a 16 - The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, August 12, 1992 Triathlon ~ (continued from page 1) ‘mounted deputies at the Penn State ‘Campus where the transition from bicycling to running will take place, ‘and where the race will finish. + Many of the triathlon volun- teers have been involved since the first race in 1982, a few, such as Ayleen Landon of Dallas, even ~ longer. ' Landon, who supervises the bike to run transition at Penn State has been involved with the tri- athlon since before it was a triath- lon — when it was only a run more than a decade ago. + “It was called the Back Moun- tain Run for about five years," said Landon. “My kids and my hus- band ran.” . Her husband, Tom Landon, ‘makes sure that the athletes all get on the bus at Penn State to ‘make it to Harveys Lake to the swim. ~~ Ron Dean of Dallas was pulled inte the triathlon by friends for the first race in 1982, and he’s been stuck with it ever since. © “I had some friends who were doing this and they said do me a favor...," said Dean, who along with his wife Amy, takes care of the registration of racers. This year, he'll also be montoring the hairpin | curve at the face of the Huntsville Dam. ~ . For the Deans and other Back | Mountain families, the triathlon has become a sort of exchange program, as they've opened their home to professional athletes from around the world. For one race, he had nine athletes staying in his home in Foxhollow. GR «. This year, sisters Joan and Joy ~ Hansenare staying with the Deans. “Joy Hansen puts away a roast beef dinner,” said Ron Dean. “You can't eat in a day what she puts away at dinner. Joan has a baked ~ potato and a salad.” +. Of all the athletes that have ‘stayed with them, Amy Dean re- members best New Zealander Scott ~ Donaldson who stayed with them | two years ago. ~~ “Itwas his first time in the U.S.,” said Amy Dean. “He was kind of | like a kid in a candy store. He was supposed to stay for a week, but instead he stayed two and half | weeks.” ~ +. To this day, the Deans and | Donaldson keep in touch. ““It's like an extended family,” said Amy Dean. “I like it because its a very big | event. It's a good event for the Back Mountain,” said Chip Morgan of ~ Shavertown, swim coordinator for the past four years. ~ Aswiminstructor for the Ameri- can Red Cross, Morgan has been a - volunteer for the triathlon since the first one. «“Gradually, I just moved up,” he ‘said. 9 A WINNING TEAM — Co-race directors for the Wilkes-Barre Triathlon James Harris and Joanne Gensel at Penn State Univer- sity's Lehman Campus which will host the triathlon this year. For Pat Kramer of Shavertown, who finds hosts for the interna- tional athletes, the triathlon has been a family project since the very beginning. Her brother Tim Bauman helped found the race in 1976 when it was just a run. Though no longer from the area, he puts his familarity with the pros towork, making sense of the race for spectators as an announcer at the finish line. Though Kramer's husband David was killed several years ago while making sure the course was set up properly the night before the race, she's stuck with the tri- athlon. If there is a medical emergency during the race, Dr. Charles Krivenko of Dallas and Nancy Kline of Shavertown, nursing supervi- sor of Nesbitt Hospital's emergency room, will have a cadre of para- medics at both the swimming area and Penn State University. Ed Gensel, along with Dallas Borough Police Chief Jack Fowler and Frank Gelsleichter will coordi- nate the volunteers along the course to try to prevent accidents. The Murgas Amateur Radio Club is providing radios and operators for the race. ' Martin Noon and Larry Dauksis of Harveys Lake gather a group of motorcyclists together who carry race marshalls along the course to make sure no rules are broken. Dozens of other volunteers co- ordinate other aspects of the race, ‘and scores of people help simply by being there with water along the course for the racers. Joanne Gensel started as a vol- unteer helping at the water sta- tions. “I'm not an athlete. I'm not a swimmer, a runner or a biker,” said Gensel. “To see it all come together, it's a wonderful experi- ence. It's a fun event, it’s a healthy event.” In 1988 Gensel assisted race . directorJerry Kowalskiand in 1989 she helped director Scott Milling- ton. 3 ! E: sHOP i 9 W. Northampton St. Ty Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701 HOME. FURNISHINGS 95-97 I NUMBER Phone: (717) 825-2024 jewelry « accessories * clothing In 1990 she and Harris teamed up to direct the race. The team approach worked, making it pos- sible for a director to be two places at once in the growing race. Gensel oversees the action at the swim area, where the race begins and where the swim to bicycle transition is, and Harris stations himself at Penn State University, where the bicycle to run transition is located, along with the finish line. Gensel takes care of the regis- tration, Harris the publicity. “I enjoy talking to the athletes on the phone,” said Gensel. “We get calls from all over the world, and theysayit's agreatrace. People forget how national and interna- tional the race has become.” Gensel said that one competitor entered the race after hearing about it on the beach. Harris's involvement with the triathlon started as a competitor in 1985, when he raced in his first triathlon in the Back Mountain. “ My wife Andrea was a swim coordinator in 1989. In 1989 Scott Millington asked me to be bike coordinatar,” said Harris, who still races in triathlons. “I miss racing this race.” “I liken it to theater, to directing a play. I was in theater for years and years. I've been doing events like this since high school,” said Harris, but he added, like a play, “there's nothing a director can do on opening day.” Harris began racing in tri- athlons because of the challenge, but says that directing the race is a lot harder. “I never dreampt about racing. But I dream about the race a lot,” said Harris. “Triathlon is an indi- vidual competition. Organizing the triathlon is a very big team effort.” “People come up and just say thank you and it’s a great feeling,” said Gensel. Retirement Distribution: IRA Rollover or Lump Sum? The 60 Day Decision If you are contemplating retirement, or if you are entitled to a company funded lump-sum distribution, you generally have only 60 days to make one of the most important investment decisions of your life. 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Monday-Thursday - 9:30 A.M. - 8:30 P.M. 90 DAYS SAME AS CASH SS = Wilkes-Barre Triathlon Harveys Lake Bicycle Course at. 419 Finish» Penn State University Zz \ \ \ Catalpa Road Demunds corners Lower Demunds Road "60€ 1d Hilderbrandt Fernbrook rT \Corners Triathlon course and schedule The Wilkes-Barre Triathlon will start at 8:30 a.m. with the 1.5 kilometer swimming leg at Sandy Beach at Harveys Lake. Spectators are strongly advised not to drive to the lake because there isn't any parking available. Shuttle buses will be provided from the Penn State campus in Lehman to the lake. The first swimmer is expected out of the water by 8:50 a.m. and the bicycle leg will begin. The 40 kilometer bicycle course will follow Route 415 from Sandy Beach to Hanson's, where it will turn north to Route 29. From Route 29, the course will turn back towards the lake at Alderson. The bicyclists will continue along the Alderson- Kunkle Road, Catalpa Road, Lower Demunds Road, Over- brook Road, Huntsville Road, and Old Route 115 to Penn State University's Lehman Campus. Traffic may be slowed all along the bicycle course, but drivers can expect delays at the follow- ing intersections in particular: Route 309 and Kunkle-Alderson Road, Demunds Fernbrook Corners, Overbrook Road and Pioneer Avenue, and Huntsville Road at the face of the dam. While the triathlon was held at College Misericordia for all of its previous years, it was moved Corners, . to Penn State because the con- struction work at Misericordia left no room for the triathlon set- up. The first bicyclist is expected to finish at about 9:50 a.m. The 10 kilometer run course will take the athletes through ru- ral farm roads behind the Penn State Campus to Sutton Road and Mountain View Road. Ths first overall finisher is expected” at about 10:30 a.m. at the Penn State Campus. 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