Shiver Wins First National Triathlon Championship
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 | Track and Field
By: Patti Sponsler
Florida Today
Kaitlin Shiver was shocked to learn she had bested the country's top female age group athletes on a hilly Tuscaloosa, Ala., course at the 2009 USA Triathlon National Championships on Aug. 22.
The former Satellite High swimmer and Class 3A state running champ blazed through the 1.5K swim, 40K bike and 10K run in two hours, eight minutes and 13 seconds, finishing more than two minutes ahead of her closest competitor.
"I wasn't expecting to win overall," said Shiver, who attends the University of Florida on a track and cross country scholarship and is unable to race triathlons during the school year. "I had never competed in something this big or on a national level. I had thought that if I could get top five in the age group, I'd be happy.”
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