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.
Third place went to 11-time 2011 Nite Moves winner, 14-year-old Walker Bell, in 12:41, followed by Zack Paris in 12:45 and Brian Roth in 12:59.
The first woman finisher was Jessica Broderick of Boulder, Colo. in 13:06 (7th overall).
Dos Pueblos cross country runner Addi Zerrenner, 15, was the top female and third overall in the 5k run, clocking in at 19:19.
Michael Ericson of Santa Barbara won the race in 18:04, edging Kristopher Depew of Acton, who finished in 18:12.
The swim-run aquathon also was close. Ireland’s Donncha O’Siadhail came in first in 34:48. Dos Pueblos water polo player Grant Schroeder, who trailed by just three seconds after the swim, finished second in 37:25.
O’Siadhail last month won the Semana Nautica five-mile biathlon.
Leslie Roth was the top woman finisher in the aquathon (fifth overall) in 40:20. Brian, her husband, finished just ahead of her in fourth in 39:13.
