Under dark clouds that threatened — but didn’t really deliver rain — temperatures stayed cool as racers took part in the sprint, Olympic and Tinman distance triathlons or the aquabike race. The Tinman is a 70.3-mile race that combines a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike ride and a 13.1-mile half marathon. The Olympic race is 33.1 miles and the sprint distance is 16.2 miles. The aquabike race involves a 1.2-mile swim followed by a 56-mile bike ride.

Montreal’s Laurent Gervais won the overall Tinman with a total time of 4 hours, 12 minutes and 34.6 seconds while Tupper Lake’s own Amy Farrell was the fastest woman with 4:36:21.3.

“It was a good day; the weather was perfect — not too cloudy, just a little wind. It was the perfect weather to go fast,” Gervais said. “It’s a good feeling. You go as fast as you can and you hope that everything’s going to fall together, and it did today.

“The bike went well. The run course is kind of sneaky. You go between houses and you don’t really know where you’re going (or) where your opponents are, so it’s hard to stay focused. But it was a good day. The volunteers out there were all smiling and happy.”

Dennis Noel, left, and Mark Noel celebrate finishing the Olympic distance Tinman triathlon in Tupper Lake on Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Justin A. Levine)

Saranac Lake’s Rich Burke (4:19:32.2) took second overall and Malone’s Ryan Tober (4:27:02.5) claimed third for the men. Allison Gadaleta of Brooklyn (5:04:14.7) was the second-fastest woman and Delmar’s Beth Ruiz (5:07:23.9) took third.

In the Olympic distance, Plattsburgh resident Brooke Kelley was first overall with 2:22:25.8. Julia Slyer, of Averill Park, placed second for the women with 2:27:33.3 while Rachel Waller of Burnt Hills took third with a time of 2:30:22.4.

On the men’s side, Keene Valley’s Dylan Cohen was the fastest man with 2:27:04.5, and was followed across the line by Plattsburgh’s Jeff Dodge (2:34:16.4) in second and Keeseville’s Jeff Rushby (2:34:55.9) in third.

Kelley said she’s done Olympic distance triathlons before, but never this early in the season.

“I felt good,” she said. “I just wanted to go out and have fun and race hard, so that’s what I did. I really had no expectation. I’ve never done an Olympic this early in the season, so I was like, ‘I’m just going to train through this and see how fast I can go.’

David Nguyen smiles during the bike portion of the sprint distance Tinman triathlon in Tupper Lake on Saturday morning. (Enterprise photo — Justin A. Levine)

“I’m a racer, so I just kind of feed off the drive, the motivation — just hammering it, and that’s what I did. I just hammered it and had fun.”

In the sprint triathlon, Baltimore, Maryland resident Anthony Van Lierop was the fastest man and second overall with a finish time of 1:17:01.3. Mark Mulder (1:18:04.6) took second and Travis Blank (1:19:18.1) was third.

On the women’s side, Liverpool’s Kerzia Marchant (1:09:12.2) was first overall in the race, and was followed by Kylie King (1:19:47.1) and Mary Eggeres (1:27:28.9).

In the aquabike race, Jonathan Brault (3:00:58.7) was first overall, while Eric Boulanger (3:07:46.7) took second and Gary Roberts (3:19:38.3) placed third. Tricia Cadenhead (3:25:19.6) placed seventh overall and first for the women, while Kerri Thomas (3:34:24.5) placed second and Chelsea Palmer (3:47:11.1) finished in third.

Eleven teams also took part in the team relay triathlon, with the Lisbon Lesbians (4:24:46.5) placing first, followed by Two4Tri (5:01:25.7) in second and Giving it a Tri (5:43:31.6) in third.