Photos: Fridley Resident Competes in Maple Grove Triathlon

In its third year, the Maple Grove Triathlon brought out more than a 1,000 athletes to Park in Maple Grove, Minn. Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012.

Fridley athlete Suzanne Boyum competed in the triathlon, placing 292nd among 367 competitors. Boyum ran the Medtronic Twin Cities marathon with her husband, Eric, in October.

Among the competition options, triathletes could choose to either run in the Dare to Sprint which included a .3 mile swim, 14 mile bike ride and three mile run or the longer The Olympic Dare course of .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. 

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.

For a full list of results, click here.

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