Santa Barbara’s David Larson biked his way to the Olympic Course title at the Carpinteria Triathlon on Sunday, finishing the 40 kilometer circuit faster than anyone else en route to a winning overall time of two hours, 11 minutes and 40 seconds.
Susan Corti, of Westlake Village, won the women’s race and Rowena Spence repeated as women’s champion on the sprint course. Orange County’s Justin Rowe knocked out the sprint course in just over 54 minutes for the overall short-course title.
Cyclists on Linden Ave. near the transition area during Carpinteria Triathlon on Sunday morning
Repeat winner Spence fell off her winning time of last year slightly, but was still able to hold off fellow Santa Barbaran Liz Groom with a mark of 1:02:21. Spence, 31, finished 23rd overall.
OLYMPIC RESULTS ** SPRINT COURSE RESULTS ** RELAY RESULTS
Larson, one of 16 racing in the men’s 50-54 division (himself 50), beat out Mateo Mercur, also from Santa Barbara, by 44 seconds. While Larson, who was in 42nd place after the swim, excelled in the run (7th) and especially the bike (1st), Mercur was steady throughout, finishing 4th, 12th and 10th in each succesive discipline.
Ian Grimstad, Peter Burns and Shigy Suzuki closed out the top-5.
