First Reef & Run biathlon goes to Walsh

Thursday’s Reef & Run event at East Beach featured its first Biathlon of 2012, with Todd Walsh crossing the finish line first in a time of 31 minutes and 54 seconds.

Walsh beat out Jonathan Koehn (2nd), Stuart Sato (3rd), and John Ritterbeck (4th). Erika Lilley, 5th overall, won the women’s race in 35.24.

Reef & Run also hosted ocean swims of 500 meters, 1000 meters and 1 mile.

Greg Gaitan out-paced the other 1-mile swimmers by two minutes to win in 21.22.

RESULTS

500M ** 1000M ** 1 MILE ** BIATHLON

Walker Bell claimed victory in the 1000 meters with a time of 14.29, besting Ben Brewer’s time of 14.45.

Dasha Depew handled the 500-meter swim with a winning time of 7.36. Olivia Smith was just behind at 7.37.

Reef & Run returns next Thursday.