2007: A Race Odyssey Event

	Sunday June 24 10th annual This will be the 10th year for the "Fieldstone Invitational Open Water Swim" Results 2004 Results 2005 Age Results 2005 Overall Results 2006 Age Results 2006 Overall
Register on line at www.active.com then type in: Fieldstone Invatational for the race and GA for the State and our race should come up for you. type in the name of the race, month and Georgia to get to online registration page. Registration Form Awards: Men & Women Overall 3 Deep Age Groups Swimmers in 5 year age groupings	Hosted by: The Ridges Resort and Club Cost: $35. pre registration fee (before June 15) to participate in the 5k swim Swim teams with 20 or more swimmers can register for $25 per racer $45 after June 15th Registration Form	The OPEN WATER SWIM Beginning at 10:00 am Come join in the9th annual open water swim, starting at 10 am from the Fieldstone Inn, Hiawassee Ga., ending up at the Clay County Recreation Park Hayesville NC. This is guaranteed to be a good workout for the first timers as well as the seasoned swimmer. There will be plenty of people, both in the water and on boats to help with the swim. Participants should be able to swim one mile in 40 minutes or less to be considered fit enough to complete this race in the allotted time." Include a page from a race results highlighting your time or split with your application Course Map: Test

Local Ironman, Dwight Moss(L), Race Director of the Great Smoky Mountains Triathlon Club, Scott Hanna(M) and veteran tri racer Mike Kelischek(R) moments after finishing the 4.5 mile open water swim that started at the foot of the mountains pictured in the background.

Some triathlon racers from the Chatuge Challenge race on June 17th considering the 4.5 mile open water swim pictured here.

The race begins at the lower left portion of Lake Chatuge and works it's way NE to the Chatuge Dam, (marked on map below) crossing the NC-GA state lines about 1/3 of the way. Written directions to the area are located on the MAPS TO RACES site located on home page.

If you've been wondering if you could complete a race like this, now is the time to find out. We're having several swim teams send in swimmers, as well as triathlon swimmers coming to take part in this state to state swim. Tee shirts will be given out to all pre registered swimmers and to swimmers that register day of race for as long as they last.

There will be several boats, kayaks and pontoons to watch over the field of swimmers to assure their safety. For information about hotels, campgrounds, restaurants, golf and other recreational activities see our sponsors site located on the home page.

6th Annual Fieldstone Open Water Swim 2003 This year we didn't do the 4.5 mile swim or the 9 mile Double Cross, but we did do our new 5k Open Water Swim and had a good turnout consisting of masters swimmers and youth swimmers from the Chatahoochie Swim Team from the Atlanta Ga area. It was a perfect day for the swim and we had some really fast times that will be very hard to brake in the years to come. FirstName LastName City State Sex Age Group TS Bib # Finish Neil Savage Roswell GA m 17 youth l 20 1:05:30 Santiago Castaneos Acworth GA m 14 youth s 22 1:11:29 Jay Webb Marietta GA m 15 youth l 21 1:13:33 Russ Turner Acworth GA m 17 youth l 23 1:13:35 Justin Singer Marietta GA m 15 youth l 45 1:13:46 Cameron Brown Acworth GA m 16 youth l 40 1:16:21 Laura Guilday Marietta GA f 16 youth s 28 1:21:15 Sabrina Milhous Marietta GA f 16 youth s 26 1:22:11 Mitch Turner Acworth GA m 12 syouth m 30 1:23:19 Rachel Lunde Woodstock GA f 14 youth s 14 1:23:24 Doug Hellerson Nashville TN M 57 55-59 XL 13 1:23:28 Juillian McBride Marietta GA f 13 syouth m 46 1:23:49 Catherine Armstrong Marietta GA f 15 youth s 43 1:23:54 Bill Murphy Lawrenceville GA m 39 35-39 XL 52 1:24:37 Timothy Wolf Cookeville TN M 38 35-39 L 15 1:25:10 Lauren Faucett Roswell GA f 17 youth m 29 1:25:30 Lesley Conrad Decatur GA F 21 20-24 M 24 1:25:39 Kellie Tellock Marietta GA f 13 syouth m 47 1:27:08 Lauren Peterson Canton GA f 14 youth s 35 1:27:11 Kim Hetzler Marietta GA f 15 youth s 25 1:27:17 Kathy Smith Marietta GA f 35 35-39 l 27 1:27:53 Chris Wohlfrom Marietta GA m 14 youth s 31 1:30:27 Kelsey Pilcher Marietta GA f 12 syouth s 50 1:30:30 Hillary Rodgers Roswell GA f 13 syouth m 17 1:30:33 Caroline Kim Marietta GA f 11 syouth l 19 1:30:54 Jessica Earl Maneha GA f 14 youth s 41 1:31:46 Scott Murphy Macon GA m 42 40-44 l 53 1:32:04 Matt Steinmann Atlanta GA m 47 45-49   55 1:33:36 Michael Wohlfrom Marietta GA m 15 youth s 34 1:34:56 Kristen Olsen Woodstock GA f 17 youth s 42 1:35:08 Clark Remta Marietta GA m 13 syouth l 36 1:35:50 Mandi Bell Kennesaw GA F 27 25-29 L 54 1:36:54 Katie Yeargin Woodstock GA f 13 syouth m 48 1:37:46 Milissa Joiner Marietta GA f 16 youth s 39 1:39:19 Amanda Joiner Marietta GA f 16 youth l 38 1:39:34 Jason Morris Atlanta GA m 28 25-29   57 1:42:05 Andrew Fuhrer Roswell GA M 31 30-34 XL 51 1:42:10 Chris Hetzler Marietta GA m 13 syouth l 49 1:43:13 Emily Cohen Marietta GA f 13 syouth m 18 1:47:34 Jason Downey Woodstock GA m 14 youth XL 44 1:48:02 Ayron Fears Powder Sp GA m 41 40-44 XL 12 1:48:30 Tiffany Aubrey Atlanta GA f 31 30-34   56 1:49:51 William Shults Roswell GA m 13 syouth s 32 1:55:40 Robert Adams Huntsville AL M 43 40-44 L 16 1:57:45 Kent Bishop Atlanta GA m 63 60-64   11 2:18:14 Vineet Venugopal Lawrenceville GA M 28 25-29 M 10 2:20:38

2nd Annual Lake Chatuge Double Cross 9 Mile Open Water Swim Male Overall Finish Times: 1st Place: John Hobson 48 Normal Ill. 1:50:16, 4:22:14 2nd Place: Sponge Macintyre 51 Atlanta Ga 2:04:14, 5:03:51 3rd Place: JD Clockdale 27 Atlanta Ga 2:17:24, 5:15:32 Good Job to Steve Brown and Sean Binregan for their great effort at the Double Cross. They both made the full 4.5 mile swim and 3 miles on the way back; A total of 7.5 miles before the sun and water took its toll. I'm sure they'll be back to take the challenge again next year. Female Overall Finish Time: 1st Place and Only Female Swimmer Ajae Clearway 31 Brooklyn NY 2:12:39, 5:18:57 5th Annual Fieldstone Invitational 4.5 Mile Open Water Swim Overall Male Winner: 1st Place Neil Savage 16 Marietta Ga 1:24:22 2nd Place Santiago Castanena 13 Acworth Ga 1:35:09 3rd Place Bill Bond 41 Decatur Ga 1:37:27 Overall Female Winner: 1st Place Melissa Marcinkowski 27 Atlanta Ga 1:30:24 2nd Place Claire Lederman 21 Atlanta Ga 1:38:10 3rd Place Jenifer Kanetsky 20 Atlanta Ga 1:43:09 Our thanks to all the swimmers from the Chattahoochi Swim Team: This was the fastest group of swimmers yet. The conditions were very windy and the swimmers had a lot to deal with. The great time recorded in this race show how hard these kids work in their home pool and what great coaching they have. Once again, Great Job to everyone.                 FirstName LastName City State Sexage Agegroup bib# Finish Female 8-11               Kelsey Pilcher Marietta GA f11 f8-11 41 1:47:19 Sharron McLellar Marietta GA f10 f8-11 47 2:05:11                 Female 12-15                               Sabrina Milhous Marietta GA f15 f12-15 42 1:45:56 Laura Guilday Marietta GA f15 f12-15 53 1:51:56 Denise Butler Marietta GA f15 f12-15 51 1:52:16 Jessica Webb Marietta GA f13 f12-15 35 1:57:51 Jill Tellock Marietta GA f15 f12-15 49 1:58:55 Jullian McBride Marietta GA f12 f12-15 32 1:58:56 Kim Hetzler Marietta GA f14 f12-15 40 1:59:01 Jessica Earl Marietta GA f14 f12-15 54 1:59:04 Rachel Lunde Woodstock GA f13 f12-15 55 2:04:33 Lauren Peterson Canton Ga f13 f12-15 74 2:04:40 Kellie Tellock Marietta Ga f12 f12-15 73 2:04:46 Rebekah Evans Marietta GA f14 f12-15 37 2:05:24 Emily Cohen Marietta GA f12 f12-15 48 2:17:26                 Female 16-19                               Sarah Littlefield Atlanta GA f19 f16-19 59 1:53:57 Lauren Faucett Roswell GA f16 f16-19 38 1:55:57 Female 20-24                                               Claire Lederman Atlanta GA f21 f20-24 60 1:38:10 Jennifer Kanetsky Atlanta GA f20 f20-24 61 1:43:09 Elaine Roach Hendersonville NC F20 f20-24 24 1:48:43                 Female 25-29                               Melissa Marcinkowski Atlanta GA F27 f25-29 20 1:30:24 Lisa Zahren Atlanta GA f26 f25-29 62 2:06:35 Andrea Anderson east ridge TN f27 f25-29 66 2:41:22                 Female 35-39                               Mikell Gleason Athens GA f38 f35-39 27 2:19:19 Theresa Hodges Bellevue NE F36 f35-39 17 2:47:41                 Female 45-49                               Debbie Wilson Waynesville N.C f48 f45-49 75 1:48:05                 Male 8-11                               Mitch Turner Acworth GA m11 m8-11 43 1:52:13 Benjamin Hatchett Demorest GA m11 m8-11 64 2:40:46                 Male 12-15                               Santiago Castanena Acworth GA m13 m12-15 57 1:35:09 Cameron Brown Acworth GA m15 m12-15 33 1:40:52 Mark Campbell Woodstock GA m15 m12-15 58 1:41:05 david Schlifka Roswell GA m14 m12-15 31 1:41:55 Jay Webb Marietta GA m14 m12-15 36 1:42:19 Justin Singer Atlanta GA m14 m12-15 71 1:43:06 Kyle Manthe Marietta GA m13 m12-15 45 2:04:56 Chris Hetzler Marietta GA m12 m12-15 39 2:22:53                 Male 16-19                               Neil Savage Marietta GA m16 m16-19 30 1:24:25 Richard Carswell Marietta GA m18 m16-19 46 1:43:01 Lain Shakespeare Atlanta Ga m19 m16-19 76 1:43:42 Jaime Castanera Acworth GA m16 m16-19 56 1:45:57 Russ Turner Acworth GA m17 m16-19 44 1:47:01                                 Male 25-29                               Timothy Caputo Altanta GA M28 m25-29 12 1:46:24 Lance Benedict Atlanta GA m29 m25-29 68 2:05:04                 Male 30-34                               Randy Raggio Nashville TN M33 m30-34 23 1:37:34 Andy Bristow Atlanta GA m33 m30-34 69 1:45:09 Caleb Hellerman Atlanta GA M31 m30-34 15 1:47:14 Tom Holland Nashville TN M31 m30-34 18 1:51:20 Tim Saviello Atlanta GA M34 m30-34 25 2:09:13                 Male 35-39                               Bill Murphy Lawrenceville GA M38 m35-39 22 1:53:20 Randall Grimes Atlanta GA m39 m35-39 65 1:54:16 Craig Stimpert El Paso IL m37 m35-39 26 2:37:28 Thomas Hatchett Demorest GA m38 m35-39 63 2:48:28                 Male 40-44                               Bill Bond Decatur GA M41 m40-44 11 1:37:27 Ben Waites Cumming Ga m19 m16-19 72 1:49:49 Scott Murphy Macon GA M41 m40-44 21 1:56:49 Ayron Fears Powder Spring GA m40 m40-44 52 2:09:32 John Fischer Atlanta GA M43 m40-44 14 2:32:45 Ted Blume Bellevue NE M44 m40-44 10 2:48:12 Male 45-49                               Matt Steinmann Atlanta GA m46 m45-49 70 1:57:45                 Male 55-59                               Doug Hellersom Nashville TN M56 m55-59 16 1:43:26

Fourth Annual Fieldstone Invitational 4.5 Mile Open Water Swim & First Annual 9 Mile Chatuge Double Cross Scott Fredrick won the overall race for the second year with a winning time of 1:27:22. His time last year was 1:26:29, but this years swim was almost 2/10 mile longer. Great Job Scott!! Our Overall Female Winner was Amy Armond with the time of 1:36:43 Great Swim!! Last years winner had a 1:36:02, but the course was shorter. This was our First Annual Chatuge Double Cross 9 Mile Open Water Swim We had 2 swimmers compete in this race. First Place Went to Adrien Weindburg from NYC Finish Time of 4:59:05 Adrien participated in the Around Manhattan Open Water Swim Second Place Went to Bruce Wettia From Atlanta Ga. Finish Time of 5:01:59 Bruce competed in the Molokai Channel swim in Hawaii We are proud to have these two Double Cross Swimmers join us this year and hope they can come and compete again next year. Our thanks to all the swimmers from the Chattahoochi Swim Team and the Dynamo Masters for their participation in these races. First Name Last Name City State Age Sex Race # Finish Time Amy Armord     24 f 149 1:36:43 Anna Delozier Kathleen GA 38 f 110 1:41:31 Dorothy Sarpy   Ga 24 f 144 1:42:01 Beth Gardner   Ga 36 f 154 1:48:23 Karel Tronabene   Ga 20 f 147 1:51:34 Amber Stein   Ga 14 f 151 1:53:25 Laura Guilday Marietta GA 14 f 123 1:54:16 Sabrina Tuttle   Ga 14 f 152 1:54:23 Shirley Roberts Athens GA 21 f 122 1:55:19 Jullian Tellock   Ga 14 f 150 1:55:19 Lauren Faucett Roswell GA 15 f 115 1:56:25 Andrea Ozlins Atlanta GA 41 f 119 2:07:03 Kimberly Lambert Atlanta GA 30 f 135 2:07:38 Keisha Case Atlanta GA 31 f 128 2:09:39 Kelly Gillig Knoxville Tn 43 f 107 2:12:01 Katherine Lochery Marietta GA 12 f 127 2:12:15 Jessica Webb Marietta GA 12 f 102 2:12:19 Emily Ross   Ga 16 f 148 2:21:36 Denise Sutter Marietta GA 14 f 116 2:21:38 Mikell Gleason Athens GA 37 f 129 2:22:50 Eileen Steil Marietta GA 31 f 138 2:25:43 Elizabeth McMichael Leonardtown Md 36 f 111 dnc Scott Fredrick Alpharetta GA 34 m 114 1:27:22 Neil Savage Marietta GA 15 m 141 1:30:41 Gary Eaton Duluth GA 44 m 117 1:34:58 Sontiago Castaneda Acworth GA 12 m 137 1:40:18 Randy Raggio Nashville Tn 32 m 109 1:41:10 Bill Bond   Ga 40 m 155 1:42:27 Jamie Castaneda Acworth GA 15 m 136 1:43:01 Tom Piacentini tucker GA 43 m 130 1:43:30 Richard Carswelll Marietta GA 17 m 112 1:45:31 Jay Webb Atlanta GA 13 m 103 1:46:52 Adrien Weindling NYC NY 28 m 124 1:46:53 Russ Turner Acworth GA 16 m 126 1:48:42 Clay Stanton Atlanta GA 34 m 105 1:49:58 Doug Hellerson Nashville Tn 55 m 108 1:50:09 Brad Davidorf Atlanta GA 36 m 134 1:50:14 Cameron Brown Akworth GA 14 m 139 1:51:26 Kalen Kirkpatrick   Ga 12 m 153 1:54:47 Matt Steinmann Atlanta GA 45 m 133 1:56:10 David Shinn Atlanta GA 26 m 101 1:57:05 Tom Holland     30 m 142 2:00:52 Patrick Laughlin Atlanta GA 47 m 121 2:08:15 Squid Macintyre Atlanta GA 50 m 113 2:09:39 Bruce Wetta Atlanta GA 46 m 120 2:09:59 Mark Schilling Atlanta GA 22 m 125 2:12:15 Tim Savielf     33 m 143 2:12:19 Brad Westrick     28 m 145 2:18:40 Bill Brinson Knoxville Tn 42 m 104 2:31:55 Hal Stolz Ellijay GA 66 m 106 2:34:28 Kyle Mantahe Marietta GA 12 m 140 2:06:37 Camden Wentz Marietta GA 10 m 118 dnf Randy Axs         146 2:06:52

Results from our 3rd annual Fieldstone Invitational 4.5 mile Open Water Swim First Name Last Name Address Age Sex Race # Age Group Finish Time Scott Fredrick Alpharetta Ga 34 m 38 b 1:26:29 Gary Eaton Atlanta Ga 43 m 74 c 1:32:12 Bill Bond Decatur Ga 39 m 36 b 1:32:20 Bob Sherrier La Grange Ga 41 m 42 b 1:32:48 Clay Stanton Atlanta GA 33 m 39 b 1:33:03 Allison Maxwell Murphy NC 12 f 16 a 1:36:02 Beth Gardner Atlanta GA   f 32 b 1:36:10 Tom Schmaltz Acworth Ga 46 m 71 c 1:36:17 Cord Patrick Cumming Ga 34 m 44 b 1:37:17 Bob Piacentini ? Ga 42 m 75 c 1:37:58 Bruckner Chase Apex NC 34 m 34 b 1:41:15 Morgan Maxwell Murphy NC 14 f 10 a 1:42:27 Vanessa Maxwell Murphy NC 17 f 9 a 1:43:13 Marilyn Hall Watkinsville Ga 30 f 30 b 1:43:37 Robert Smith Blairsville Ga 12 m 13 a 1:49:24 David Shinn Doraville Ga 25 m 40 b 1:49:24 Matt Steinmann Atlanta Ga 44 m 50 c 1:49:45 Tyler Earnst High Point NC 28 m 33 b 1:51:48 Lincoln Willams Dallas Tx 34 m 51 b 2:01:51 James Wilson Knoxville Tn 36 m 55 b 2:06:33 Sinker Macintyre Atlanta Ga 49 m 70 c 2:07:14 Amber Stein Murphy NC 13 f 8 a 2:07:41 Sebrina Tuttle Blairsville Ga 13 f 11 a 2:08:29 Tim Nettleton Marietta Ga 28 m 54 b 2:14:02 Rafael Boada Sumerna Ga 29 m 52 b 2:19:20 Scott Hanna Hayesville NC 46 m   c 2:20:21 Jim Mahoney Oak Ridge NC 40 m 72 c 2:21:36 J.Scott Jordan Knoxville Tn 37 m 37 b 2:28:22 Mike Kelischek Murphy NC 44 m 56 c 2:32:17 Steven Brown Loganville Ga 39 m 41 b 2:37:50 Kristin Gunderson Canton Ga 19 f 5 a 2:39:17 Doug Papciak Loganville Ga 34 m 35 b 2:44:15 Jarret Holland Canton Ga 21 m 6 a 3:09:07 Patric Hickey Hayesville NC 32 m 155 b 3:10:01 Robert Mertz Greer SC 44 m 73 c 3:16:01 Eddie Smith Blairsville Ga 11 m 12 a DNF

With a field of 43 swimmers the Fieldstone Invitational 4.5 mile open water swim started almost on time under cloudy skies and wind. It was the worst weather we had to swim in sense the start of the event 3 years ago, but the field of swimmers overcame the wind and light rain to blow out the old records that were set at the lake swim. Swimmers from the Dynamo Masters of Atlanta sent in the biggest contingent of swimmers, followed by the North Ga Rapids swim team. Both of these clubs took home awards and got their names in the record books. Scott Fredrick from Alpharetta Ga led the field of swimmers across the lake and had an overall winning time of 1:26 :29. Twelve year old Allison Maxwell was the overall winner for the ladies with a winning time of 1:36:02. The race across the lake was made safe thanks to the help of the Clay County Rescue Squad by having 7 water vehicles on the lake to watch over the swimmers. We at the Great Smoky Mountains Triathlon Club want to thank the Fieldstone Resort for sponsoring this event and donating the supplies and boats that were used to produce the race. My thanks to all the swim clubs that were here to compete from as far away as Jacksonville NC, Birmingham Al, La Grange GA, & Knoxville Tn. We are looking forward to next years race when the club wants to put on 2 open water swim. The second swim will be called the Chatuge Double Cross. The best of the best swimmers will not only do one crossing of the lake, but 2 crossings. They will swim from the Fieldstone resort to the Chatuge Dam and back again, a total of 9 miles. I'll let you know the dates for that swim sometime early in 2001. Keep an eye on the web site for more updates on this race and other races we're doing here in the beautiful N Ga and Western NC Mountains.