This Sunday the Lifetime Fitness Triathlon Series culminates with the inaugural Toyota U.S. Open Triathlon and triathlon’s first US Open. Launched in 2006, the Series combines four of the most prominent Olympic distance triathlon events in the world: the Life Time Fitness Triathlon in Minneapolis, the Nautica New York City Triathlon, the Accenture Chicago Triathlon and the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Triathlon. The series features a nearly $1.5 million prize purse this year.
The US Open will host the 2nd Annual Elite Age Group Championships. The 5 top age group finishers from Minneapolis, New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles have been flown into Dallas to compete. The course runs through downtown Dallas, with the 1.5k swim beginning at Joe Pool Lake in Cedar Hill State Park, continuing through the communities of Cedar Hill, DeSoto and Dallas with a 40k bike, and ending with the 10k run, which starts and ends at Reunion Arena in downtown Dallas.
Elite Field:
WOMEN
Emma Snowsill
Julie Dibens
Sarah Haskins
Laura Bennett
Sara McLarty
Michelle Dillon
Mirinda Carfrae
Kelly Handel
Anja Dittmer
Amy Marsh
Amanda Stevens
Jenna Shoemaker
Erin Ford
Mary Beth Ellis
Michelle LeBlanc
Rebeccah Wassner
Rebecca Witinok-Huber
Jillian Peterson
Men
Greg Bennett
Craig Walton
Filip Ospaly
David Thompson
Brian Fleischmann
James Hadley
Matt Reed
Hunter Kemper
Simon Thompson
Bevan Docherty
Kris Gemmell
Simon Whitfield
Rasmus Henning
Stephen Hackett
Richie Cunningham
Greg Remaly
Benjamin Sanson
Brandon Marsh
Paul Amey
Michael Simpson
John Dahlz
Chris Foster
Current standings after four events:
Men
Greg Bennett (AUS) 45,000 pts
Craig Walton (AUS) 15,200 pts
Women
Emma Snowsill (AUS) 39,000 pts
Julie Dibens (GBR) 21,500 pts
Pip Taylor (AUS) 7,550 pts
