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Team Mattei Places Second in Overall Relay for Tobay Triathlon

Team Mattei of New Hyde Park excels at the Runner's Edge TOBAY Triathlon and Tri-Relay presented by Engel Burman.

Dan, Daniel and Joseph Mattei of New Hyde Park recently took their talents to Oyster Bay for the Runner’s Edge TOBAY Triathlon and Tri-Relay presented by Engel Burman where they placed second in the overall relay team category.

On an overcast morning with periods of rain, more than 350 competitors tested their strength and endurance on the Long Island course which was managed by the Greater Long Island Road Running Club. The competition included a ½ mile swim in Oyster Bay Harbor, a 12.3K hilly bike ride through Oyster Bay and Oyster Bay Cove, and a 5K run past Mill Neck and Brookville.

Dan Mattei, 60, Daniel Mattei, 19, and Joseph Mattei, 16, completed the triathlon in 59:18, earning a trophy in the overall relay team division, which consisted of 19 total teams. Full results from the triathlon can be viewed here.

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“We were thrilled to help sponsor this year’s TOBAY Triathlon and Tri-Relay and support the greater athletic community,” said Scott Burman, Principal at Engel Burman and President of EB Construction, a leading Long Island real estate development company. “Inspired is an understatement for how it felt to watch hundreds of individuals cross the finish line and we look forward to next year’s event.”

“All of us at Runner’s Edge would like to send a big congratulations to Team Mattei on their second-place finish in the in the overall relay team category. We’re so appreciative of our local running, biking, and swimming community and the TOBAY Triathlon and Tri-Relay is our chance to give back to them,” said Bob Cook, Owner of Runner’s Edge, a family owned and operated running store that served as the main sponsor.

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