Army women's team wins Armed Forces Triathlon

he All-Army women's team took first place at the Armed Forces Triathlon Championship and Army men finished in second and third places individually at the competition in Hammond, Indiana, June 7.

2nd Lt. Samone Franzese, a medical student, led the Army women to victory, finishing her 10-kilometer run in a torrential downpour with a combined triathlon time of 2 hours, 13 minutes and 15 seconds.

"I grew up in Portland, Oregon, and I have found that I race well in rain," Franzese said. "The weather probably helped my performance."

Capt. Nicholas Sterghos, a veteran competitor from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, finished second for the men with a combined time of 1:52:50, behind Navy Lt. Kyle Hooker of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, who won with 1:51:24.

2nd Lt. Gene Barrett LeHardy, from Fort Eustis, Virginia, finished in third place overall with a time of 1:53:04, a personal best.

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