November 13th, 2008 Sarah Groff takes 1st place at Treasure Island!
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News 11.9.08 - In the last race of her 2008 season and on the last leg of the race, Sarah Groff took the lead at the San Francisco Triathlon at Treasure Island and never looked back. Beating Beijing Olympian Julie Ertel by almost a minute in the ITU Elite Women's Pan American Cup race, Sarah had the day's strongest 10K run of 37:41 and crossed the finish line in 2:05:49. Ertel took second in 2:06:44 and Rachel McBride of Canada took third in 2:07:16.
The win puts Sarah in 4th place overall in the ITU World Cup standings and 2nd place inthe USAT’s 2008 Haul for the Wall race series.
Athletes for a Fit Planet is proud to be sponsoring Sarah. We are offsetting the carbon emissions from her travels to all the ITU World Cup races she competes in. Like all ITU elite triathletes, Sarah typically travels once or twice a month to races around the world. A committed environmentalist, she recognizes that we all need to do our part to reduce and offset global warming.
Sarah has some much deserved downtime for the next few weeks before starting her training for the 2009 season. Her long-term triathlon goal? The 2012 London Olympics.
Congratulations Sarah on a great win! Here’s to a stellar season in 2009.
