Bend athletes win sprint triathlon
Published 5:00 am Monday, July 15, 2013
Local athletes were the top finishers in the sprint triathlon, the featured race Sunday on the second and final day of the 2013 Deschutes Dash Weekend Sports Festival in Bend.
The 10th annual Deschutes Dash attracted hundreds of participants and was staged in and around Bend’s Old Mill District.
In the men’s division of Sunday’s sprint triathlon, Neal Richards, 31 and of Bend, covered the course — an 800-yard swim in the Deschutes River, a 12.5-mile bike ride and a 5-kilometer run, finishing at Riverbend Park — in 1 hour, 3 minutes, 7.3 seconds. The fastest woman in the race was Joanne Eastwood, 46 and of Bend, whose time was 1:07:57.5.
Also contested on Sunday were a sprint duathlon, a sprint aquabike, a 5K run and a youth triathlon. Complete race results are listed in Community Sports Scoreboard, B4.
—Bulletin staff report