Roughly 30 competitors battled it out at Saturday’s Sugar Beet Classic — a triathlon and 5K run that benefits the Powell Swim Club.

The event featured a 500-yard swim at the Powell Aquatic Center, a 15-mile bike route around rural Powell and a 5 kilometer run.

Ladell Merritt topped the men’s field in the triathlon, with a time of 1 hour, 10 minutes and 47 seconds. Cindy Phillips paced the women with a time of 1 hour, 39 minutes and 36 seconds, while the lone youth competitor, Kinley Cooley, posted a time of 1 hour, 45 minutes and 43 seconds.

The Heart Mountain GOATs took the team title by swimming, biking and running their way to the finish line in 1 hour, 16 minutes and 36 seconds.

As for the 5K, Kevin Pfefferle ran it in an event-best 19 minutes, 4 seconds, while Laura Viklund topped the women by running the 5 kilometers in 27 minutes, 40 seconds.

Triathlon – Total time (swim time, bike time, 5K time)

Solo Men

1. Ladell Merritt 1:10:47 (8:09, 41:19, 21:19)

2. Mitch Svaty 1:14.54 (11:05, 44:05, 22:44)

3. Tim Baxter 1:27.37 (12:25, 48:09, 27:03)

4. Oliver Mitchell 1:29:19 (10:17, 54:42, 24:20)

5. Les Benner 1:33:58 (12:14, 49:52, 31:52)

6. Dominic Shaffer 2:01:29 (17:33, 1:03.42, 40.14)

Solo Women

1. Cindy Phillips 1:39:36 (11:18, 58:12, 30:06)

2. Sheridan Trask 1:41:42 (12:41; 1:00:49, 28:12)

3. Bethany Taylor 1:44:09 (10:33, 1:02.57, 30:39)

Solo Youth

Kinley Cooley 1:45:43 (7:37, 1:12:42, 25:24)

Team Tri

1. Heart Mountain GOATs 1:16:36 (10:52, 37:50, 27:54)

2. Grahamclan 1:20:34 (8:39, 50:01, 21:54)

3. Mad Men 1:23:45 (6:52, 53:56, 22:57)

4. Misfits 1:25:19 (6:34, 49:54, 28.51)

5. Rodriguez 1:30:13 (7:32, 56:01, 26:40)

6. KK & A 1:53:33 (9:54, 1:17:46, 25:53

5K

Men

1. Kevin Pfefferle 19:04

2. Michael Gundlach 20:15

Women

1. Laura Viklund 27:40

2. Trudi Clark 30:41