Edina Residents Compete in 'Dare to Tri' Maple Grove Triathlon

In its third year, the Maple Grove Triathlon brought out more than a 1,000 athletes to Park in Maple Grove on Saturday, Aug. 25.

Among the competition options, triathletes could choose to either run in the Dare to Sprint which included a 0.3 mile swim, 14 mile bike ride and three mile run or the longer The Olympic Dare course of 0.9 miles, 26 mile bike ride and 6.2 mile run.

The top finisher in The Olympic Dare was Kris Spoth (2:03:07) of Ames, IA, followed by Patrick Parish of Bloomington and Andrew Turner of Sioux Falls, SD. 

From Edina, five triathletes participated in The Olympic Dare. Finishing were Eben Spencer (61), Haig Newton (110), Andrew Steiner (155), Doug Grennan (222) and John Colby (237).

The top finisher in the Dare to Sprint was Trevor Bunkers (1:01:43) of Sioux Falls, SD, followed by David Phillips of Maple Grove and Robert Brown of Hopkins.

From Edina, a total of nine triathletes participated in the Dare to Sprint. Finishing were Scott Clemente (99), Fernando Arrieta (150), Paul Andresen (331), Paul Crowe (422), Brian Ip (432), Trina Bloemendaal (451), Ann Olson (565), Nicole Hasson (616) and Abigail Shafer (656).

For a full list of results, click here.

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