Eric Lagerstrom Cascade's Eric Lagerstrom Win's U of O Triathlon 5/28/2008 12:54:34 PM EUGENE, Ore. - The Thunderbird's Eric Lagerstrom opened the summer season with a wire to wire victory at the "Duck Bill Thrill" triathlon hosted by the University of Oregon Triathlon Club in Eugene over the holiday weekend. The event consisted of a 1500 meter open water swim, a 40 kilometer (24.8 mile) bike ride, and a 10 kilometer (6.2 mile) run. After the swim portion of the race Eric had opened up a lead of 2:16 over the next competitor and preserved most of that lead throughout the bike as a strong field of triathletes worked to close the gap. Heading onto the run course the lead remained at 1:28 over his chasers, but fresh off a breakthrough track season Lagerstrom was too much for his pursuers as he increased his lead to more than 4 minutes before it was all over. Among the closest finishers was the past champion Ignacio Rodriguez and Team USA member Dave Campbell. Eric will represent the United States at the Triathlon World Championships in Vancouver, British Columbia later this month and was using this as a tune-up to prepare for that race. "I really didn't know what to expect today," Eric commented, "there were some fast guys in this race so I'm really happy with how things turned out." Complete results can be found at: http://www.eclecticedgeracing.com/uploads/2008%20DUCK%20BILL%20THRILL%20RESULTS.pdf\