Army Women Win 2015 Armed Forces Triathlon

By Tactical-Life

The following is a release from Gary Sheftick and the U.S. Army:

The All-Army women’s team took first place at the Armed Forces Triathlon Championship and Army men finished in second and third places individually at the competition in Hammond, Ind., June 7.

2nd Lt. Samone Franzese, a medical student, led the Army women to victory, finishing her 10-kilometer run in a torrential downpour with a winning triathlon time of 2 hours, 13 minutes and 15 seconds.

“I grew up in Portland, Ore., and I have found that I race well in rain,” Franzese said. “The weather probably helped my performance.”

Capt. Nicholas Sterghos, a veteran competitor from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, finished second for the men with a combined time of 1:52:50, behind Navy Lt. Kyle Hooker of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., who won with 1:51:24.

2nd Lt. Gene Barrett LeHardy, from Fort Eustis, Va., finished in third place overall with a time of 1:53:04, a personal best.

“Hammond was certainly one of my better competitions,” said LeHardy, whose placement earned him a first-time spot on the Armed Forces Triathlon Team, which will compete at the Military World Games later this year in South Korea.

“The course was very fast with fast transitions, …read more

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