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Sep. 1, 2019

Madsen, Corona win XTERRA Dominican Republic

By XTERRA

It's the first big XTERRA win of the season for both.

Karsten Madsen from Canada and Fabiola Corona from Mexico captured the fourth annual XTERRA Dominican Republic off-road triathlon elite titles on a hot, beautiful day in Samana on Sunday, September 1, 2019.

In the men’s elite race Madsen and Branden Rakita swam together in the warm, glassy waters of Samana Bay and ended up posting identical swim times of 18:55.  Madsen had the faster transition and put a surge on early in the bike.

“I opened a small gap early, but Branden came back to me on the first climb,” said Madsen.  “It was probably around 5K into it I pulled away and didn’t look back from there.  Managed the heat well today, which bodes well for Maui.   Super pleased with the outcome, and happy to keep things in check today so I didn’t need to dig any unnecessary holes for Utah next weekend.”

Madsen posted the fastest bike and run splits of the day to take the tape in 2:27:11, more than 12 minutes ahead of Rakita.

Men's Podium

“I was with Karsten through the first climb on the bike but just at the top, I spun out on the wet rocks and lost his wheel and he started to open the gap.  We were riding similar on the climbs through the first lap, but I think he was riding the downhills better and opened the gap up to 90 seconds at the end of the first lap.  I felt like I rode the second lap well, but I was really starting to feel the heat and he opened things up and put a load of time on me on the second lap. Once on the run I it was all about managing the heat and trying to stay cool.  I knew that unless Karsten really blew up I would not take any time out of him, so I just ran steady.  There was a lot of running on the beach and through sand and the temperature was climbing and at times there was very little shade, so I took full advantage of two water crossings to cool down and fully submerged myself and took down as much water as I could through the run.  I lost a heap more time but hoping I will be able to recover and be 100% ready for Utah.”

In the women’s elite race Corona was victorious for the second straight year here in the Dominican Republic.

“The race was awesome,” she exclaimed.  “The swim was beautiful, like a swimming pool, and I led the race from the start.”

Indeed, Corona posted the fastest swim, bike, and run times to cross the line in 2:56:00, more than three minutes ahead of the reigning XTERRA U.S. women’s champ Suzie Snyder.

“I pushed hard from the very beginning of the bike because I know Suzie is a good biker,” said Corona. “She caught me on the second lap of the bike, but I was able to stay in front and on the second uphill I pulled away. I had super quick T2 and stayed focused on winning the race. It was hard, but beautiful! The run features many kilometers in the sand along the coast, a bamboo forest, then jungle and stairs until a risky section with a panorama view that was incredible.  On the downhill on the way back, we crossed two rivers, and finally I got to the finish line with my hands up and a big smile!”

As for Snyder, her day was struck with some bad luck.

“I felt good this morning, ready to take on the challenges of the new course and the heat and humidity of the DR, but unfortunately, I got off to a bad start, trailing Fabiola onto the bike course. I managed the steep climbs and slippery course well on the first lap and closed the gap to start the second lap. We were riding together and then my saddle began sliding backwards. I ignored it for a bit and just rode the best I could despite the issue, but it continued to get worse and I was afraid of losing the saddle completely, so I stopped to tighten it back on. Ultimately, I'm disappointed that a mechanical took me out of the fight, but that's racing, and I hope for better luck next week!”

Kelli Montgomery finished in third with Laura Mira in fourth.

Complete Results

Sam and Samantha

OSBORNE, KINGSFORD STILL ON TOP TOUR STANDINGS

After nine of 10 events Sam Osborne and Samantha Kingsford remain atop the XTERRA Pan Am Pro Series standings with just Saturday’s finale in Utah remaining.  With the win today, Madsen moved into second place and is the only man who could catch Osborne, although unlikely.  For Madsen to win the Tour, he’d have to win in Utah and Osborne would have to finish outside of the top 15. The women’s tour title is much closer with Snyder trailing Kingsford by just 16 points.

Follow Saturday’s XTERRA Pan American Championship elite race on twitter @xterraplanet starting at 9am MST.

2019 XTERRA PAN AMERICA TOUR ELITE STANDINGS                                             
After 9, as of 9.1.19

ELITE MEN

PL NAME, NAT TOT AR CH BR OM VC QC BC MX DR
1 Sam Osborne, NZL 465 x x 100 100 75 x 90 100 x
2 Karsten Madsen, CAN 375 x x x x 61 67 82 90 75
3 Branden Rakita, USA 337 x x x 63 56 x51 69 82 67
4 Josiah Middaugh, USA 332 x x x 90 67 75 100 x x
5 Will Ross, USA 260 43 56 x x 51 61 49 x x
6 Rom Akerson, CRC 225 75 75 x x x x x 75 x
7 Kieran McPherson, NZL 216 67 67 x 82 x x x x x
8 Felipe Moletta, BRA 212 61 61 90 x x x x x x
9 Alejandro Bulacio, ARG 156 51 47 58 x x x x x x
10 Rafael Juriti, BRA 153 39 51 63 x x x x x x
11 Evan Pardi, USA 146 x x x 58 47 x 41 x x
12 Brian Smith, USA 122 x x x 69 x x 53 x x
13 Elliot Bach, USA 120 x x x 75 x x 45 x x
14 Ryan Ignatz, USA 112 x x x 49 x x 63 x x
15 Alex Roberts, NZL 99 56 43 x x x x x x x
16 Alex Rhodes, GBR 85 36 x 49 x x x x x x
17 Sebastian Neef, GER 82 x x 82 x x x x x x
18 Diogo Malagon, BRA 75 x x 75 x x x x x x
19 Mike Meehan, USA 75 x x x x x x 75 x x
20 Marcus Fernandez, BRA 69 x x 69 x x x x x x
21 Francisco Serrano, MEX 69 x x x x x x x 69 x
22 Leonardo Saucedo, MEX 63 x x x x x x x 63 x
23 Brad Zoller, USA 58 x x x x x x 58 x x
24 Arturo Rodriguez, MEX 58 x x x x x x x 58 x
25 Edmond Roy, CAN 56 x x x x x 56 x x x
26 Hugo Barbosa, BRA 53 x x 53 x x x x x x
27 Walter Schafer, USA 53 x x x 53 x x x x x
28 Lucas Mendez, ARG 47 47 x x x x x x x x
29 Matthew Alford, USA 47 x x x x x 47 x x x
30 Raul Furtado, BRA 45 x x 45 x x x x x x
31 Will Kelsay, USA 45 x x x 45 x x x x x
32 Barret Fishner, USA 43 x x x x 43 x x x x
33 Vince Bethumeur, CAN 43 x x x x x 43 x x x
34 Edivando Cruz, BRA 41 x x 41 x x x x x x
35 Zach Winter, USA 41 x x x 41 x x x x x
36 Carlos Chang, CAN 39 x x x x x 39 x x x
37 Ronaldo Ferreira, BRA 37 x x 37 x x x x x x
38 Alex Willis, USA 37 x x x x x x 37 x x
39 Jean-Philippe Thibodeau, CAN 36 x x x x x 36 x x x

ELITE WOMEN

PL NAME, NAT TOT AR CH BR OM VC QC BC MX DR
1 Samantha Kingsford, NZL 432 x x 100 82 75 x 75 100 x
2 Suzie Snyder, USA 416 x x x 100 67 x 100 82 67
3 Laura Mira, BRA 328 67 61 75 x x x51 x 69 56
4 Valentina Carvallo, CHI 240 x 75 90 x x x x 75 x
5 Julie Baker, USA 221 x x x 75 56 x 90 x x
6 Kelli Montgomery, USA 167 x x x 45 x 61 x x 61
7 Fabiola Corona, MEX 165 x x x x x x x 90 75
8 Maia Ignatz, USA 151 x x x 69 x x 82 x x
9 Katie Button, CAN 126 x x x x 51 75 x x x
10 Deanna McCurdy, USA 116 x x x 49 x 67 x x x
11 Tess Amer, USA 116 x x x 53 x x 63 x x
12 Lesley Paterson, USA 90 x x x 90 x x x x x
13 Sabrina Gobbo, BRA 82 x x 82 x x x x x x
14 Erika Simon, ARG 75 75 x x x x x x x x
15 Mirian Gomes, BRA 69 x x 69 x x x x x x
16 Anne Nevin, NOR 69 x x x x x x 69 x x
17 Johandri Leicester, RSA 67 x 67 x x x x x x x
18 Amanda Felder, USA 63 x x x 63 x x x x x
19 Sofia Rodriguez, MEX 63 x x x x x x x 63 x
20 Melanie McQuaid, CAN 61 x x x x 61 x x x x
21 Jessie Koltz, USA 58 x x x 58 x x x x x
22 Nicole Valentine, USA 58 x x x x x x 58 x x
23 Javiera Gainza, CHI 56 x 56 x x x x x x x
24 Amanda Bayer, USA 56 x x x x x 56 x x x
25 Kara LaPoint, USA 53 x x x x x x 53 x x
26 Michelle Mehnert, USA 49 x x x x x x 49 x x
27 Emanuela Bandol, CAN 47 x x x x 47 x x x x
28 Anne Usher, USA 43 x x x x 43 x x x x
29 Allison Arensman, USA 41 x x x 41 x x x x x
30 Brittany Oliver, USA 37 x x x 37 x x x x x

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