For the second year in a row, Eric Roy won the overall Tinman title — a 70.3-mile race that combines a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike ride and a 13.1-mile half marathon — with a total time of 4 hours, 22 minutes, 18 seconds at the 42nd annual Tupper Lake Tinman on Saturday.

His son Simon Roy, 15, won the sprint division — a 16.2 mile triathlon — in 1:11:47. It was Simon’s third consecutive year winning the sprint title.

“It’s really great to share a patch with (my dad),” he said.

For Eric, it was was the fourth time he won the half Ironman distance and the 10th time he’s competed in the Tupper Lake Tinman. He previously won the Tinman in 1998, 2009 and 2023.

Jennie Hansen of Rochester nears the finish line of the Tupper Lake Tinman on Saturday. (Enterprise photo — Parker O’Brien)

“I love this course,” Eric said. “I love the town and the atmosphere. The weather could be better, but I’d love to come back next year.”

Racing in cold and windy weather with at times a downpour, Eric edged out Jamie Hoyt (4:32:07) of Binghamton, who placed second, and Jakub Skrzypczyk (4:33:36) of Douglas, New Brunswick, who was third.

“The wind made us shift a little bit on the bikes and it was a bit slower,” he said. “I think the wind was not in our favor, but you’ve got to adapt to the conditions.”

The weather seemed to have no effect on Simon, who dominated the sprint division once again. Over the past three years, Simon has steadily improved his time from the year prior, by around two minutes.

“Right now, I’m just competing in a shorter distance to build up speed and eventually I’m going to go to a further distance,” he said.

2020 Olympic women’s synchronized swimmer Claudia Holzner of Montreal, Quebec, competes in the biking portion of the Tupper Lake Tinman on Saturday.(Enterprise photo — Parker O’Brien)

Simon edged out Keith Casserly (1:15:31) of Rexford, who placed second in the sprint division, and Jeff Seaby (1:15:35) of Carleton Place, Ontario, who was third.

“It’s really great that I keep on winning here,” Simon said. “It just shows that my hard work is paying off.”

Rochester resident Jennie Hansen also earned her second consecutive women’s Tinman victory after finishing the course in 5:10:58. But for Hansen, Saturday’s race might been one of the hardest competitions she’s ever done.

“It was so rough out there,” she said. “Honestly it was just survival, so I was really happy to find myself in the lead and just keep hanging on. I got so cold.”

Despite winning the race, Hansen, who plans on competing in Ironman Lake Placid in July, didn’t have the best of times, according to her standards. She finished more than 26 minutes slower than her time last year.

“I was struggling and I didn’t make good decisions on my wheels on my bike,” she said. “So I was struggling just handling the bike and when it started to rain, I got really cold. So getting off on the run I was really trying to make it through.”

Bethany Kwarta (5:18:02) of Wallingford, Connecticut placed second overall in the women’s side of the Tinman. Isabelle Dickens of South Glens Falls finished third in 5:19:05.

The winner of the women’s sprint division triathlon, Rachael Mallory of Henrietta said the hills and the weather were the most challegning part of Saturday’s race.

“It was windy on the way back on the bike for sure,” Mallory said. “But I’ve been practicing hills, so its a good place to (compete).”

Mallory won the women’s title in 1:23:47. Jess Saalfield of Washington, D.C. took second place in 1:27:13 while Joanne Murray of Kanata, Ontario, was third in 1:27:28.

“I was (just) coming in and hoping for a good time,” Mallory said. “I was just happy to have done it. That’s why we say, ‘Hey we’re going to do it rain or shine.'”

In addition to the regular Tinman-distance triathlon and the sprint division, there was an Olympic distance triathlon of 33.1 miles and an aquabike race involving a 1.2-mile swim followed by a 56-mile bike ride. There was also a team relay in which one member of each team competes in a different leg of the race.

Julia Slyer of East Greenbush was the overall winner of the Olympic Division, marking the first time a female competitor won the the overall Olympic Division title since 2018.

When Slyer crossed the finish line in a time of 2:36:24, she was a bit shocked to find out that she was the overall winner. It’s something that has never happened to her before.

“I had not a great race a couple weeks ago and I was not even planning on doing this one,” she said. “But I wanted to have a fun race. I usually do longer ones, but this is really just for fun. I’m very surprised I beat all the guys.”

Slyer said she’s topped the women’s field in a sprint distance triathlon before, and has placed first in her age group, but she’s never outright won a triathlon, while beating all of the men’s competitors.

The women’s podium was rounded out by Bridget Schultz of Albany in second place in 2:56:01 and Rebecca Evansky of Hudson Falls in third at 2:58:39.

While Slyer has competed in the Tupper Lake Tinman before having competed in the Olympic division in 2019, she said the swimming portion of the race was very choppy.

“It’s probably one of the choppiest swims I’ve ever done so that was very challenging,” she said. “The bike was super fun with all the rolling hills and the run was great too.”

On the men’s side of the Olympic division, Carlos Andrade of Beaconsfield, Quebec was the top men’s athlete, completing the course in 2:41:41. Matt Crave of Schenectady in 2:45:13 was second and Jeff Dodge of Plattsburgh was third in 2:46:21.

While Andrade is no stranger to the Tupper Lake Tinman, having competed in the event six times, he’s only ever competed in the half Ironman.

“I’m 51 and I kind of started the season late this year, so I said ‘Lets do the Olympic.’ I guess there is more potential as you get older,” he said.

In the aquabike race, Simon Woods of Pittsford won the men’s aquabike for the third year in a row. Woods took home the top honor in a time of 3:06:11. Gary Roberts of Hornell was second in 3:44:11 and Alain Vaillancourt of Montreal, Quebec was third in 3:50:07.

On the women’s side, Caroline Martineau won the competition in 3:15:43. Laura Hoock of Rochester was second in 3:50:50 and Terry Boghossian of St. Hyacinthe, Quebec was third in 4:06:47.

The team relay results were not yet available as of press time Sunday.