{"id":194752,"date":"2015-03-25T04:00:48","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T18:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=194752"},"modified":"2015-03-25T04:00:48","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T18:00:48","slug":"all-saipan-show-in-tagaman-relay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/all-saipan-show-in-tagaman-relay\/","title":{"rendered":"All-Saipan show in Tagaman relay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was an all-Saipan show in the relay events of the 26th Tagaman Triathlon with a total 13 teams that were spread out in the men\u2019s, women\u2019s, and mixed divisions.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-194752 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/all-saipan-show-in-tagaman-relay\/tagaman-pix-akimaru\/'>Tagaman pix (Akimaru)<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-194759'>\n\t\t\t\tAkimaru\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/all-saipan-show-in-tagaman-relay\/tagaman-pix-fortaleza\/'>Tagaman pix (Fortaleza)<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-194760'>\n\t\t\t\tFortaleza\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/all-saipan-show-in-tagaman-relay\/tagaman-pix-longuski\/'>Tagaman pix (Longuski)<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-194761'>\n\t\t\t\tLonguski\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Saipan Swim Club member Kento Akimaru teamed up with Cesar Fortaleza and Keith Longuski to rule the men\u2019s division in the tough Half-Ironman distance with a combined time of 4:49:40 to beat the father-son tandem of Ben and Benjamin Babauta.<\/p>\n<p>Akimaru swam the 1.9-kilometer distance in 27:15, way ahead of Benjamin Babauta\u2019s 43:14 time.<\/p>\n<p>Fortaleza then completed the 90K bike course in 2:51:44, while Longuski breezed through the 21K run in 1:28:56.<\/p>\n<p>The Babautas placed second with a combined time of 7:07:36 with the older Babauta logging in times of 3:18:09 and 3:01:14 in the bike and run portions of the race.<\/p>\n<p>The three-member team of Crystal Pearson, Antonee Aguilar, and Jenny Yoon was the lone competing squad in the mixed recording times of 31:20 (swim), 3:11:13 (bike), and (2:23:07) in the run for a total of 6:08:40.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Tony Stearns and Cooper Schraudenback topped the men\u2019s shorter Olympic-distance course\u20141.5K swim, 40K bike, and 10K run\u2014with the former doing the swim (22:46) and bike (1:11:42) legs, while the latter ran for 44:47 for a total time of 2:34:02.<\/p>\n<p>Stearns and Schraudenback bested the young SSC trio of Rinto Takahashi, Taiga Sato, and Rintaro Miyawaki by more than 10 minutes (2:46:25).<\/p>\n<p>Geuel Villacrusis, Fred Remilloba, and Ricardo Antonio finished third in the men\u2019s division with a time of 2:49:50.<\/p>\n<p>Tiffany Lin, Lauri Boyer, and Yumiko Mizuno won the women\u2019s division (3:06:53) besting the team composed of Maria Ornes, Tina Goodwin, and Angie Mister (3:30:22).<\/p>\n<p>The team of Angel De Jesus, Rene Calage, and Ariel Lansangan clinched the mixed division crown with a time of 2:30:56, while the trio of Claire Seelinger, Margaret Rose, and Seven Johnson completed the race in 2:41:57.<\/p>\n<p>Colin Thompson, daughter Jinju, and Kaden Church finished third (2:46:03).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was an all-Saipan show in the relay events of the 26th Tagaman Triathlon 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