Shakopee Woman Wins Lakefront Days Triathlon Amateur Competition

The eighth annual Dakotah! Sport and Fitness Lakefront Days Triathlon drew 244 athletes to Clearly Lake Regional Park in Prior Lake.

Shakopee resident, Brenna Zavadsky, 39, finished first in the women's amateur competition with a time of 1:14:26. 

There were 214 athletes in the individual triathlon: 130 male and 84 female athletes, according to a news release from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, which owns Dakotah! Sport and Fitness.

This year's triathlon also featured a mixed relay team for the first time. Ten teams of three people participated. Each team member completed one leg of the competition.

The triathlon consisted of a 1/4-mile swim at Cleary Lake Beach, a 14 mile bicycle loop on county roads and a run of 3.3 miles through Cleary Lake Regional Park.

Several Shakopee residents participated in the triathlon. See the full results on the Front Runner website.

The following are the top results as listed in the SMSC news release.

Elite winners

Men

• 1st: Chris Blair, 45, Seattle, Washington (1:03:52)
• 2nd: Joe Eder, 33, Prior Lake (1:11:46)
• 3rd: Bryan Buxton, 31, Saint Paul (1:18:49)

Women

• 1st: Nicole Heininger, 24, White Bear Lake (1:08:41)
• 2nd: Sarah Mercer, 45, Golden Valley (1:11:08)

Amateur overall winners

Men

• 1st: Mike Blair, 44, Prior Lake (1:06:53)
• 2nd: Thomas Anderson, 37, Minneapolis (1:07:26)
• 3rd: Andy Leier, 47, Shakopee (1:08:33)

Women

• 1st: Brenna Zavadsky, 39, Shakopee (1:14:26)
• 2nd: Mata Agre, 20, Corcoran (1:17:09)
• 3rd: Rebecca Karnes, 36, Mound (1:19:29)

Mixed relay team event winners

• 1st: Tres Locos (Noel Arteaga, Brian Huemann, and Allen Webb), 1:11:34
• 2nd: Two Tall Guys (Zach Dietz, Kevin Dudley, and Cole Minnick), 1:12:03
• 3rd: Tri Hard (Joshua Harris, Lauren Harris, and Robert Harris), 1:15:22

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