Article: Company alone in first ; Columbia resident wins Show-Me triathlon in record time.

Joe Company long ago lost track of how many triathlons he's participated in. He knows the total is in the three-digit range over the last eight years, but the 34-year old Columbia resident knew for sure that, before yesterday, he had never won one.

Company, one of about 170 people competing in the triathlon and duathlon in the Show-Me State Games at Twin Lakes Recreation Area yesterday, swam, biked and ran faster than anybody else, as he finished in 1 hour, 21 minutes, 43 seconds.

"Overall, place hasn't been a huge issue. I get a lot of seconds and thirds, and that's OK because often I have an OK race and I'm happy with how I performed," Company said. "Winning, or knowing I have the ...

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