Courtesy: USAT

NBC has announced that cable station MSNBC will show the men's triathlon live at 4 a.m. EDT on Aug. 26.

For those who are not early risers, it will be rebroadcast that evening, either in Prime Time or late night on NBC.

The women's triathlon is still scheduled to be shown on Aug. 25 in Prime Time on NBC.

Keep your eye on www.nbcolympics.com for the latest schedule.

Vanity Fair

Olympic triathlete Hunter Kemper (Longwood, Fla.) and Olympic triathlon alternate Laura Reback (North Palm Beach, Fla.) both appear in a collection of photographs of Olympic athletes in the September issue of Vanity Fair (look for actress Reese Witherspoon on the cover).

The photos were taken by Bruce Weber at the Beverly Hills Hotel in April following the Race to Athens - Honolulu.

Taormina Runs Rampant

Olympic triathlete Sheila Taormina (Livonia, Mich.) captured the women's division and placed second overall Sunday in the third race of the 2004 Central Florida Triathlon Series at Waterfront Park in Clermont, Fla.

The sprint-distance race consisted of a .25-mile swim, 12-mile bike and 3-mile run.

Taormina was first out of the water with a time of 4 minutes, 54 seconds and a lead of 30 seconds over the competition. She continued to lead through the bike segment, but had 2003 CFTS winner David Picciano (Oakland, Fla.) hot on her heels through the second transition. Picciano, a former University of Houston middle-distance runner, opened it up on the run averaging 5:27 a mile and finished with the winning time of 54:40. Taormina's second place time was 55:47.

For more information, go to www.triflorida.com.