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Army Capt. Nicholas Sterghos of Fort Hood, Texas, gestures as he finishes the Armed Forces Triathlon in first place June 1 at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, Calif. Sterghos, who finished with a time of 1 hour, 49 minutes, 21 seconds, finished second in last year's race.

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Army's CPT Sterghos takes men's gold

Army Capt. Nicholas Sterghos of Fort Hood, Texas, gestures as he finishes the Armed Forces Triathlon in first place June 1 at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, Calif. Sterghos, who finished with a time of 1 hour, 49 minutes, 21 seconds, finished second in last year's race.

Athletes from across the Services to include Canadian Forces team compete at the 2013 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship at NBVC, CA on 1 Jun

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Service Branch Teams

Athletes from across the Services to include Canadian Forces team compete at the 2013 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship at NBVC, CA on 1 Jun

Medalists of the 2013 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship from left to right: Silver - Maj James Bales (USAF), Keesler AFB, MS - 1:49:57; Gold CPT Nicholas Sterghos (USA), Ft. Hood, TX - 1:49:21; Bronze - LT Thomas Brown (USN), San Diego, CA - 1:50:20

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Men finalists

Medalists of the 2013 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship from left to right: Silver - Maj James Bales (USAF), Keesler AFB, MS - 1:49:57; Gold CPT Nicholas Sterghos (USA), Ft. Hood, TX - 1:49:21; Bronze - LT Thomas Brown (USN), San Diego, CA - 1:50:20

2Lt Samantha Morrison (USAF), Seymour Johnson AFB, SC leads the women's division of the 2013 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship

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Leading the Pack

2Lt Samantha Morrison (USAF), Seymour Johnson AFB, SC leads the women's division of the 2013 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship

2013 Women Triathlon Medalists from left to right: Silver Medalist LCDR Colleen O’connor (USN), San Diego, CA - 2:10:37; Gold Medalist 2d Lt Samantha Morrison (USAF), Seymour Johnson AFB, SC - 2:07:39; and Bronze medalist LT Rachel Beckman (USCG), USCG MSC, Washington, D.C. - 2:11:15

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2013 Women Triathlon Medalists

2013 Women Triathlon Medalists from left to right: Silver Medalist LCDR Colleen O’connor (USN), San Diego, CA - 2:10:37; Gold Medalist 2d Lt Samantha Morrison (USAF), Seymour Johnson AFB, SC - 2:07:39; and Bronze medalist LT Rachel Beckman (USCG), USCG MSC, Washington, D.C. - 2:11:15

Women Service members from across the Armed Forces line up ready to jump in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of NBVC Point Mugu, CA for the start of the 2013 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship.

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Ready for the Sea

Women Service members from across the Armed Forces line up ready to jump in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of NBVC Point Mugu, CA for the start of the 2013 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship.

Air Force Lt. Samantha Morrison, who graduated from the U.S. Academy just three days before the June 1 Armed Forces Triathlon, finished in 2:07:39, taking gold for the women's group.

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Air Force's 2d Lt Morrison takes women's crown

Air Force Lt. Samantha Morrison, who graduated from the U.S. Academy just three days before the June 1 Armed Forces Triathlon, finished in 2:07:39, taking gold for the women's group.

Winners of the 2013 Armed Forces Womens Triathlon Championship. US Navy.

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All-Navy Womens Team Wins Gold

Winners of the 2013 Armed Forces Womens Triathlon Championship. US Navy.

NAVAL BASE VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (June 4, 2013) – Army Capt. Nicholas Sterghos won the men’s crown and Air Force 2^nd Lt. Samantha Morrison led the ladies at the 2013 Armed Forces Triathlon Championships on June 1.

Sterghos, a Soldier from Cornelia, Ga., stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, completed the 1,500-meter swim, 40-kilometer bike and 10-kilometer run in 1 hour, 49 minutes and 21 seconds. Maj. James Bales (1:49:57) of Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., took the silver medal, and Navy Lt. Thomas Brown (1:50:20) of San Diego garnered the bronze.

Sterghos posted the fastest run (32:27 - 5:14 per mile pace) among competitors and the third-fastest swim (22:14). He was 17^th-fastest on the bike (53:38).

Morrison, a native of Fredericksburg, Va., stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, S.C., completed the same course in 2:07:39, and was followed by silver medalist Navy Lt. Cmdr. Colleen O’Connor (2:10:37) of San Diego, Calif., and bronze medalist Lt. Rachel Beckman (2:11:15) of the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Center in Washington, D.C.

Capt. Stephanie Hightower of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., led the Army women with a fourth-place finish in 2:11:59.

New Hampshire Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Nathan Dressel was the only other Army competitor among the top 10 with a fifth-place finish in 1:51:41.

Navy swept the men’s and women’s team titles. The Navy men (65) prevailed by one point over Air Force (66), followed by Army (127) and Marine Corps (132). The Navy women (24) also nipped Air Force (26), followed by Marine Corps (41) and Army (54).