Congrats to Dalessio (Boston Univ.) and Kim Zubris (Boston Univ.), for
winning the collegiate division of the Cranberry County Triathlon and
receiving the first leader jerseys of the NECTC point series in 2008!

Dalessio came out of the water 47 seconds behind Paul Knepley
(Syracuse Univ.), who had the fastes swim time of the division at
18:44, but while Knepley was knocking down the bike racks in
transition, Dalessio took off and increased the lead with the fastest
bike time (1:03:06) and the fastest run time (38:27) in the division.
Dalessio finished at 2:03:47, with a 6:23 margin to Knepley, who
finished the second at 2:10:03. An Ironman Lake Placid 2008 finisher
Russ Erickson (Colombia) finished the third with 2:13:12.

Kimberly Zubris (Boston Univ.), similarly finished with a 6:24 margin
to the second place finisher Melissa Gymrek (MIT). Kathryn Bewley
(Boston) finished the swim section the first in the division with
22:59, while Zburis was the second at 28:59 and Gymrek was the third
with 37:55. Zubris and Gymrek caught Bewley during the bike section
with 2nd and 1st fastest bike split respectively. Gymrek closed in to
Zburis during the bike and the run, but Zubris held the lead and
finished at 2:39:28. Gymrek followed Zbris at 2:46:04 and Bewley
finished the third at 2:55:17.

Boston Univ. became the leader of the team point competition, by
bringing five strong members. Congrats to all the BU members!

Norwich and Northeastern joined the NECTC for the first this season.
So my warmest welcome to both teams!

The results from the Cranberry County Triathlon has been posted at:
http://nectc.net/results08/race_results.php?race=cranberry

For more information about the Cranberry County Triathlon:
http://www.cranberrycountrytri.com/


Keisuke Inoue
Director, NECTC
SU Tri. Club