2007 HEART OF AMERICA TRIATHLON SERIES

                         CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS



In 2007 and in 2008 we used age grading to equalize competitors in each gender for the

series championship race.  



Age-graded tables are a series of "age factors" and "age standards" which can be used to

compare performances at different ages in road races. Age-graded tables show how much a

typical person's athletic performance improves during youth and declines during aging.

The performances vary by event. The tables were researched by the World Association of

Veteran Athletes (WAVA), the world governing body for masters (veterans) long distance

running.



The standards correspond approximately to world record marks for a person of that age and

sex in that event. Achievement levels within a gender are:



100% Approximate World Record Level

90%+ World Class

80%+ National Class

70%+ Regional Class

60%+ Local Class





                                    FEMALE OVERALL



Place Name               Age City                 St Swim  Bike    Run     Time    Age %   

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    1 Carol Deman         67 Omaha                NE  9:53   53:22   32:00 1:40:31   91.60 

    2 Carol Smolsky       48 Papillion            NE  7:37   46:30   23:16 1:20:17   87.81 

    3 Connie Mann         43 Muscatine            IA  8:49   45:30   24:57 1:21:32   81.66 

    4 L.A. Lowe           46 Iowa City            IA  9:17   49:26   24:57 1:26:44   79.33 

    5 Jenny Jackson       31 Cedar Rapids         IA  8:53   47:44   20:46 1:20:00   77.99 

    6 Susan Duoblys       52 Des Moines           IA 12:13   57:02   29:00 1:42:32   72.33 

    7 Clara Decoster      55 East Moline          IL 19:58 1:02:13   28:34 1:56:23   66.29 





                                    MALE OVERALL



Place Name               Age City                 St Swim  Bike    Run     Time    Age %   

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    1 T J Tollakson       27 Des Moines           IA  6:28   37:50   18:14 1:04:22   86.96 

    2 Gary McKibben       48 Altoona              IA  7:47   43:43   20:21 1:14:34   83.53 

    3 Jason Halfpap       31 Ankeny               IA  7:15   39:55   20:16 1:09:32   80.50 

    4 Ken Deman           69 Omaha                NE  9:56   50:39   27:28 1:34:13   80.18 

    5 Guy Olson           50 Solon                IA  8:06   46:45   21:58 1:19:13   79.96 

    6 Reed Rinderknecht   37 Clive                IA  7:05   41:28   21:49 1:12:14   79.01 

    7 Craig Olson         42 Marion               IA  8:17   41:25   23:12 1:15:38   78.41 

    8 Patrick Decoster    56 East Moline          IL 10:42   47:03   23:43 1:25:21   78.20 

    9 Grant Reuter        23 West Des Moines      IA  9:20   45:00   23:36 1:19:45   70.18