RESTON TRIATHLON HISTORY

2001

Date: September 9, 2001
Weather: Great!
Number of Registered Participants: Over 500
Number of Finishers: 445
Winners:
Male: Tim Morris
Female: Kim McLaughlin
Committee: Abbie Edwards, Bunny Bonnes, Terry Troxell, and B.J. Silvey, Race Directors

Interesting Information about the Triathlon:

After the 2001 Triathlon, Joe Stowers developed a huge spreadsheet that compiled the times for each leg of the race for the entire 17-year life of the event for the frequent participants and others. Graphs of the finish times for these participants also were developed. Interesting statistics from this data compilation were:

Five triathletes had completed all 18 Triathlons: Neil Medoff, Terry Smith, Joe Stowers, Rick Uhrig, and Tom Voeller. All five of them live in Reston.
Eight triathletes had completed 17 of 18 Triathlons: Jerry Bonnes, Bart and Tom Conrad, Dale Dunlop, Bob Lambert, Myron Lehtman, Joe O'Gorman, and Bill Van Antwerp.
Terry Troxell had completed 16.
Dixon Hemphill and Stephanie Shipp had completed 15.
Pat Conrad, Paul Hartke, Martha Mason, and Howard Stoodly had completed 14.
Jim Desrosiers, Ken Shipp, W. Sickenberger, and Gary Slack had completed 13.
Thirteen others had completed 10 to 12.
Families with the most participants over the years were: Conrads-51; Slacks-30; Stowers-29; Shipps-28; Troxells-26; Sickenbergers-25; Hartkes-25.

Bill Van Antwerp, who has 17 Reston Triathlons under his belt, likes the running leg because the out and back course lets you see the winner on the way out and the people behind you on the way back.

500 volunteers helped during the 2001 Triathlon.

Triathlon Contributions: Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, South Lakes High School Track Team.

Sponsors: Columbia Reston Hospital Center, Town Center Orthopedics Association, EDS, Papa John's Pizza, BFI, Vie de France, Giant, Gatorade, L&M Computer Sports Events, Great Harvest Bread Co., Nextel, Mail Boxes Etc., Safeway, Triathlon USA, Metro Run & Walk, A-1 Cycling, Fergusson Enterprizes, Boofie O'Gorman, Realtor.