Winter triathlon delivers plenty of winter

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A competitor rides their fat bike in the Tri-Flake Triathlon at Kincaid Park in Anchorage, Alaska on Saturday, January 21, 2017. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News)

A winter triathlon delivered plenty of winter Saturday for a field of about 70 hardy racers.

With falling snow filling the tracks and trails, Stephanie Arnold and Brent Lowen ran, biked and skied their way to victories in the inaugural Tri-Flake Triathlon.

Participants ran 5 kilometers on the Coastal Trail and then biked 6.8 miles and skied 6 kilometers on the Kincaid Park trails. Bikers routinely had to dismount and push their fat bikes through deep snow.

Lowen was the only person or relay team to complete the 14 miles in less than two hours. He clocked 1:59:01 to beat Charles Dimarzio by two minutes.

Arnold's time of 2:19:49 was the best among women and the 12th fastest overall. She finished more than 15 minutes ahead of women's runner-up Pam Weiss.

Alaska Triathlon Club officials are hopeful the race will become an annual event.

Men

1) Brent Lowen 1:59:01; 2) Charles Dimarzio 2:01:07; 3) Fred West 2:04:22; 4) Jeremy Weaver 2:10:05; 5) Corbyn Jahn 2:11:25; 6) Brad Manderfeld 2:11:42; 7) Andrew Dougherty 2:15:09; 8) Torsten Renner 2:15:27; 9) Mick Bakker 2:17:44; 10) Wes Tibbetts 2:17:54; 11) Samuel Severin 2:18:17; 12) Chris Sorich 2:18:49; 13) Chad Trammell 2:24:29; 14) Bruce Talbot 2:30:47; 15) Alex Youngmun 2:35:51; 16) Eric Zoesch 2:37:00; 17) James Falconer 2:39:04; 18) Steve Bentley 2:53:06; 19) Connor Smith 2:56:18; 20) Joe Miller 2:59:57; 21) Rick Hansen 3:01:06; 22) John Thomas 3:04:56; 23) Scott Jones 3:06:57

Women

1) Stephanie Arnold 2:19:49; 2) Pam Weiss 2:35:03; 3) Kinsey Loan 2:36:13; 4) Kelsey Boardman 2:37:50; 5) Sheryl Loan 2:39:02; 6) Sara Miller 2:51:33; 7) Katherine Sind 2:51:45; 8) Heather Helzer 3:00:53; 9) Stacia Thomas 3:05:00; 10) Erika Bennett 3:05:51; 11) Kristina Eaton 3:08:18; 12) Kathy Falconer 3:24:33; 13) Laura Harris 3:27:53; 14) Kalyan Westley 3:29:53; 15) Katra Wedeking 3:33:54.

Women's teams

1) You Wine some You booze some — Willoughby/Spano/Crawford — 3:13:19; 2) Homer Divas — Dullinger/Young/Greene — 3:13:22.

Coed teams

1) Trifling Triad — Jaminet/Jaminet/Brown — 2:45:00; 2) KPOC — Wright/Owens/Perschbacher — 2:46:19; 3) One runner one bike and one skier — Hollon/Janukajtis/Parrish — 2:50:20; 4) Exploding Kittens — Wohlgemuth/Spence/Feighery — 2:50:44; 5) Two Dudes and a Diva —Roeder/Linebarger/Harper — 2:51:24; 6) Tri Inspiring — Clark/Barniak/Cowee — 2:54:16; 7) Frosted Tips — Lloyd/Stevenson/Hamilton — 2:55:44; 8) Tri-Dagger — Barnes/Walsh/Barnes — 3:10:28; 9) Pain Train — Boomgaard/Lonser/Youngblood –3:35:21.