Results/Photos

Date: July 25, 2026 Participant: Annalise Schetselaar #2238 Race: 2026 Spudman Olympic Triathlon Event: Olympic Triathlon Weather: Hot, but otherwise a great day for a triathlon.

Fast Swim and Bike Set Up a Tough Run Finish Annalise opened her Olympic-distance day with a swift 20:50 swim, good enough for 41st among all women and a top-three spot in her 19-24 age group early on. A brisk 4:16 transition kept the momentum rolling into a steady 24.4-mile bike leg, ridden at roughly 16.8 mph, which pushed her into the top 75 female finishers on the course at that point. The run told a different story. Her opening mile clicked by at an 11:04 pace, but the effort steadily cooled dropping to 13:27, then 15:47, and eventually into the 18-minute range over the closing miles. That fade cost her significant ground, slipping from 6th to 16th in her division by the finish. With such a strong swim-bike combination, sharpening run pacing perhaps through negative-split practice in training could help her hold onto those hard-earned early gains next time.