Long Doggers Dads Day Tri
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Grogan, Dunn claim titles in Dad’s Day Triathlon
SEBASTIAN INLET — Clermont’s Kevin Grogan, 37, fought off a last-minute kick from Chad Wilkinson, 36, of West Palm Beach to win Sunday’s Dad’s Day Triathlon at Sebastian Inlet State Park.
Mallory Dunn, 27, of Daytona Beach cruised to victory in the women’s division of the quarter-mile ocean swim, 15-mile bike and 5K run. She and Grogan swept the inaugural Surf Coast Trifecta series.
Grogan dominated the series that began on April 18 with the Ron Jon Triathlon in Cocoa Beach and continued with the State Farm Space Coast Bikearathon on May 23.
“He put it on me, but I was able to hold on,” Grogan said of a close finish with Wilkinson. “It was an awesome event, and this series was really a very cool thing for the Space Coast and actually all of Central Florida.”
Dunn won the women’s division by almost two minutes against 25-year-old Jessica Crate of Melbourne.
“(It was) a lot of fun,” Dunn said. “We had another series going up in Daytona, where I live, but this one was new and really well run. I am looking forward to next year.”
“The swim was awesome; flat surf and perfectly clear water. I saw all kinds of fish out there,” said Long Dogger’s co-owner Al Steiginga, who took second in the father/child relay division. “What a great way to spend Father’s Day.”