SOS4Kids 2014
Saturday, September 6, 2014
New Paltz
“It’s fun, the whole thing,” said Alexandra Litchfield Frenza about the SOS4Kids.
This year’s kids’ swimbikerun had 72 participants ranging in age from 7-15 years old. The 7-8 year old age group swam 100 meters in New Paltz’s Moriello Pool, ran ½ a mile on the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, and biked 1.25 miles down Historic Huguenot Street.
The 9-15 year old age groups did the same course with distances of 200 meter swim, 1 mile run, and 4.25 mile bike.
Everyone completed the race with a ¼ mile run on the rail trail to finish under the SOS4Kids banner.
Ten year old Brady Saunders, race #13, was in the same age group this year as last year so he was used to the distances.
“I did better,” Saunders said about his performance this year. “I swam faster and I got a better bike that has gears and went faster”. He will probably do the SOS4Kids next year.
To improve his performance he said “I’ll go to swim practice”.
Josh Clinton did his second SOS but he was in a different age group so his swim was double that from last year.
“I felt pretty good,” Clinton said about his race. His favorite part was the running, because that’s easier than everything else.
“I train in my backyard in my pool,” Clinton said.
For next year’s SOS he plans to do more work in the pool.
“I’ll do another couple of laps in the pool and bike more”.
New Paltz
“It’s fun, the whole thing,” said Alexandra Litchfield Frenza about the SOS4Kids.
This year’s kids’ swimbikerun had 72 participants ranging in age from 7-15 years old. The 7-8 year old age group swam 100 meters in New Paltz’s Moriello Pool, ran ½ a mile on the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, and biked 1.25 miles down Historic Huguenot Street.
The 9-15 year old age groups did the same course with distances of 200 meter swim, 1 mile run, and 4.25 mile bike.
Everyone completed the race with a ¼ mile run on the rail trail to finish under the SOS4Kids banner.
Ten year old Brady Saunders, race #13, was in the same age group this year as last year so he was used to the distances.
“I did better,” Saunders said about his performance this year. “I swam faster and I got a better bike that has gears and went faster”. He will probably do the SOS4Kids next year.
To improve his performance he said “I’ll go to swim practice”.
Josh Clinton did his second SOS but he was in a different age group so his swim was double that from last year.
“I felt pretty good,” Clinton said about his race. His favorite part was the running, because that’s easier than everything else.
“I train in my backyard in my pool,” Clinton said.
For next year’s SOS he plans to do more work in the pool.
“I’ll do another couple of laps in the pool and bike more”.
First time SOS competitor Alexander Barbato, age 10, had an awesome time.
“Running was my favorite thing to do,” Barbato said.
His hardest moment in the race was when he got out of the pool and started to run.
“Just keep on running,” he told himself. “And I hope I come in first”.
Transitions are a key part of any triathlon and second time SOS racer Alexandra Litchenfield Frenza felt like she improved hers.
“I think I put my shoes on and did the transition better this year,” Frenza said.
“I felt good during the race and I think I finished third,” she said about her race. She finished second in her age group.
Frenza said she learned about the SOS4Kids from Glenn and Mel at swim practice.
Glenn Lapolt and Melissa Gruver-Lapolt, both multi Survivors of the SOS, run a kids' swim practice which is how many of the young people got involved in the SOS4Kids.
All of the SOS4Kids finishers got tshirts declaring them SOS Finishers.
Awards were given to the top three finishers, male and female, in each age group.
Many of the SOS competitors were at the SOS4Kids with their children on Saturday and many of the kids were in Transition 1 helping out a parent on Sunday. Anticipating the day when a SOS4Kids finisher does the SOS.
“Running was my favorite thing to do,” Barbato said.
His hardest moment in the race was when he got out of the pool and started to run.
“Just keep on running,” he told himself. “And I hope I come in first”.
Transitions are a key part of any triathlon and second time SOS racer Alexandra Litchenfield Frenza felt like she improved hers.
“I think I put my shoes on and did the transition better this year,” Frenza said.
“I felt good during the race and I think I finished third,” she said about her race. She finished second in her age group.
Frenza said she learned about the SOS4Kids from Glenn and Mel at swim practice.
Glenn Lapolt and Melissa Gruver-Lapolt, both multi Survivors of the SOS, run a kids' swim practice which is how many of the young people got involved in the SOS4Kids.
All of the SOS4Kids finishers got tshirts declaring them SOS Finishers.
Awards were given to the top three finishers, male and female, in each age group.
Many of the SOS competitors were at the SOS4Kids with their children on Saturday and many of the kids were in Transition 1 helping out a parent on Sunday. Anticipating the day when a SOS4Kids finisher does the SOS.
