (M40-44) 12:27:07 (OA 1,186, AG 217) PR
Tahra Makinson-Sanders (F40-44) 14:37:10 (OA 2,159, AG 102) First time
Yi Hsueh (F30-34) 15:04:23 (OA 2,292, AG 117) PR

Inaugural SF Tri @ Alcatraz

PacWest Athletics — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:22:06 +0000

Congratulations to all of our athletes who raced yesterday. Despite suffering with a lower back injury, race team member David Condon took 10th overall and 4th in his age group. Meanwhile, Naomi Fliflet achieved her first podium with an impressive 2nd place in her age group and 13th overall female. Congrats to David and Heidi Spector as well as Alex Barros on equal strong performances. Go PacWest!

Name (Division) Finish Time (Overall & Age Group Place)
David Condon (M30-34) 2:36:26 (OA 10, AG 4)
David Spector (M25-29) 3:04:08 (OA 80, AG 13)
Naomi Fliflet (F30-34) 3:11:56 (OAF 13, AG 2)
Heidi Spector (F30-34) 3:16:12 (OAF 21, AG 7)
Alex Barros (M40-44) 3:16:52 (OAF 145, AG 33)

PacWest Teams Finish Strong at Hood to Coast Relay

PacWest Athletics — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:33:00 +0000

I think it is safe to say that a good time was had by all at the 29th Annual Hood to Coast Relay! This year there were 1,023 teams that finished the 197-mile race from Mt. Hood to the beach in Seaside, Oregon. Congratulations to our participating members and their teams…

Coach Jason and Coach Richard ran with a Texas-based team named, Houston, we have a problem. They placed 5th in the Men’s Sub-Masters Division with a time of 21:33:04. As a reward for their podium finish, they get an automatic entry into next year’s race!

Mike Kloepfer’s Team Bula was a collection of runners from across the US. They placed 8th in the Men’s Masters Division with a time of 22:34:04.

Captain Mike and I (Coach Diane) ran with a team called Fine Whine Too. It was our team’s 26th year to participate. We placed 8th in the Mixed Sub-Masters Division with a time of 25:00:07.

PacWest Athlete Ashley Wood in Marin IJ

PacWest Athletics — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:30:49 +0000

Hi PacWest Athletes,

We wanted to pass on the inspiring article today in the Marin Independent Journal about PacWest race team athlete, Ashley Wood.

Ashley is a talented, extremely successful athlete but, more importantly, an amazing mother and person. She’s a positive role model to us all.

PacWest is a proud supporter of her quest to create awareness of Davet Syndrome, a rare and degenerative form of epilepsy.

http://www.marinij.com/sports/ci_15853461

Best,
PacWest Athletics

2010 USA Productions Tri Club Champion

PacWest Athletics — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:37:08 +0000

PacWest successfully defended our USA Productions’ Tri Club Championship title at the Folsom Triathlon Sunday. The team also staged a “come from behind” win in the inaugural point series competition. PacWest won 3 out of the 4 races this year (MHST, SVIT & FODT) (The team did not compete in the inaugural SVST event). Two championships in one race. Just “another day in the office” for this team baby!

How did we do it? Both our men and women teams absolutely dominated the field. Here’s the breakdown:

- Men: Overall amateur male (Peter Mendes), 2nd overall (John Murphy) and 4th overall (David Condon)
- Women: Overall amateur female (Rachel Main), 3rd overall (Natie Tillotson), 9th overall (Ashley Wood) and 10th overall (Ariane Buser)
- 2nd overall in pro men division (Jeff Piland)
- 10 Top-3 podium winners (3-1st, 6-2nd & 1-3rd)
- 18 out of 29 finished in Top-10 in age group and earned bonus points

HUGE THANKS to all of our members for helping contribute to our wins this year!

GO PACWEST ATHLETICS!!

FOLSOM TRIATHLON RACE RESULTS
Lake Natoma, Folsom, CA
Sunday, August 15, 2010

Name (Division) Finish Time (Overall & Age Group Place)
Peter Mendes (M35-39) 1:59:35 (OA 1, AG 1) Podium + 10 Bonus Pts (Overall Amateur Winner)
Jeff Piland (M-Pro) 1:59:44 (OA 2) Podium + 9 Bonus Pts
John Murphy (M45-49) 1:59:55 (OA 2, AG 1) Podium + 10 Bonus Pts
David Condon (M30-34) 2:01:39 (OA 4, AG 2) Podium + 9 Bonus Pts
Kiet Tran (M35-39) 2:06:20 (OA 14, AG 2) Podium + 9 Bonus Pts
Andrew Campbell (M30-34) 2:08:09 (OA 17, AG 6) 5 Bonus Pts
Ricardo Monroy (M40-44) 2:10:48 (OA 27, AG 5) 6 Bonus Pts
Oliver Ralph (M25-29) 2:14:44 (OA 38, AG 6) 5 Bonus Pts
Rachel Main (F30-34) 2:16:53 (OAF 1, AG 1) Podium + 10 Bonus Pts (Overall Female Winner)
Alex Lockwood (M25-29) 2:17:28 (OA 49, AG 8th) 3 Bonus Pts
Natie Tillotson (F35-39) 2:19:29 (OAF 3, AG 2) Podium + 9 Bonus Pts
Brian Williams (M35-39) 2:19:53 (OA 67, AG 8th) 3 Bonus Pts
Ashley Wood (F35-39) 2:22:17 (OAF 9, AG 3) Podium + 8 Bonus Pts
Andrew Gorton (M30-34) 2:23:34 (OA 88, AG 18)
Ariane Buser (F30-34) 2:23:41 (OAF 10, AG 2) Podium + 8 Bonus Pts
Kevin Bukata (M25-29) 2:25:51 (OA 107, AG 13)
Galyn Burke (F25-29) 2:25:57 (OA 13, AG 2) Podium + 8 Bonus Pts
Bill Shen (M30-34) 2:28:39 (OA 122, AG 22)
Steve Chiou (M25-29) 2:32:08 (OA 146, AG 14)
Mike Spence (M35-39) 2:34:19 (OA 163, AG 25)
Tricia Gellman (F40-44) 2:36:39 (OA 26, AG 4) 7 Bonus Pts
Alex Barros (M40-44) 2:37:44 (OA 190, AG 28)
Sean Sheridan (M25-29) 2:37:44 (OA 191, AG 21)
Melanie Praught (F30-34) 2:42:05 (OA OAF 37, AG 6) 5 Bonus Pts
Maureen Davin (F25-29) 2:48:00 (OAF 54, AG 5) 6 Bonus Pts
Andrew Bolam (M35-39) 2:49:41 (OA 279, AG 39)
Owen Gray (Clydesdale) 2:50:46 (OA 283, DIV 7)
Eugene Maxmilien (M35-39) 3:01:19 (OA 230, AG 46)
Amy Meierotto (F30-34) 3:02:37 (OAF 90, AG 14)

Strong Performances by PWA at Vineman

PacWest Athletics — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:38:16 +0000

FULL VINEMAN, AQUABIKE AND BARB’S RACE – RACE RECAP & RESULTS

Wow! We had some awesome performances up in Sonoma on Saturday. Congratulations to Kiet Tran for his 13th overall and 3rd in his age group finish in the Full Vineman. HUGE CONGRATS also to Peter Guzman-Garcia for completing his first Ironman distance…keep in mind he did his very first triathlon with us just last year!

In the Full AquaBike, the overall female winner was our own Natalie Schaefer while Michela Hendricks was 17th overall and took 1st in her age group. Way to go ladies! On the men’s side, Kevin Bukata won his age group and was 8th overall in the Half AquaBike. Congratulations to our other athletes who had equally impressive performances!

Name (Division) Finish Time (Overall & Age Group Place)

FULL VINEMAN
Kiet Tran (M35-39) 10:38:04 (OA 13, AG 3) Podium
Peter Guzman-Garcia (M35-39) 15:27:03 (OA 369, AG 83)

BARB’S RACE ½ IRONMAN
Jamie Close (F35-39) 5:39:40 (OAF 22, AG 9)
Kelly Stack-Hansen (F25-29) 5:41:57 (OAF 26, AG 5)
Tahra Makinson-Sanders (F40-44) 6:15:42 (OAF 94, AG 13)

AQUABIKE – FULL
Chris Hendricks (M30-34) 6:34:28 (OA 14, AG 4)
Ricardo Monroy (M40-44) 6:50:24 (OA 25, AG 6)
Natalie Schaefer (F35-39) 6:51:24 (OAF 1, AG 1) Overall Winner
Michela Hendricks (F30-34) 7:29:54 (OAF 17, AG 1) Age Group Winner

AQUABIKE – HALF
Kevin Bukata (M25-29) 3:20:32 (OA 8, AG 1) Age Group Winner
Kelly Mason (F30-34) 3:49:00 (OA 20, AG 5)

Great Showing By PacWest at SF Marathon

PacWest Athletics — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:04:42 +0000

Congratulations runners! Great showing by our PacWest members this weekend. Lots of personal records and first-time finishers. Thanks to all those who wore their PacWest gear. Always nice to be able to pick our members out in a crowd.

SAN FRANCISCO MARATHON EVENTS

Marathon
Amy Nungester (SB) – 5:22:28
Bob Smith (MC) – 4:15:46
Cristina de la Fuente (EB) – 4:13:12 – 1st Marathon
David Marroquin (SF) – 2:47:04 – 1st Marathon – Boston Qualifier – 5th AG (M35-39)
Erin Davidson (SF) – 5:38:24 – 1st Marathon
Jay Boncodin (EB) – 3:14:21 – Boston Qualifier (M35-39) – PR
Kyle Suryan (SF) – 3:40:28 – 1st Marathon
Louise Miller (SB) – 5:23:23
Rajeev Patel (SB) – 4:29:22 – 4:30 Pace Group Leader
Ruben Ramirez (EB) – 3:26:39 – Boston Qualifier (M-50-55)
Sara Lord (MC) – 4:31:05 – 1st Marathon
Sheryl Bode – 4:10:52
Sumiko Showalter (SF) – 3:46:41 – Boston Qualifier – PR – 11th AG (F45-49)

First Half Marathon
Ariel Nikzad (EB) – 1:35:29 – PR
Christine Wilson (SF) – Finisher
Dane Vahey (SF) – 1:36:23
Janell Dirksen (SF) – 2:23:21
Jessica Bourdet (MC) – 2:33:00
Jim Fordham (EB) – 2:15:54
Le Mello (EB) – 2:15:51
Matt Goyne (TriPac) – 1:41:25

Second Half Marathon
Adoria Lim (SF) – 2:33:43 – PR
Alanna Lim (SF) – 2:21:29 – PR
Andrew Campbell (TriPac) – 1:30:14
Ben Soccorsy (SF) – 2:16:31 – 1st Half Marathon
Britt Gottleib (SF) – 1:59:45 – 1st Half Marathon
Carl Blakey (SF) – 1:20:33 – 5th AG (M30-39)
Carla Saporta (EB) – Finisher
Glenda Wong (SF) – Finisher
Greg MacDonald (EB) – 1:34:35
Greg Melville (EB) – 2:21:34 – PR
Jessi Tran (SF) – 2:37:07 – PR
Kara Hass (EB) – 2:16:58
Mary Katherine Brock (MC) – 2:04:14
Montina Moffet (SF) – 2:39:02 – PR
Patty Kwok (SF) – Finisher
Rebecca Phillips (SF) – 2:12:36 – PR
Rene Dickerhoof (SF) – 2:11:45 – PR
Ricardo Huerta (SF) – 1:16:00 – PR – 10th Overall – 6th AG (M20-29) *Member of winning co-ed team
Richard Martinez (SF) – 1:20:36 – 6th AG (M30-39) *Member of winning co-ed team
Susan Colborn (EB) – 1:58:45
Tanya Baker (SF) – 1:27:49 – 4th AG (F30-39) * Member of winning co-ed team
Thomas Chuang (SF) – 1:33:53 – 15th AG (M40-49)
Tory Martinez (SF) – 1:52:21 * Member of winning co-ed team
Tracey Hall (SF) – 2:35:44 – PR
Valerie Cohen (MC) – 2:16:14 – PR
Vince Nguyen (EB) – 1:23:45 – PR – 13th AG (M20-29)
Yinnie Lim (SF) – 1:47:19

5K Run
Deanna Springer (EB) – 29:24
Dru Allen (EB) – 29:00
Elaine Lee (SF) – 29:39 – PR

PacWest on Podium x4 at Metro Triathlon

PacWest Athletics — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:51:48 +0000

While most of the team was up in Sonoma competing at Vineman 70.3, we had a handful of our race team athletes racing down in the South Bay Sunday in the Inaugural Metro Triathlon at Lake Almaden in San Jose. Four athletes raced. All four finished up on the podium. Three 1st place and one 2nd. Wow!

Peter Mendes took 4th overall and first in his age group (M35-39). PacWest Team Co-Captain, Jason Campbell was right behind in 5th place and also 1st in his age group (M45-49). Keith Torluemke, finished 2nd in his age group (M25-29) and 8th overall. Our lone female, Gabrielle Goodman, highlighted the day with a 3rd overall in the female division and 1st in her age group.

Congratulations Peter, Jason, Keith and Gabrielle! Go PacWest!

[photo right: Peter Mendes]

Metro Triathlon (250 Participants)
San Jose, CA. Sunday, July 18th

Name (Division) Finish Time (Overall & Age Group Finish Place)
Peter Mendes (M35-39) 1:59:18 (OA 4th, AG 1st) Podium
Jason Campbell (M45-49) 2:02:44 (OA 5th, AG 1st) Podium
Keith Torluemke (M25-29) 2:07:56 (OA 8th, AG 2nd) Podium
Gabriele Goodman (F35-39) 2:18:26 (OAF 3rd, AG 1st) Podium

PacWest Sizzles At Ironman 70.3 Vineman

PacWest Athletics — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:56:03 +0000

[photo left: John Murphy on his way to a 6th overall finish]

Congrats to everyone who endured the hot temperatures up in Sonoma County yesterday. We had 6 out of 10 in the Top-20 in their age groups including two up on the podium (John Murphy, Ritch Viola). I would say that’s a pretty solid day. Special congrats to David Condon, Naomi Fliflet and Owen Gray for completing their first 1/2 Ironmans! BIG KUDOS also to Michela Hendricks (flat) and Alex Barros (broken rear derailleur) for overcoming additional challenges on the bike. Michela also took a slot to compete in the IM 70.3 World Championship in November. Nice!

Name (Division) Finish Time (Overall & Age Group Place)
John Murphy (M45-49) 4:18:42 (OA 6th, AG 2nd) Podium
Ritch Viola (M35-39) 4:23:05 (OA 11th, AG 3rd) Podium
David Condon (M30-34) 4:28:08 (OA 18th, AG 6th)
Bill Shen (M30-34) 5:20:52 (OA 351st, AG 53rd)
Galyn Burke (F25-29) 5:23:20 (OAF 58th, AG 10th)
Naomi Fliflet (F30-34) 5:24:56 (OAF 61st, AG 17th)
Tricia Gellman (F40-44) 5:26:15 (OAF 66th, AG 14th)
Michela Hendricks (F30-34) 5:50:01 (OAF 145th, AG 32nd) Flatted. IM70.3 World Slot.
Owen Gray (M45-49) 6:52:37 (OA 1545th, AG 171st)
Alexandre Barros (M40-44) 7:31:40 (OA 1745th, AG 237th) *Major mechanical problems