SBAS Swimmers Win Medals at Lone Star Triathlon, Louisiana Senior Olympics

(SBAS swimmer Derrick Mauk (left) combined with Rex Moses (cyclist) and Brett Riley (runner) to win the 2009 Lone Star Triathlon Half Iron Man Relay at Moody Gardens in Galveston. Photo by Robert Kelly, Copyright 2009 All Rights Reserved)

By Chris Price
Copyright 2009 TexSport Publications

PASADENA/DEER PARK, TEXAS (April 10, 2009) South Belt Area “All Stars” Swimming Team (SBAS) members recently brought home many honors from two elite level competitions.

SBAS swimmer Derrick Mauk combined with cyclist Rex Moses and runner Brett Riley to win the Half Iron Man Relay at the 2009 Lone Star Triathlon at Moody Gardens in Galveston.

Mauk’s swimming time for the 1.2 mile open water course was 34 minutes 21 seconds. Moses rode the 56 mile bike leg in 2 hours 19 minutes 59 seconds and Riley ran the 13.1 mile leg in 1 hour 18 minutes 9 seconds. With transition time added in, their final time of 4 hours 15 minutes 14 seconds established a new course record. This was the second year in a row that Mauk and Moses have been on the champion relay. Last year, they combined with Carwyn Sharp to win the same relay

SBAS swimmer Lisa Hernandez competed in the women’s 25-29 year old sprint event, finishing in 8th place. Hernandez swam the 500 meters open water swim in 10 minutes 50.95 seconds, rode the 12.5 mile bike leg in 48 minutes 13.25 seconds and ran the 3.1 mile leg in 24 minutes 56 seconds. Her combined time, with transitions, was 1 hour 27 minutes 45.40 seconds.

SBAS swimming team coaches Robert H. and Darla S. Kelly also got into the action, competing in the Southwest Louisiana Senior Games at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

The Kelly’s brought home seven gold and three silver medals. Darla went five for five, winning gold medals in the 50-54-year-old 50 yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle 50-yard backstroke, 100-yard backstroke and 50-yard breaststroke.

Robert, competing in the 55-59-year-old age group, won gold medals in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle. He also took the silver medal in the 50-yard breaststroke, 100-yard breaststroke, and the 50-yard backstroke.

As a result, they both qualified for the Louisiana State Senior Games in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in October, 2009.

The next meet up for the SBAS swimmers will be the Cap 2K Open Water Race in Austin and the 1st Annual Roy and Jean Potts Masters Swim Meet in Belton. Both meets are in May.

The South Belt Area “All Stars” Swimming Team is a select swimming team consisting of elite swimmers from the Deer Park, Pasadena, Pearland, Friendswood, Clear Lake and Houston South Belt areas.