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A pair of season-best times highlighted Wednesday evening's Nite Moves event in Santa Barbara.Josh Stichter recorded the fastest 5k time of the young season at 16 minutes and 41 seconds.Ben Brewer did the same in the 1k swim with a time of 13:20.Stichter, 28, lowered the fastest time in the 5k by nine seconds while Brewer, 14, lowered olympian Mark Warkentin's time from last week by two seconds.There were 280 runners and 118 ocean swimmers.COMPLETE RESULTSLisa Dunn was … [Read more...]
Todd Booth, Walker Bell and Jason Smith were victors at Wednesday's season-opening Nite Moves event in Santa Barbara.All three won their respective races comfortably. Booth secured the 5k run with a time of 16 minutes and 52 seconds. Bell won the 1k ocean swim in 13:22.Smith recorded times of 14:27 in the ocean swim and 22:37 in the 5k run to become the first to complete the aquathon.In total, 259 athletes participated in the first Nite Moves of the year. The weekly run/swim is … [Read more...]
Nite Moves has its last hurrah of 2011 on Wednesday night and Presidio Sports will be hooking up a couple of lucky readers with a free pass to the season-ender at Leadbetter Beach. Find the contest information below.The popular run-swim event is wrapping up its 23rd season, and race organizer Jake Clinton is looking to break the all-time record - set back in 1989 - of 711 competitors in the 5k run.Winners can pick up their passes tomorrow at the registration table starting at 5:30 … [Read more...]
Dos Pueblos cross country standout Bryan Fernandez finished ahead of some big names in the local endurance sports community in Wednesday’s Nite Moves 5k run.Fernandez, who is entering his junior season for the Chargers, ran a personal best 15:22 and defeated Eric Forte (16:14), Ricky Ho (16:21) and Todd Booth (16:42).Andrea McLarty finished fifth and was the top woman with a time of 17:28.FULL RESULTSMany of the top local runners entered Wednesday to accumulate points in the … [Read more...]
Olympian Mark Warkentin led three swimmers under 12 minutes in the 1k ocean swim at Wednesday’s Nite Moves Series at Leadbetter Beach.Warkentin, who swam in the 10k open-water swim at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China, came in first Wednesday in a time of 11 minutes, 38 seconds. Cameron Whiting, 18, a standout prep swimmer from Renton, Wash., finished second in 11:48 and Santa Barbara’s Walker Bell, 14, placed third in 11:59.COMPLETE RESULTSThe top female finisher was local … [Read more...]
Chris Braden completed the fastest Nite Moves aquathon of the season Wednesday night, finishing the 1k-swim and 5-k run in 32 minutes, 30 seconds at Leadbetter Beach.Braden, a Dos Pueblos graduate and a member of the University of Colorado triathlon team, covered the ocean swim in 13:40 and ran up and back down Shoreline Drive in 18:51.COMPLETE RESULTSThe previous fastest time of the season was 35:06 by Al Sladek and Kyle Visin.Ireland’s Donncha O’Siadhail finished behind … [Read more...]
In one of the fastest Nite Moves of the season, U.S. Olympian and Santa Barbara local Mark Warkentin held off Australia’s Heydn Tierney in a blistering 1k ocean swim on Wednesday at Leadbetter Beach.Warkentin, who competed in the open-water swim at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, finished Wednesday’s race in 11 minutes, 55 seconds. Tierney, an ocean lifeguard and avid open-water swimmer in Australia, finished in 11:57.COMPLETE RESULTSThird place went to 11-time 2011 Nite Moves … [Read more...]
Santa Barbara triathlon veteran Taj Hudson won the aquathon at Wednesday night’s Nite Moves Series at Leadbetter Beach.Hudson, 40, covered the 1k ocean swim in 15:43 and the 5k run in 23:06 for a total time of 38:49. Jefferson Litten, 33, was second in 39:26 and Brian Roth, 36, third in 39:30.COMPLETE RESULTSThe top woman finisher was Lindsay Covington of Ventura in 39:43 (fourth overall).Walker Bell, 14, won his 11th 1k swim of the season in a time of 12:48. Zach Paris came in … [Read more...]
Walker Bell went under 13 minutes for the second week in row and won his 10th Nite Moves 1-kilometer swim on Wednesday night at Leadbetter Beach.Walker came in at 12 minutes, 56 seconds, 23 seconds off his career best, which he did last week. The 14-year-old Santa Barbara Swim Club member has won every 1k swim he’s entered this season.COMPLETE RESULTSTriathlete Chris Braden came in second in 13:19 and San Marcos High water polo and swim coach Brian Roth finished third in … [Read more...]
Walker Bell got under 13 minutes for the first time in winning his ninth Nite Moves 1-kilometer swim at Leadbetter Beach on Wednesday night.Taking advantage of smooth water, Bell finished in 12 minutes, 33 seconds, his fastest time ever. He was followed by local triathlete Chris Braden in 12:52 and Jessica Broderick in 13:12. Bell's previous fast time was 13:16.COMPLETE RESULTSIn the 5k run, Ronnie Buchanan, a former track star at Righetti High now living in Phoenix, Ariz., ran away … [Read more...]
