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Jenifer Igoe placed first in the female 20-24 age bracket today

Women's Triathlon 4/30/2017 6:01:00 PM Mike Miranto, Associate A.D. For Communications

Women's Triathlon Team Wraps Up 2016-17 Season

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Junior tri-athletes Jenifer Igoe (Oakfield, N.Y./Oakfield-Alabama) and Nichole Geiger (Orchard Park, N.Y./Orchard Park) each visited the medal stand as the Daemen College women's triathlon team wrapped up its 2016-17 season today at the St. Anthony's Triathlon held in and around Vinoy Park.

Today's event, a sprint-course triathlon, featured a 750-meter open-water swim in Tampa Bay, followed by a 20-kilometer cycling portion and a 5-kilometer running portion. The event featured 596 total competitors and is widely considered one of the top triathlons in the country.

Igoe placed 81st overall, and was awarded the first-place medal for the female 20-24 age bracket. She completed the swimming portion in 14:42, the cycling portion in 37:11 and the running portion in 25:12; add it up along with her transition times and Igoe crossed the finish line today in 1:22:48.

Geiger, who placed 98th overall, was awarded the silver medal in the same age bracket. She ran virtually neck-and-neck with Igoe to start the race, completing the swimming portion just two seconds after Igoe for a time of 14:44. Geiger's first transition time (4:28) was seven seconds faster than Igoe's (4:35), and she went on the complete the biking portion in 35:40. That left the 5-kilometer run which Geiger completed in 28:50, good for a final time of 1:25:01.

The next closest competitor in the age group was Julia Perry of Tampa who finished 158th overall with a time of 1:29.24.

Jeffrey Zickus, 44, of Atlanta, Ga. topped the field with a time of 1:05:43. The top female was 45-year old Celia Dubey of Tarpon Springs, Fla. who finished the course in 1:11:29 to come in 11th place overall.

The sport of triathlon was termed an Emerging Sport For Women by the NCAA in January of 2014, establishing a 10-year window for the formation of 40 intercollegiate programs. At present, according to USA Triathlon which oversees intercollegiate competitions, Daemen is one of 13 schools in the country to sponsor a varsity triathlon program for women.

For continuing coverage of the Daemen women's triathlon team, follow @DaemenAthletics and @DaemenTriathlon on Twitter.

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Players Mentioned

Nichole Geiger: 5' 6"; Junior

Jenifer Igoe: 5' 0"; Junior

Players Mentioned

Nichole Geiger
: 5' 6"; Junior

Jenifer Igoe
: 5' 0"; Junior