Santa Cruz’s Cindy Padilla places 39th in 12th annual Barb’s Race triathlon

Cindy Padilla was the top Santa Cruz-area finisher, placing 39th in the 12th annual Barb’s Race triathlon that was run conjunction with the Vineman Triathlon in Sonoma County over the weekend.

Padilla finished the Olympic-distance event in 5 hours, 49 minutes, 3 seconds. She completed the swim in 41:30, the bike in 3:04:17, and the run in 1:53:58.

The all-women event was won by Los Altos’ Liza Rachetto in 4:55:56.

Results included in this report are from RaceResults360.

Santa Cruz husband and wife duo make top 100 in Vineman half-Aquabike

Paul and Kathryn Vroomen made their mark in the Vineman half-Aquabike competition in Sonoma County over the weekend.

Paul Vroomen, 56, was the top Santa Cruz-area finisher in 18th overall, and Kathryn Vroomen, 49, was 24th among women [73rd overall].

Paul Vroomen finished 13h among men and second in the men’s 55-59 age division, completing the 1.2-mile swim and 56-mile bike race in 3 hours, 22 minutes, 18 seconds. He did the swim in 34:58 and the bike in 2:43:23.

Ventura’s Mike Shaffer, 47, won the race in 2:47:57.

Kathryn Vroomen finished the swim in 36:13 and the bike in 3:20:05 en route to a 4:00:37 finish. She was sixth in the women’s 45-49 age division.

The women’s overall winner was Whitney Garcia of Boulder, Colo. Her time was 3:00:05.

Results in this report are from RaceResults360.com.

Sam Shimomura captures Rough Water Swim victories in junior division, masters division

Santa Cruz resident Sam Shimomura swam the fastest time of anyone at the 39th annual Rough Water Swim — a one-mile swim around the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf — and took the junior and masters titles on Saturday, according to preliminary results on bigskyendurancesports.com.

The 18-year-old arrived at the finish line on Cowell Beach in 17 minutes, 16.30 seconds — 15 seconds ahead of runner-up Trevor Gillis [Los Altos-Mountain View] in the masters division and almost two minutes ahead of runner-up Caleb Cripe [unattached] in the junior division. Cripe, 13, crossed the finish line in 19:28.20.

Sandy MacDonald [Sierra Marlins Swim Team] was third in the master men’s race in 18:38.15, and Jonah Silva [unattached] was third in the junior boys race in 20:58.15.

Slug swimmer Janey Heyman, 16, was the junior girls winner, crossing the finish line in 21:00.20. She was followed by runner-up Maddie Stander of Seaside, who finished in 21:10.56, and third-place finisher Mary Welton [Valejo Aquatic Club], who finished in 21:13.45.

Stanford’s Susan Preston, 50, won the masters women’s race in 17:50.50. She was followed by Lynn Jolly [The Olympic Club] in 20:58.30 for second place and Stephanie Rebro [UNAT] in 21:09.85.

In the wetsuit divisions, Margaurite Meyers [TOC] won the women’s race in 20:18.65 and Matthew Benoit [TOC] won the men’s race in 18:35.45.