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Scenes from Draper's 3rd Annual Triathlon

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Eighty students and teachers competed in a swim-bike-run triathlon at Draper Middle School on Saturday, September 27, 2003. Some athletes participated in the event as individuals (all three events) while others worked as two- or  three-member teams, dividing up the events. Scenes from the day follow, as well as the official race results.

SWIM!
BIKE!
RUN!
SMILE!

The best time for Draper's Triathlon course was posted by Mr. "Blazin" Blais with a combined time of 15 minutes and 23 seconds. Eighth-grader Pat Grasso took the overall Individual Boys gold medal with a time of 16:53.2. Valerie Dunn took Individual Gold for the girls with a time of 21:23.4. The Overall winning Boys Team was the combination of seventh-graders Ryan Michaniw and Brian Kirker which finished in 18:13.9. The team of McKensie Aviza, Michelle Aviza, and Melissa Sullivan took top honors in the girls team event, finishing in 18:26.2.

Special mention should be given to Taylor Ralbovsky who took a gold in the seventh-grade boys division and posted an excellent score of 17:18.4. Honorable mention also goes to the team of Mr. "Screamin'" Hays, Ms. "Giga Speed'" Geagan, and Mr. "Crankin'" Carter for their combined time of 21:14.7. Gold, silver, and bronze medals were also given in individual grade level categories, listed below. The school thanks Mohonasen's Varsity Cross Country Team and the Varsity Girls Swim team who officiated the entire Triathlon.

A RUN DOWN OF RESULTS:

  • Grade 6 Individual Girl: Gold: Ashley Tallman

  • Grade 6 Individual Boy: Bronze-HT Moreash; Silver-Nate Resila; Gold-Ian Verzoni

  • Grade 6 Boys Team: Bronze- Mitch Leonard, Brian Manikas, Matt Reiss; Silver-Josh Manncino, Kyle Reyell, James Kalisz; Gold- Aaron Parisi, Michael Dugan, Eric Parks

  • Grade 6 Girls Team: Bronze-Catherine Wilson, Jenna Herbart, Courtney Cowell; Silver- Jordan Glasser, Jenna Macejka, Melanie Kraus; Gold - Briana Corradi, Molly Bergan, Danielle Demarest

  • Grade 7 Individual Boy: Gold- Taylor Ralbovsky

  • Grade 7 Boys Team: Bronze- Tom Eagan, Matt Wade; Silver - Keith Lynch, Cody Ogilvie, Josh Rotundo; Gold - Ryan Michaniw, Brian Kirker

  • Grade 7 Girls Team: Gold- McKenzie Aviza, Michele Aviza, Melissa Sullivan

  • Grade 8 Individual: Silver- Catherine Shaferzek; Gold- Valerie Dunn

  • Grade 8 Girls Team: Gold: Jodi Kalisz, Sara Hickey, Becca Marshman

  • Grade 8 Individual Boy: Bronze- Josh Lewis; Silver- Patrick Murray; Gold - Pat Grasso

  • Grade 8 Boys Team: Gold- Dustin Jewett,Kurt Schrader,Tyler Bechand

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