Mabio Costa       Triathlete        

Despite frigid air and water temperatures, approximately 148 age group women and 268 age group men completed the Mrs. T’s Pierogies USA Triathlon World Championship Qualifier on Saturday (June 2) in Lake Placid, N.Y.

In the Physically Challenged Division, Mabio Costa finished second for the modified triathlon that consisted of a 500-meter swim, 40K bike and 10K run.

On Thursday, organizers cancelled the swim and planned to make the race a duathlon, fearing that the cold water and air temperatures could cause hypothermia in some athletes. However, they changed that decision Friday and instead chose to shorten the swim. Originally, the swim was to be 1.5K.

Mabio Costa finished the race in 2 hour, 58 minutes and 25 seconds.

With this result, Mabio Costa qualified to represent the USA triathlon Team in the International Triathlon Union World Championships on July 21-22 in Edmonton, Canada.