You know - if you want to be an elite triathlete - then you need to get elite coaching. I’d say that wining Lake Placid makes Alex pretty elite! Here’s the press release:

(New York, NY) Trismarter.com Triathlon Coach Alex Mroszczyk-McDonald of Burlington, VT. was the top male finisher in the 2007 Ford Ironman USA in Lake Placid. Mroszczyk-McDonald finished the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike and 26.2-mile run in 9 hours, 16 minutes and two seconds, and boasted the only sub-three hour marathon to beat out the field of nearly 2,500 age-group competitors.

Mroszczyk-McDonald is currently a fourth-year medical student at the University of Vermont. After he completes his final year of medical school, he plans to race as a professional. View the complete results here.