BREWER – Britt Hulbert of Bar Harbor and Tommy McWalters of Thorndike recorded first place finishes in the Maine Games Pine Tree Triathlon Sunday and earned berths in the Best of the U.S. Triathlon Championships in Cyprus Gardens, Fla., in October.

Hulbert posted an overall time of 1 hour, 16 minutes, 31 seconds after clocking a 12:41 in the half-mile swim, 41:56 in the 13.4-mile cycle, and a 21:53 in the 5-kilometer run. McWalters finished in 1:04:51 with an 11:15 in the swim, 37:41 in the cycle and 15:50 in the run.

Hulbert and McWalters also qualified for the 2009 State Games of America in Colorado Springs, Colo.