The 31st edition of the Wood River Triathlon – a 450-meter swim, 12-mile bicycle ride and 4-mile run – took place Saturday morning under overcast and relatively cool conditions, with temperatures in the upper 70s and high humidity due to overnight thundershowers that rolled through the area.
Feeney, 56, is a native of Granite City and graduated from Granite City South in 1978. He was a part-time writer for the old Granite City Journal from 1979-84 before attending Eastern Illinois University in Charleston,
from which he earned his BA in journalism in 1988. He has worked for newspapers in Sikeston, Mo., Rocky Mount, N.C., Seneca, S.C. and in Charleston-Mattoon. He also worked for the old St. Clair County Suburban
Journals.
