EXIT 3 Women's Triathlon Team Athletes Kick Off 2006 Season In Style While still early in the year, teammates Lauren Groves, Sarah Groff, Alexis Waddel and Suzanne Weckend all have promising starts in 2006 and look to form a strong squad for team races later in the season. Canadian Lauren Groves proved to be a valuable addition to the team by winning the 2006 ITU Roatan Bay Islands Pan American Cup Triathlon in Honduras on March 25. After breaking away on the bike with Susan Williams, Groves outran the 2004 Olympic Bronze Medallist to capture the top spot on the podium. Alexis Waddel joined Lauren on the podium with a strong effort on the bike and run. On March 3, Sarah Groff earned a career-high 7th place finish at a World Cup event by finishing the 2006 ITU Doha Triathlon World Cup with a time of 2:03:09 and collected more World Cup points a week later by placing 15th at the 2006 ITU Aqaba Triathlon World Cup held in Jordan. The early success on the ITU World Cup circuit gave Sarah a top-15 World ranking. Working her way through the competition, Alexis Waddel had an excellent half-marathon split of 1:27:14 to secure a 4th place finish for the second consecutive year at the 2006 Ford Ironman 70.3 California Triathlon held in Oceanside, Calif. on March 18. Suzanne Weckend lead an incredibly strong field out of the water at the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne, Australia and went on to finish in 11th place in the competition. A special thanks to Speedo, ASICS, Powerbar, Tri Zone, Rudy Project, Blackwell Research, Profile Design, Blue Seventy, Suunto, Gatorade and KINeSYS. Back to Articles Page

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