Steve Tilford

Gwen Jorgensen US National Triathlon Champion

April 20, 2013 by Steve Tilford 3 comments 1192 views

I’d like to give a big congratulations to my friend Gwen Jorgensen who won the US National Championship and became the first American to ever win a WTS Triathlon. The race was in San Diego, in Mission Bay, where I just was. Dang, I missed watching a thrilling finish. She ran down Emma Moffatt (AUS) in the last kilometer of the run to win the event by 4 seconds. A pretty stellar result to say the least. Omegawave World Triathlon San Diego (1,500m swim, 40k bike, 10k run)

  1. Gwen Jorgensen (USA), 1:59:59
  2. Non Stanford (GBR), 2:00:03
  3. Emma Moffatt (AUS), 2:00:03
  4. Anne Haug (GER), 2:00:06
  5. Jodie Stimpson (GBR), 2:00:31
  6. Andrea Hewitt (NZL), 2:01:22
  7. Sarah Groff (USA), 2:01:27
  8. Barbara Riveros Diaz (CHI), 2:01:41
  9. Ashleigh Gentle (AUS), 2:01:46
  10. Juri Ide (JPN), 2:01:56 Winning! Portrait of Gwen from the Olympics last year.

Comments (3)

Steve Wathks

2013-04-20 08:16:41

Congrats! Australians are beating us all the time. I hope this was one of those non-drafting events. A triathlon bike segment is pointless if you can draft in my opinion.

Sean YD

2013-04-20 09:45:22

Sorry to disappoint you, Steve Wathks, but this was a “draft-legal,” triathlon.

Clay Moseley

2013-04-22 09:52:14

Gwen is just awesome! I’m glad she has come into the sport and worked so hard on it. It was a heart-break to see her get a flat in the Olympics because I think she could have been a medal contender. Her run is just fearsome. I’ve really enjoyed following her results and story. Pretty cool that you know her, Steve!