Hill And Major Win 2009 Carlsbad Triathlon

Bill Simons, 39, (front) on his way to a 64th place finish in the Men’s 35-39 division. (Click all the photos to see them full size.)

Fountain Hills, Arizona’s Cam Hill, 42, and Encinitas’ (by way of Queensland Australia) Kate Major, 31, (pictured below right) won the 2009 Carlsbad Triathlon today July 12, 2009. Athletes swam 1k, biked 25k, and then ran a 5k before hitting the finish line near the Hemlock stairs just north of Tamarack on Carlsbad Blvd.

On a course that saw 1,200 athletes start under bright blue skies and finish in dense coastal fog Hill moved quietly into the lead and stayed there. But then, he’s apparently been doing that on monthly basis since May when he won The Sahuarita Lake Triathlon. In June he did the same at the Tribal Sprint Triathlon. So when he crossed the finishline in Carlsbad with a time of 1:09:17 it wasn’t all that much of a surprise, at least to Hill.

“It it felt pretty good,” Hill said in the finish area. “The bike was tough a little head-wind nice rolling hills, but it was good.”

For Major, who was the first of the women out of the water,it wasn’t the the bike that was tough. “The swim wasn’t the toughest today,” she said. “It was more the run, actually.”

Elite top five results and more photos after the jump.
ELITE DIVISION ‑ MEN
1. Cam Hill (Fountain Hills, Arizona) ‑ 1:09:17
2. Thomas Taylor (Phoenix, Arizona) ‑ 1:10:43
3. Juliano Teruel (San Diego) ‑ 1:11:32
4. Daniel Vertiz (San Antonio, Texas) ‑ 1:12:25
5. Kyle Hughes (Lake Forest, CA) ‑ 1:12:32

ELITE DIVISION ‑ WOMEN
1. Kate Major (Encinitas, CA) ‑ 1:14:31
2. Jessi Stensland (San Diego, CA) ‑ 1:16:05
3. Tatiana Vertiz (Encinitas, CA) ‑ 1:20:22
4. Misako Win (Carlsbad, CA) ‑ 1:20:50

For the complete 2009 results click here.

The wise division is ready and waiting.