Five of the seven Americans competing in the Cape Town Triathlon on Sunday had their top finishes of the year. That started with Kirsten Kasper who was fifth and 19 seconds behind the winner Non Stanford of Great Britain. Kasper wasn’t the only American in the top ten as Sarah True, 25th in her only previous race, was ninth and 25 seconds behind Kasper. Lindsey Jerdonek made it three Americans in the top 20 with a 16th place finish 15 sconds behind True.

On the men’s side Kevin McDowell was the top American but finished 2:23 behind winner Fernando Alarza of Spain. McDowell was joined in the top 50 by Robby Webster who finished exactly 50th in his first race of the series. Webster was 1:50 behind McDowell.

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