Australian Olympic Distance Championships and Canberra Capital Sprint Distance

27/01/2010 9:57:40 PM

Balmoral Triathlon Club members had some great results at Canberra on January 24, 2010 in the Olympic distance and Sprint distance races. With temperatures soaring to around 40 degrees on the Saturday before the race most competitors where praying for a change and an earlier start.

 (Hold on... is that a gold medal around Karl's neck?)

Sunday dawned and the heat from the previous day was a distant memory. Conditions where close to perfect with enough cloud cover to keep the sun off everyone and no wind until the end of the race with only the last couple of waves getting it on the bike leg. The sprint distance race started at 6:45 with the first wave of the olympic distance starting at 7:10.

Karl Hayes, Duncan Houston, Richard High
Hansjoerg Knieling, Emiel Temmerman

 

Olympic Distance

Duncan Houston 01:59:38 15th overall and 4th in age group (2:12 in 2009)

Richard High 02:06:40 51st overall and 7th in age group

Amy Wilkinson 02:08:17 64th overall and 3rd in age group (2:15 at the World Champs in Sept 2009)

Hansjoerg Knieling 02:10:45 77th overall and 14th in age group (time includes 3 min penalty. PB but penalty pushed the official time out) (2:09 in 2009 and around 2:07 this year excluding penalty)

Emiel Temmerman 02:16:05 112th overall and 22nd in age group (PB) (2:21 in 2009)

Sprint Distance

Karl Hayes 01:08:41 7th overall and 1st in age group (A real sprint distance not a Kurnell one)

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Triathlon ACT Race Report Triathlon Canberra Triathlon