Pterodactyl Tri, Brighton
Krzyzanowski Repeats, Perzyk Wins First Pterodactyl By Charles Douglas McEwen BRIGHTON (7/15/15) — T-Rex Series regular Karen Perzyk has collected her share of fifth- through secondplace finishes in Running Fit-sponsored triathlons.
At this year’s Pterodactyl Tri, Perzyk, 46, of West Bloomfield snagged her first overall victory in the series, which also includes the Triceratops Tri in June and T-Rex Tri in August. All are held Wednesday evenings at Island Lake Recreation Area. “I’ve been doing these races for six years and finally won!” she said. Perzyk emerged from the opening swim in sixth place among the women and picked off four of them during the 12.4-mile bike, but still trailed Shari Berry, 45, of South Lyon by more than a minute when she started the 5K run.
She prevailed in 1:11:23. Christine Rosender, 39, of Commerce edged Berry, who competes for Motor City Endurance, for second place, 1:11:56 to 1:12:04. Next came Maggie Rettelle, 43, of Midland in 1:12:58 and Jill Allardyce, 38, of Saginaw in 1:14:02. Berry wasn’t too upset about placing third. “You go as hard as you can for an hour,” she said. “Sometimes you have it, sometimes you don’t. I had it during the swim and the bike, but apparently not on the run.” Rosender, who owns Level Multisport in Birmingham with her husband Adam, hoped to win the pterodactyl trophy the overall male and female finishers receive. “I have three little girls at home, so one of these days I want to win a dinosaur,” she said.
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Karen Perzyk snagged her first overall victory in the T-Rex Triathlon Series.
Men’s winner Roman Krzyzanowski, 44, of Plymouth, another Motor City Endurance athlete, has a growing menagerie of dinosaur trophies at home.
“I was hoping I could beat Roman for the first time here,” Guertin said. “But it didn’t happen.”
“My wife Amy, a schoolteacher uses them as displays or for storytelling. Little kids love them,” Kryzanowski said.
“People are getting stronger and faster. You have to bring your A-game when you come out here,” Kryzanowski said.
Recent Northville High School graduate Matt Schafer, 18, of Novi had the lead coming out of the lake. Krzyzanowski passed him on the bike, briefly taking over leadership. Theirry Guertin, 42, of Windsor, Ontario, then zipped by him.
Krzyzanowski finished in 1:01:01, followed by Guertin in 1:01:53. Next came Dan Lynch, 35, of Novi in 1:03:33, Zoltan Suranyi, 47, of Novi in 1:03:33 and Shafer in 1:04:13.
“Thierry put on a clinic during the biking,” Krzyzanowski said. “He opened a huge lead. I really had to go get him on the run. He didn’t come back to me.”
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“I took the lead with a little more than a mile left,” Perzyk said. “Three or four women were right behind me, so I had to give everything I had.”
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