Courtesy: USAT

U.S. elites Victor Plata and Julie Swail each finished second to the Brits on Sunday at the International Triathlon Union World Cup race in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, each posting the best World Cup finish of their careers.

Plata (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), who finished third at Corner Brook last year, finished second to Britain's Tim Don, who ran a 21:49 10k to win in 1 hour, 54 minutes. Plata ran with Don for several laps, but finally fell back and finished in 1:54:36. Bruno Pais of Portugal was third in 1:54:46.

U.S. elite Mark Fretta (Portland, Ore.) finished fifth and Joe Umphenour (Bellevue, Wash.) was sixth.

Don's third World Cup victory of the season puts pressure on U.S. elite Hunter Kemper (Longwood, Fla.), who currently leads the ITU World Cup standings. Don is just 10 points behind Kemper, who is scheduled to race at the Edmonton World Cup on Saturday (July 23).

In the women's race, Swail (Irvine, Calif.) was the first athlete into the first transition and rode with the lead pack on the bike. Great Britain's Andrea Whitcombe took a lead on the run and went on to win in 2:08:47. Swail outran Japan's Kiyomi Niwata for second place in 2:09:38. Niwata finished in 2:09:48.

Sarah Haskins (St. Louis, Mo.), racing in her second World Cup, won one of the bike primes and finished seventh. Jenna Shoemaker (Sudbury, Mass.), racing in her first World Cup, finished 12th.

For more information and complete results, go to www.triathlon.org.

ITU World Cup
July 17, 2005; Corner Brook, Newfoundland
1.5k swim; 40k bike; 10k run

Men
1. Tim Don (Great Britain) 1:54:00; 2. Victor Plata (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) 1:54:36; 3. Bruno Pais (Portugal) 1:54:46; 4. Samuel Pierreclaud (France) 1:54:46; 5. Mark Fretta (Portland, Ore.) 1:55:03; 6. Joe Umphenour (Bellevue, Wash.) 1:55:18; 7. Arturo Garza (Mexico) 1:55:23; 8. Tony Moulai (France) 1:55:26; 9. Richard Stannard (Great Britain) 1:55:29; 10. Aless DeGasperi (Italy) 1:55:52

Other U.S. Finishers
18. Brian Fleischmann (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1:57:29; 19. Matthew Seymour (Honolulu, Hawaii); 23. Seth Wealing (Fowler, Ind.); 24. Jarrod Shoemaker (Sudbury, Mass.); 27. Derek Kite (Malibu, Calif.)

Women
1. Andrea Whitcombe (Great Britain) 2:08:48; 2. Julie Swail (Irvine, Calif.) 2:09:39; 3. Kiyomi Niwata (Japan) 2:09:48; 4. Gillian Kornell (Canada) 2:10:04; 5. Michelle Dillon (Great Britain) 2:10:17; 6. Lauren Groves, (Canada) 2:10:31; 7. Sarah Haskins (St. Louis, Mo.) 2:10:49; 8. Carolyn Murray (Canada) 2:10:55; 9. Mirinda Carfrae (Australia) 2:11:20; 10. Jessica Kirkwood (Canada) 2:11:33

Other U.S. Finisher
12. Jenna Shoemaker

Life Time Fitness Results

U.S. elite Joanna Zeiger (Boulder, Colo.) won $30,000 for finishing second among the women and Hunter Kemper (Longwood, Fla.) took $20,000 for placing third among the men at the Life Time Fitness Triathlon on Saturday in Minneapolis, Minn.

Australian Craig Alexander won the big money, $160,000 in cash and a Toyota 4Runner worth another $40,000. Simon Whitfield of Canada was second overall and Kemper was third overall.

Emma Snowsill of Australia was fourth overall and the first female finisher. Annabel Luxford of Australia was the third- place woman and seventh overall.

The Life Time Fitness Triathlon is an intermediate-distance race but uses an "equalizer" format for the elite race that gave the women a 9 minute, 39 second head start on the men.

In the amateur race, which served as the USA Triathlon Midwest Regional Championship, Chris Peeters (Colorado Springs, Colo.) won the overall men's race in 2:02:35. Ji Bailey of Des Moines, Iowa, was second in 2:05:41 and Michael Boehmer was third in 2:05:53.

Elizabeth Attig (Naperville, Ill.) won the women's race in 2:16:42. Wendy Mader (Fort Collins, Colo.) was second in 2:17:24 and Catherine Sterling (Waterville, Maine) was third in 2:18:32.

For more information and complete results, go to www.ltftriathlon.com.