2008
Well, my 2008 Triathlon Season has come to an end. I completed 10 Kid races and 5 Adult races that spanned 6 states this year; Florida, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Please see the results below. I did very well on my Orbea Dama bike (see above picture); it is extremely fast!!
I am still continuing to train for next year’s season. I finally found a swim team to get on called the Central Arkansas Swim Club Racers. I have two great coaches in Patrick and Onat!! I will be doing a lot of swimming in the off season, and continue to run some 5K’s and bike a lot at the Big Dam Bridge with my Dad.
Please come back often for updates!
Please check out last years results and photo’s by clicking on the Blog link above or just click here!!
2008 Results:
December 12-13 - Little Rock, Arkansas: Trey Heye Memorial Swim Meet
November 21-23 - Little Rock, Arkansas: Thanksgiving Invitational Swim Meet
I did pretty well at this meet! I set PR’s in all of my 7 individual races! I hope to qualify for State Age Groups Championships in February.
October 12th - Sheridan, Arkansas: Arky 100 Bike Ride
My Dad and I did the 25 mile ride. I smoked him and beat everyone that did the 25 mile route!
October 11th - Conway, Arkansas: 45th Annual Bob Courtway Fall Invitational Swim Meet
This was my first ever swim meet! My coach said I did very well considering it was my first ever swim meet. I raced against 9 & 10 year-olds based on your age on race day. I turned 9 back in August, and I finished in the top 4 of all nine year-olds for my events! Here’s a picture of me warming up and practicing some starts!
September 21st - Memphis, Tennessee: 4th Annual Memphis Thunder Racing Kids Tri for Cory
I finished 2nd overall and 1st in my age group (9 year-olds)! I was able to finally beat another kid my age that has beaten me the past two years at this event! This was the first time he had been beaten by another kid his same age. He was very fast!!
September 14th - Conway, Arkansas: CATS Adult Sprint Tri
This event was cancelled due to Hurricane Ike.
August 30th - Little Rock, Arkansas: The ARK Clear Mountain 5K
I set my personal best at a 5K with a time of 26:46!!
August 23rd - Chicago, Illinois: 18th Annual McDonald’s Kids Triathlon
We didn’t make it up to Chicago this year, but hopefully we will next year! It is touted as the largest kid triathlon in the USA! Two of my good friends, KK and Timmy, did very well and finished 2nd and 3rd respectively. You can see a picture of me with KK and Timmy from the Meek and the Mighty Kid Triathlon below.
August 9th - Conway, Arkansas: 11th Annual Conway Kids Triathlon
I won the over-all award out of 120 boys ages 7-10 years! I was the first ever 9 year-old boy to win the overall for the 10 and under division at the Conway Kid’s Triathlon. I had my best bike time in a kid triathlon, averaging about 18 MPH over 2.1 miles. Here are a few pictures from the race. This first one is two of my buddies, Stefan to my right and Jason to my left. Both of these guys are very fast. Stefan won the 11 year-old division, and Jason was 2nd in the 9 year-old division.
This is me giving my best tough guy look!
August 9th - Colorado Springs, Colorado: 2008 USAT Youth National Championships
The results for the 2008 USAT Youth National Championships can be found here! We had several friends compete and bring home hardware! Congrats everyone!
August 3rd - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Lighthouse Adult Sprint Triathlon
I completed another Adult Triathlon! This one was tough… I did very well on the swim and the bike, but the run was brutal. It was uphill all the way back, and it was hot! But I can’t wait to do it again! Here’s a picture of Kelsie, Conner, and myself after the race. It was HOT!!!
August 2nd - Shreveport, Louisiana: 6th Annual IronFish Kids Triathlon
I did very well in this race! I finished first in my age group and second overall! I also had the 2nd fastest time ever for this race! A very fast 10 year-old name Seth from Conway, AR beat me by 10 seconds, and he has the fastest time ever at this event! This a picture of me relaxing before we jumped into the lake.!
Here’s a picture of me and my buddy Lane who I met at Tri Camp this year. He came up from Houston, Texas to do the race!
July 19th - Forest City, Arkansas: MightyMite Adult Sprint TriathlonI finished my first open water triathlon! It was a brutal 600YD swim, but I did it! Below is a picture of my new friend Tate I met who is from Missouri! He is a fast swimmer!!
July 12th - Little Rock, Arkansas: Big Dam Bridge Twilight 5K
I did well for this race. I finished 3rd out of 11 kids 10 and under! It was HOT and HUMID!! Here I am right before the race started!
July 6th - Denton, Texas: Adult TWU Pioneer Super Sprint Triathlon (300M, 20K, 3.3 mile)
My second Adult Triathlon turned out very well! I was the youngest person in the race, and finished 136th out of 180 men!! I got confused in the pool, and did an extra 50M’s for the swim. Here’s a picture of me coming back from the bike.
July 4th - Little Rock, Arkansas: Firecracker 5K
My Dad fed me a fast food breakfast burrito, and I got a cramp about 2 minutes into the race that lasted for the entire race! This was not a good race for me!!!
June 28th - Bentonville, Arkansas: Little Shark Triathlon
I set a Personal Best for a USAT recommended distance for 7-10 year-olds, which is 100M swim, 5K bike, and a 1K run at 19:13. I finished 1st overall for boys 7-10!
June 22nd - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Lighthouse Kids Triathlon
I finished 1st in my age group and second overall, which included 12 year-olds!! Below is a picture on how you need to cool off after a race when it is HOT!!
June 21st - Fayetteville, Arkansas: Tri-Sport Clubs Kid Triathlon
I finished 1st in my age group! This was a great race and I plan to do this one again next year. Here’s a picture of me running to the finish line!
June 14th - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Adult OCCC Super Sprint Triathlon
I did it! I completed my first ever adult triathlon (500M swim, 12 mile bike, and 5K run) in 1:33:07. It was a lot of fun and very tough!
June 8th - 12th - Austin, Texas: Overnight Kids Triathlon Camp
The Tri-Camp was awesome! I learned and fine tuned many techniques! Hunter Kemper (2000, 2004, & 2008 Olympian) even gave a video conference from Colorado Springs! Click on the link above to see some pictures from the camp.
May 31st - Edmond, Oklahoma: Edmond YMCA Kids Triathlon
Edmond was the longest Kid’s triathlon I have done and it was tough! It was 200YD swim, 6 mile bike, and a 2K run. I finished 2nd overall from age 7-10, and 4th overall for ages 7-14. Here’s picture of my good friends from Edmond, Conner and Kelsey. Conner beat everybody, including all the 11-14 year-olds (he’s only 1 year older than me)! He is FAST!!
Check out this action shot sequence of me dismounting from my bike right before the dismount line! Conner’s Dad took these KEWL pictures!!
May 26th - Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas: Du for the Parks Duathlon (Adult and Kid races)
This was my first ever Adult race! I finished 1st in my age group! I also did the kid race afterwards, and finished 3rd overall to a couple of 11 year-olds. Here’s a picture of my Dad and I finishing the adult race. I edged him by less than a second! The second picture is my good friend Noah and myself after the kid race.
May 4th - Cedar Park, Texas: Cedar Park Kid’s Triathlon
Cedar Park was a tough course. I finished 3rd in my age group, and 4th overall. Here’s a picture of me with my good buddies (from l-r) Jeremy, Ryan, Nathan, myself, and Jacob. Nathan won the USAT Nationals in 2006 as an 8 year-old. He is FAST!
April 26th - St. Petersburg, Florida: Meek and Mighty Triathlon
I did pretty good for the first the first triathlon of the year. I finished 5th out of 40 in my age group (9 year-olds). I missed third place by 5 seconds! This is a picture of my two good friends Katelin and Timmy from Jacksonville, FL.
February 24th - Austin, TX: PURE Austin Pace Bend Road Race
This was my first ever road race! My Dad put me in the wrong race, and I had to race against 10-14 year-olds instead of kids my age! Look at the picture below…They are twice as big as me!! I held my own for the first 6 mile lap, but the second 6 mile lap was very tough. Who said Texas as flat? We were in the hill county of West Austin! If I would have been in the correct race (10 & under), I would have finished First or Second to my buddy Ryan, whose pictured below at the Cedar Park Triathlon.
Plus I would be doing several Sara Lee Iron Kids Series Races, but they apparently will not have any this year for some unknown reason. Click the above link for past Sare Lee Iron Kids (Ironkids) Results.
UPDATE!! Ironkids will start racing again next year!! You can view the news series at the official IRONKIDS website! They have changed the format for next year as well:
IRONKIDS: race information
| category | age | swim | bike | run |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| junior | 6-8 | 50 yards | 2 miles | 500 yards |
| intermediate | 9-11 | 150 yards | 4 miles | 1 mile |
| senior | 12-14 | 300 yards | 8 miles | 2 miles |
