Whitten Wins Silver at Pan Am Championships

 

July 24, 2009 

(Tlaxcala, Mexico) - Canada's Tara Whitten was second in the women's 19.8km ITT for the silver, while David Veilleux was 5th overall and third taking the bronze in the U23 men's competition with Roth Ryan (Canada) placing 6th. Mexico's Giuseppina Grassi brought the host nation it's first gold of the championships while Juan Carlos Lopez (Colombia) won the men's ITT.

Results

Women - 19.8km

1. Giuseppina Grassi (Mexico) 29:10.68
2. Tara Whitten (Canada) 29:46.91
3. Valeria Muller (Argentina) 30:11.87
4. Veronica Leal (Mexico) 30:21.99
5. Moriah Jo MacGregor (Canada) 30:39.64
6. Evelyn Garcia (Salvador) 30:58.29
7. Aline Paroliz (Brazil) 31:33.59
8. Olga Cisterna (Chile) 33:08.58
9. Geist Kimberly (USA) 33:22.57
10. Edith Guillen (Costa Rica) 33:29.36
DNS Marcela Rubiano (Costa Rica)