Listin Diario Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 1997
CNY Latino NEWS PAPER
La vegana Raquel Torres ayer partió a Chicago, en Estados Unidos, para competir en el Campeonato Mundial de Triatlón que tendrá lugar este sábado, en esa localidad.
La información la dio a conocer Luis López, presidente de la Federación Dominicana de Triatlón (Fedotri), quien informó que Raquel Torres es la primera clasificada para los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe de Veracruz.
López indicó que la participación de la atleta quisqueyana en el Campeonato Mundial se debe a su posición 21 en el ranking mundial Panamericano, así como el puesto 117 que ocupa en la Unión Internacional de Triatlón (ITU).
Interview at Channel 6 NEWS Texas, USA 2016
Santo Domingo Corre News Magazine 2016
Banco BHD Leon Athlete Sponsorship, 2016.
La dominicana Raquel Torres conquistó el primer lugar del Michigan Championship Triathlon que se corrió el pasado fin de semana en Detroit, Michigan, Estados Unidos.
Torres hizo el recorrido en un tiempo de 2:05:02.
Tavares Torres obtuvo la primera posición overall de la prueba, mejorando su tiempo (2:05.02) en casi nueve minutos, en comparación con su penúltima prueba que era de 2:14:55.
Bávaro News, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, 2016
Torres compitió en octubre pasado en lo que se conoce como “Ironman full”, que consiste en cerca de cuatro kilómetros a nado, 180 kilómetros en bicicleta y un maratón de 42 kilómetros. Para esos fines recibió el apoyo de uno de sus patrocinadores, RH Mejía, que le suplió de una herramienta fundamental para este tipo de competencia, una bicicleta TT (Time Trial).
Trancycle Press conference. Santo Domingo, RD 2016
Rueda de prensa Copa Panamericana Santo Domingo 2016. REVISTA MERCADO SOCIAL.
Huerta y Fernándes ganan panamericano de Triatlón
SANTO DOMINGO. Manuel Huerta de Estados Unidos y Flavia Fernándes de Brasil se coronaron campeones de la Copa Panamericana de Triatlón 2013, evento que terminó ayer en Guayacanes, Juan Dolio.
Huerta hizo tiempo de 1:53:47.4, para llevarse la medalla de oro del evento, que reunió atletas de 20 paises, durante el pasado fin de semana
Rio Olympic Dream…
Raquel Torres has been training hard and making great progress toward reaching her dream goal of qualifying for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games for her home country of the Dominican Republic.
With this being her first real full season back to competition since her teenage years, Raquel is gaining qualifying points and confidence as she gets more international races under her belt.
Biggest Accomplishments
After 16 years out of sports, a childhood dream came true having the opportunity at my 30’s to race internationally and being competitive at more than 30 ITU International Triathlon Union- (Elite international level) and Professional category at 70.3 Ironman races -Dominican Republic Consecutive Champion from 2013-2017.-Winning 1st place or podium in almost all Michigan Triathlon events from 2013 to 2017. -Qualified by points earned at ITU International races for Toronto Pan-American Games in 2015.-Qualified by points (ITU) 3 World Series.
How to Become a Comeback Kid
Many adult athletes can trace their sporting start to a younger, simpler time when life’s responsibilities had yet to compete and consume their schedule. Dominican-born triathlete Raquel Torres was one such promising young athlete whose athletic achievements would be sidelined in her prime by study, marriage, and raising a family. Sixteen years later, with great coaching and a supportive family, Tavares-Torres has become the ultimate comeback kid.
TEAM OAM NOW/ATHLETIC MENTORS Delivers First Place Women’s Overall, 3 National Champions, and 6 World Championship Qualifiers at Grand Rapids TRI
June 13th, 2014 by Marie Dershem
The Grand Rapids Triathlon, one of the premier triathlons in all the Midwest and beyond offers distances from sprint through half-ironman, duathlon and aquabike. It’s the perfect race to get you through the rough winter training. Even more importantly, this fast and beautiful course is designated as one of the National Championship qualifiers which means select winners earn the privilege to represent the USA in Sweden, at the next World Championships!
Faster Out of the Water Means Faster to My Bike
May 21st, 2014 by Team OAM NOW / Athletic Mentors
By Profesional Tri-athlete Raquel Torres
Swimming is not my favorite part of the triathlon. For me, triathlons “start” when I hear the click of my helmet. I love to bike and I love to go fast, but at this level, if you want to race like a pro (ITU races), you’ve got to draft with the pros. In other words, I need to get out of the water with the faster competitors because they are also the fast-moving cycling pack.
3 Disciplines, 3 Races, 5 Athletes, 5 Great Finishes!
June 3rd, 2014 by Marie Dershem
TEAM OAM NOW/ATHLETIC MENTORS multi-sport team is a group of very talented, dedicated athletes who took on 3 early season triathlons with fantastic results. The great thing about triathlons is that they offer several options for multi-sport athletes. From sprint distance to full ironman, athletes can choose to participate in the triathlon (swim-bike-run), duathlon (run-bike-run), or even aquabike (swim-bike). Athletes can play to their strengths and preferences when choosing which distance and event in which to participate.
Raquel was born and raised in a small town called La Vega, in the center of Dominican Republic. She was very active as a kid, starting swim lessons at age of 3, and later doing some recreational MTB and triathlons. Here, she found her passion and represented the Dominican flag at the Junior Pan-American Championships in Costa Rica, and Mexico in 1997 & 1998, winning first place in both. At age 16 she participated as Elite during the first year that Triathlon was included in the Central American Games in 1998, finishing in 9th place.