20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CAPITAL OF TEXAS TRIATHLON HONORS WOUNDED WARRIORS AND HOSTS LARGEST FIELD OF PARTICIPANTS TO DATE

The participation of these military athletes and military volunteers highlights the Memorial Day commitment made by the event, the sponsors, the organizers, the athletes, all of the civilian volunteers, and the thousands of spectators who attended this year’s event in downtown Austin.

The Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project (www.dsusa.org) provides adaptive equipment, sports training, and travel accommodations to sporting events to combat veterans severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Wounded Warriors who participated in the 2010 CapTexTri are:

Craig Vogtsberger, Highlands Ranch, CO
Jose Ramos, Arlington, VA
Steven Peace, San Diego, CA
Bruce Dunlap, Kansas City, MO
Michael Johnston, San Diego, CA
Moses Sonera, Converse, TX
Jesse Acosta, New York City, NY
Dickson Perez, Passaic, NJ

Steven Peace placed first in the Wounded Warrior Para-Athlete Olympic Division and Jose Ramos place first in the Sprint distance.

Attracting first timers, age groupers, and professional triathletes from around the globe, this year’s nearly 3,000 CapTexTri participants, the largest in event history, experienced the scorching Texas heat and high humidity. The addition of the Wounded Warrior Para-Athlete division and the competitiveness among some of the top ranking division contenders made for a day of celebration and comradary that has become synonymous with the CapTexTri.

20th Capitol of Texas Triathlon
Austin, Texas
31 May 2010
S 1.5 k/ B 40k/ R 10k
Results for the Elite Division were as follows:
Elite Men
1. Nathan White (Des Moines IA) 2:03:09
2. James Bales (San Antonio TX) 2:03:25
3. Nicholas Sterghos (Fort Hood TX) 2:05:37
4. Ryan Borger (Denver CO) 2:06:09
5. Keith Yoho (Tomball TX) 2:06:14
6. DJ Snyder (Idaho Falls ID) 2:10:13
7. Ben Hall (Ruston LA) 2:10:29
8. Weslie Anderson (San Antonio TX) 2:10:33
9. James Duff (Los Angeles CA) 2:11:03
10. Todd Gerlach (Austin TX) 2:11:09
Elite Women
1. Sierra Snyder (Pasadena CA) 2:19:53
2. Lesley Smith (Austin TX) 2:23:09
3. Natasha Van Der Merwe (RSA) 2:23:42
4. Joanna Fidler (Stillwater OK) 2:24:17
5. Patricia Murphy (Boston MA) 2:26:48
6. Becky Keller (Richmond VA) 2:30"17
7. Jenny Gilkerson (Austin TX) 2:32:34
8. Erin Anderson ( Colorado Springs CO) 2:33:23
9. Lisa Pohlit (Tempe AZ) 2:33:31