Loretta Harrop Wins $250,000
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Life Time Fitness Triathlon
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sunday, July 17, 2004
1.5k swim, 40k bike, 10k run
Complete Results
Australian Loretta Harrop has won the 2004 Life Time Fitness Triathlon, presented by Honda. Harrop competed against a stellar field of elite professional triathletes from around the world. The Equalizer, a unique timing format, allowed professional women and men to compete head-to-head for $250,000 - triathlon's record first-place prize.
The second through fifth place finishers received $50,000, $35,000, $25,000,
and $20,000, respectively. Cash was awarded to the overall top 12 professional women and top 12 professional men. Harrop, Hill, Lindquist and Kemper also will go on to the Olympic triathlon events, taking place August 25th and 26th in Athens.
Results (women started 11:09 before the men)
1. Loretta Harrop (AUS) 1:57:58
2. Rina Hill (AUS) 2:00:05
3. Barb Lindquist (USA) 2:00:19
4. Craig Walton (AUS) 2:00:42
5. Hunter Kemper (USA) 2:00:48
6. Greg Bennett (AUS) 2:01:17
7. Leanda Cave (GBR) 2:01:18
8. Joanna Zeiger (USA) 2:01:23
9. Bevan Docherty (NZL) 2:01:37
10. Liz Blatchford (USA) 2:01:49
11. Susan Williams (USA) 2:01:49
12. Eneko Llanos (ESP) 2:01:49
13. Kris Gemmell (NZL) 2:01:57
14. Craig Alexander (USA) 2:02:18
15. Michellie Jones (USA) 2:02:18
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by YK on July 18, 2004
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Walton great job,Polikarpenko you can do much better,hopefuly in OG.
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by mikef on July 19, 2004
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I've posted this prior.. it is beyond silly to award this much money to a male or female. Look at the absurd step off between the first and second place awards. The big paydays in this sport are few and far between, why not make it available equally between the sexes? Who really cares about this challenge of the sexes nonsense and what does it prove? I think it would be more interesting to assemble some top age groupers and have an age grouper vs pro race w/ handicap. Give me an hour head start and I'll beat a pro (well.. better make that an hour and a half..).
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by KROL on July 19, 2004
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when you step up, do this race, and finish anywhere out of first place, you can talk like that. frankly most of the people on that top finisher list have been racing a lot longer that you have and deserve any payday that anyone wants to hand them.
be happy anyone is awarding money out there. gee, maybe you haven't thought that the prize offerrings at races before they tried this format didn't seem to faze the general public into wanting to see more primetime coverage on NBC.
personally, I think they maybe need to review the handicap time there, as that finish gap is a lot greater than the first two years.
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by patmagrion on July 19, 2004
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yeh no one wants to see a big un fit doe boy running scared ,tripping over them selfs,people want to see super fit athletes.and we havnt go all day to wate 90 mins for u.
i agree the handicap was way to big ,how do they work this out??
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by gbwilliams on July 20, 2004
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that is the problem with this sort of race, the handicap is hard to pick.
this year's gap was 11:09. it was bigger then last year because the distance was greater then last year. olympic distance this year, hodge podge of distances last year.
last year if barb had not been in the race or flatted 7 men would have cross before the first women rina hill. that stagger was 9:41.
becasue the distance when up the stagger went up to 11:09. lorett harrop would have still won it this year if the stagger had been as low as 8:25! she would have won by more then a miunte with last years stagger on a longer course!
this race is a crap shoot that just worked out well the first times and sort of well the second time. next year they are hooped when it comes to predicting a stagger.
and why does a women win it every year? because if you make the stagger to little it looks sexist. of course a man will go faster then a women. so what is the point. you aren't show casing the athletes but the ability to quantify the difference between the two and that is proven to be impossible to do.
i give it one year more tops if it is even an equalizer next year.
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by slimhogan on July 20, 2004
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What is all the moaning and groaning about?? It is awesome to see these triathletes being offered money like this. It is good to see a race that encourages the men to go out hard from the start and put everything into a race instead of watching each other in the pack (exception - Craig Walton!). And it is great to to see our progressive sport pay equal or in this case more to female athletes. Find another sport where the females have the potential to earn more than the men.
This is an awesome concept and if the USA Tri community don't support it, I am sure that there are a few countries in the southern hemisphere that would. (It would also save the eventual winner from having to travel so far!!)
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by mikef on July 20, 2004
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Krol, why the lunge at my neck? Fact is I'll never step up to the line in that race and finish anywhere. does that mean I'm not allowed to express an opinion?
Geez, ease up.
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by mikef on July 20, 2004
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pat magrion, let's take this off line to fiorilm@aol.com..look forward to hearing from you.
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