(Boulder, CO - August 9, 2009) Records are made to be broken. Even those set by St.Paul's David Thompson.)On Sunday, red-hot Timothy O'Donnell of Boulder, Colorado, carved almost four minutes off Thompson's 5430 Half IM record, a 3:49:38, set in 2007. Thompson, who has set seven course records of his own this season, finished in fourth place with very respectable time of 3:54:19. David is slated to race in another half--Pigman--next weekend, where he'll face defending champ Daniel Bretscher of Greencastle, Indiana.
O'Donnell's breakout '09 season features these outstanding 70.3 performances:
* 1st @ 5430 (3:45:51 -margin of victory 5:53)
* 1st @ Calgary 70.3 (3:55:28 - margin of victory 5:23)
(NOTE: Calgary and 5430 were on back-to-back weekends.)
* 1st @ St. Croix 70.3 - 4:02:36 - margin of victory 1:02)
* 2nd @ Kansas 70.3
* 3rd @ New Orleans 70.3
* 3rd @ Rev 3 Half
