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Sandy MacDonald of Gold River, Calif., won Stage 1, a 4.2-mile race in Lake Buchanan on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Keith Bell, of TeamTexas Masters in Austin, won Stages 2 through 5. Stage 2 in Inks Lake, 2.6 mi. on Thursday; Stage 3 in Lake LBJ, 2.6 mi on Friday: Stage 4 in Lake Marble Falls, 3 mi on Saturday, and 3.6 mi in Lake Travis.<\/p>\n<p>Elise Ragland, also representing Austin&#39;s TeamTexas Masters, finished first overall in the Mini-Challenge portion of The Highland Lakes Challenge, which consisted of 800m races in Inks Lake, Lake LBJ, and Lake Travis and 1-mile races in Lake Buchanan and Lake Marble Falls.<\/p>\n<p><i>Special thanks to the Highland Lakes Challenge for contributing this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/media\/DSC_0150.jpg\" alt=\"Keith Bell and Dave Barra, Stage 5, Highland Lakes Challenge\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas, October 29. 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