LAKE SAN ANTONIO, Calif. — Triathletes from Bend were repeat winners of the Wildflower Long Course Triathlon, staged Saturday in central California.

Jesse Thomas, 33 and a graduate of Bend’s Mountain View High School, won for the third year in a row at the Wildflower race, which consists of a 1.2-mile swim, a 56-mile bike ride and a 13.1-mile run. His time was 4 hours, 2 minutes, 19 seconds. Australian Leon Griffin was runner-up in 4:03:36. Seventh among the men was another Bend athlete, 35-year-old Matt Lieto, whose time was 4:15:56.

Heather Jackson, 29 and a part-time Bend resident, won the women’s division for the second straight year. Her time of 4:43:47 was well off her course-record time of 4:26:29 set last year, but it was fast enough to top runner-up Kat Baker of Australia, who finished in 4:45:16.

—Bulletin staff report