2003 High Performance Athletes -- triathlon

These Triathlon Manitoba members are High Performance Athletes for triathlon for 2003. (For high performance Junior, Duathlon, and Long Course athletes, click here.)

The Elite/A/B time standards are documented in our 2003 High Performance Program document.

Provincial Team members are those athletes who represented Manitoba at the 2003 Canadian Triathlon Age Group Championships in Edmonton on July 13th. (Junior athletes in the Under 23 and Under 19 categories qualify for spots on the Provincial Junior Team.)

National Team members are those athletes who met the national performance standards at either the 2003 Canadian Elite Triathlon Championships in Victoria BC on June 29th, the 2003 Canadian Triathlon Age Group Championships in Edmonton on July 13th, or the 2003 Canadian Junior Triathlon Championships at Magog Quebec on July 26th, and then represented Canada at the 2003 ITU Triathlon World Championships in Queenstown New Zealand on December 6, 2003. Junior Athlete Jenna Wilson is competing in the draft-legal Junior Sprint event.

Name Club / Home 2003 Age Group Time Standard / Team
Jim Munro Tribalistic - MNTC / Winnipeg Male 55 to 59 A / Provincial Team & National Team
Mickey Stokotelny Tribalistic / Winnipeg Male 70 + A / Provincial Team & National Team
Allan Scott Winnipeg Male 20 to 24 A / Provincial Team
Patrick Peacock Tribalistic - MNTC / Winnipeg Male 30 to 34 A / Provincial Team
Jeff Morier Tribalistic - MNTC / Winnipeg Male 30 to 34 A / Provincial Team
Brian Schroeder Tribalistic / Winnipeg Male 45 to 49 A / Provincial Team
Erica Stechesen MNTC / Winnipeg Female 35 to 39 A / Provincial Team
Edie Fisher Kenora - MNTC / Kenora Female 45 to 49 A / Provincial Team
Linda Markham Triple Threat / Winnipeg Female 45 to 49 A / Provincial Team
Norm Cameron Winnipeg Male 60 to 64 A
Cherrie Fournier Tribalistic / Winnipeg Female 35 to 39 A
Jenny Ayers Tribalistic / Winnipeg Female 40 to 44 A
Dave Lipchen Tribalistic / St Andrews Male 25 to 29 B / Provincial Team
Philippe Chabot Triple Threat / Winnipeg Male 35 to 39 B / Provincial Team
Doug Pickering Westman Triumphs / Brandon Male 50 to 54 B / Provincial Team
Lynne Laporte Winnipeg Female 20 to 24 B / Provincial Team
Myles Tycholis Winnipeg Male 40 to 44 B
Melanie Leclair Tribalistic / Winnipeg Female 25 to 29 National Team
Jamie Wilson Tri North / OCN Male 35 to 39 National Team
Jenna Wilson Triple Threat - MNTC / Winnipeg Female Junior Elite National Team

Manitoba results from the 2003 ITU Triathlon World Championships in Queenstown, New Zealand on December 6th (posted on December 8, 2003)

Jenna Wilson       1:22:29    34/39 in Female 16-19
Jamie Wilson       2:30:23    84/98 in Male 35-39
Melanie Leclair    2:42:06    55/87 in Female 25-29
Jim Munro          2:44:17    26/71 in Male 55-59
Mickey Stokotelny  4:09:15    8/11 in Male 70-74

Manitoba results from the Canadian Age Group Triathlon Championships in Edmonton on July 13th (posted on July 14, 2003)

Kelly Mahoney, Team Manager for the Manitoba Provincial Team, is happy to inform us that all the Manitobans competing at the 2003 Canadian Age Group Triathlon Championships had good races.

004 Jeff Morier         2:03:02   3/46 in Male 30-34
011 Patrick Peacock     2:04:47   7/46 in Male 30-34
013 Allan Scott         2:04:57   2/37 In Male 20-24
038 Brian Schroeder     2:10:15   3/39 in Male 45-49
049 Jared Spier         2:11:09   8/45 in Male 25-29
052 Dave Lipchen        2:11:48  10/45 in Male 25-29
084 Philippe Chabot     2:15:19  14/47 in Male 35-39
094 Erica Stechesen     2:16:03   1/27 in Female 35-39
105 Edie Fisher         2:17:26   1/19 in Female 45-49
158 Jamie Wilson        2:20:43  20/47 in Male 35-39 
185 Doug Pickering      2:22:37   6/16 in Male 50-55
224 Jim Munro           2:26:26   3/17 in Male 55-59
254 Melanie Leclair     2:28:51  24/54 in Female 25-29
258 Lynne Laporte       2:29:06  13/41 in Female 20-24
278 Charmaine Shannon   2:30:40  26/54 in Female 25-29
350 Kimberley MacDonald 2:39:03  37/54 in Female 25-29
366 Linda Markham       2:41:09   6/19 in Female 45-49
493 Mickey Stokotelny   3:22:17   2/3  in Male 70+

Click here for complete results.

Manitoba results from the Canadian Elite Triathlon Championships in Victoria on June 9th
by Gary Pallett  (updated on July 3, 2003)

What do you call it when you get the 80 fittest male and female athletes in the country together? The Canadian Elite Triathlon Championships.

Making the jump from racing provincially to racing against the defending Olympic Gold Medallist Simon Whitfield is like a novice cyclist competing in the Tour de France against Lance Armstrong. In such a situation it's hard not to feel like a deer in the headlights -- everything around you seems so fast, and it's hard to be confident when you've never raced with triathletes of Olympic calibre before. This is what the Manitoba team faced this past weekend.

Although no one on the team was happy with their final results, the race was a great learning experience for all who attended, and will serve as a stepping stone to racing with World Class competition in the future. Many athletes on our team are very young and inexperienced, and part of their development will include good and not-so-good races. As long as we learn from all of the experiences, they are all worthwhile.

2003 Manitoba Elite team Allan Scott, Patrick Peacock, Kevin Breiter, Coach Gary Pallet, Erin Braun, Charmaine Shannon

2003 Canadian Triathlon Championships website

Elite Women (40 competitors)

Place/Name            Time     Swim   Bike     Run
36 Erin Braun         2:33:17  24:34  1:20:07  48:37
40 Charmaine Shannon  DNF      27:27

Elite Men (47 competitors)

Place/ Name           Time     Swim   Bike     Run
30 Kevin Breiter      2:08:08  19:42  1:08:36  39:51
38 Patrick Peacock    2:16:50  23:06  1:11:10  42:34
47 Allan Scott        DNF      24:43

Click here for complete results.

Manitoba results from the Apple Duathlon in Sartell Minnesota  by Gary Pallett  (updared on June 6, 2003)

Erica Stechesen was the overall top female finisher at the USA Midwest Duathlon Championships / USA World Duathlon Qualifier (Apple Duathlon) in a time of 2:11:13 on Saturday. Her splits were: 38:51 10K run / 1:11:05 42K bike / 19:51 5K run. The second place woman finished 34 seconds behind.

Our Namibian athlete Charmaine Shannon also raced very well, placing 12th of the 70 female finishers in a time of 2:21:45.

We also sent down 5 junior girls to get some experience racing in a stronger field. They all did well overall, and great considering they were the 5 youngest athletes in the race. The girls usually race over the 5K run / 20K bike / 2.5K run distance, so it was an interesting challenge for them to race at double the distance.

Here are all the results. Take a look at the juniors' transition times -- they are smoking fast.
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Click here for the Duathlon.com story about this race that includes comments about Erica's and Erin's performances -- here are the paragraphs about Erica and Erin in that story:

by Jerry MacNeil

Minnesota masters Jan Guenther, 44, and Derek Hager, 42, turned in stunning efforts at the 21st Apple Duathlon on May 31. Guenther, who won this race in course record time in 2002, finished second this time around. Her 2:11:47 was only 34 seconds off the time recorded by Winnepeg (sic), Manitoba's formidable Erica Stechesen, who is undefeated in duathlon action (4 for 4) thus far in 2003.

The following athletes set divisional records at the Apple Duathlon Worlds Qualifier on May 31: Erin Braun, 18, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Jan Tripp, 50, of Laytonsville, MD, Don Ardell, 65, of Tampa, FL and Al Treichel, 74, of Spring Hill, FL. 

Braun's 2:20:37 lowered the junior women's CR by a hefty 8:12.

Flawlessly produced, the Apple Duathlon served as a Team USA qualifier for the 2003 World Du Champs in Alferton, Switzerland in late August. It was also the second race of the 10-event Midwest Multisport Series. 

This page was last updated on August 28, 2004