Frost Your Fanny Hosts 42 Ironman Texas Hopefuls: 16 Grab Hardware

     Forty-two Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas hopefuls got their 2011 multisports season started on Sunday at the annual Frost Your Fanny Duathlon held at Bear Creek Park in far west Houston.

     The duathlon featured a 3-mile run, 15-mile, 3-loop bike and a 2-mile run.
     Sixteen of the 42 hopefuls took home hardware, including wins in both the men’s and women’s masters divisions.
     Houston’s Andrew Strong and Salado’s Joni Moore, both 45, had solid performances as they also finished sixth and fourth overall in respective times of 1:07:20 and 1:18:35.

Salado's Joni Moore

     Strong avenged last October’s loss at the Du The Bear Duathlon to The Woodlands’ Dana Lyons, 53, with a minute and 38-second win.  The two – with Strong in the lead -- were pictured (from that race) on the last cover of Runner Triathlete News last November.
     The USAT South Midwest Region’s number two ranked duathlete in 2010, Moore edged Shama Cycles’ Melanie Sun of Houston by 14 seconds and Outrival Racing’s Karen Ponette-Maldonado of The Woodlands by an additional five.
     Seven Ironman Texas registrants won their age groups while another three took second and four took third.
     Eight male participants this May finished in the event’s top 20 racers on Sunday.

     Duathletes from Sunday's Frost Yer Fanny who are signed up for Ironman Texas include:

F25-29
1:25:12 - Kristine Harper, 28, Sugar Land - 1st
1:30:58 - Angelica Robles, 29, Richmond - 4th
1:39:05 - Jossie Velazquez, 29, The Woodlands - 6th

F30-34
1:29:22 - Vanessa Rowden, 30, Houston - 3rd

F35-39
1:29:14 - Ana Rivero, 37, The Woodlands - 5th

F40-44
1:26:28 - Elizabeth Garcia, 41, Houston - 6th
1:26:44 - Jill Mills, 44, The Woodlands - 7th
1:38:30 - Carolyn Barron, 42, The Woodlands - 10th

F45-49
1:28:22 - Sharon Morin, 49, The Woodlands - 2nd
1:40:13 - Maura Guthrie, 49 - 5th  (USAT-SMW Phoenix Award Winner)

F50-54
1:26:01 - Jama Henderson, 51, Humble - 1st

F60-64
1:40:22 - Jil DeVay, 60, Houston - 1st

M20-24
1:09:30 - Neils Meissner, 24, Houston - 1st (12th overall)

M30-34
1:09:19 - Ronnie Delzer, 30, The Woodlands - 3rd (11th overall)
1:10:42 - Gavish Mago, 31, The Woodlands - 4th (17th overall)
1:21:59 - Hector Gonzalez, 32, The Woodlands - 10th
1:23:38 - Will Nash, 33, Houston - 11th
1:23:40 - Stephen Tschirhart, 32, Houston - 12th

M35-39
1:09:15 - Trent Stephens, 39, Houston - 1st (10th overall)
1:10:52 - John Robertson, 37, The Woodlands - 2nd (18th overall)
1:11:36 - Philip Shama, 36, Houston - 5th
1:13:01 - David Kayda, 35, Tomball - 7th
1:17:18 - Michael Maher, 35, Houston - 11th
1:19:02 - John Mohr, 39, Pearland - 12th
1:24:02 - David Davison, 38, Katy - 18th

M40-44
1:11:02 - Albert Sustala, 42, Cypress - 1st (19th overall)
1:16:15 - John Neese, 42, Houston - 5th
1:17:25 - Douglas Paddon-Jones, 42, Houston - 8th
1:17:54 - Jay McCormick, 40, Tomball - 9th

M45-49
1:20:45 - Steve Hardy, 45, Spring - 3rd
1:28:37 - Kendall Gray, 45, Spring - 9th

M50-54
1:08:58 - Dana Lyons, 53, The Woodlands - 1st (9th overall)
1:10:04 - Tom Rodgers, 51, Arlington - 2nd (14th overall)
1:14:34 - Ed Wandell, 54, Magnolia - 5th
1:15:07 - Kent Morris, 51, Conroe - 6th
1:20:52 - Jeff Rogers, 53, Pflugerville - 9th
1:26:47 - Chris Normyle, 52, The Woodlands - 12th

M60-64
1:40:24 - John Ricca, 62, Plano - 6th

Clydesdale
1:24:07 - Scott Pinkston, 43, Sugar Land - 3rd
1:28:07 - Grant Roberts, 28, Houston - 4th