2004 Junior Athletes -- Triathlon

Since 2002, the ITU World Triathlon Championships has had a Junior Sprint distance for athletes aged 16 to 19, and an Under 23 category at the Olympic distance for athletes aged 18 to 23.  Both races are draft legal. All categories are based on your age as of December 31st in the current year of competition. 

Our Junior athletes will compete at the Canadian Junior Triathlon Championships (Junior Sprint) on July 31st in Caledon Ontario.

Erin Braun & Amy Briscoe also qualified for the 2004 National Triathlon Team that competed at the 2004 ITU Triathlon World Championships in Madeira-Funchal Portugal on May 8, 2004.

Also see Duathlon.

Triathlon Canada's Junior and Youth rankings (updated on September 4)

The Triathlon Canada National Kids of Steel® Series consisted of 6 races (race #1 was at St Malo). The rankings are the final point standings in the series.

Junior  (16 to 19 year olds racing 750m swim / 20K draft-legal bike / 5K run)

Click here (Adobe PDF).

Youth (14 & 15 year olds racing 500m swim / 15K non-drafting bike / 4K run)

Male (3 Manitobans of 39 athletes who earned points)
Blair Peters, 2nd with 25 points (1st had 27, and 3rd had 25)
Cameron Bushell, 8th with 9 points
Taylor Lick, 10th with 8 points

Female (2 Manitobans of 36 athletes who earned points)
Sarah-Anne Brault, 6th with 15 points
Carlee Leclerc, 14th with 8 points

Manitoba results from the Appleseed Triathlon in Kelowna on August 21st (posted on Aug 25)

Three Triathlon Manitoba members competed at this multi-race event.

Junior Elite (750m swim + 20K draft-legal bike + 5K run, 28 competitors)

                   Cat Plc     Time       Swim       Bike  Swim+Bike        Run
11 Willie Bell     M  9/16  1:06:02    5  9:42   15 34:54    9 44:35   12 21:27
23 Jill Dobrinsky  F  7/12  1:11:30   14 11:14   19 36:37   19 47:50   22 23:40

Complete results are at www.raceheadquarters.com/results/2004/multi/applej.htm 

Kids of Steel® 14&15 (300m swim + 10K bike + 4K run, 32 competitors)

                   Cat Plc     Time    Swim    Bike Swim+Bike     Run
23 Taylor Lick     M 15/21  1:01:40   11:25   31:53     43:18   18:23

Complete results are at www.raceheadquarters.com/results/2004/multi/applek.htm 

Manitoba results from the Caledon (Ontario) Continental Cup on July 31st (updated on Aug 7th)

Eleven Triathlon Manitoba members competed at this multi-race event.

2004 Canadian Junior Triathlon Championship -- Female ( 750m swim + 22K draft-legal bike + 5K run, 45 competitors)

5th  Amy Briscoe    1:13:58  Swim - 11:53(13)  Bike - 41:01(3)  Run - 21:05(11)
9th  Erin Braun     1:15:31  Swim - 11:55(14)  Bike - 41:01(4)  Run - 22:37(17)
16th Jenna Wilson   1:18:28  Swim - 12:41(25)  Bike - 43:11(16) Run - 22:38(19)
23rd Jill Dobrinsky 1:20:22  Swim - 11:46(11)  Bike - 44:04(22) Run - 24:32(31)
34th Teresa Samek   1:24:00  Swim - 12:33(24)  Bike - 47:14(35) Run - 24:14(30)

36 of the 45 competitors were Canadians, so the girls' Canadian Junior Triathlon Championship finishes were 2nd (Amy -- silver medallist), 5th, 10th, 17th and 26th respectively.

For complete results, go to www.chiptimeresults.com/results/2004/igniteJF.htm.

2004 Canadian Junior Triathlon Championship -- Male (750m swim + 22K draft-legal bike + 5K run, 57 competitors)

DNF  Willie Bell  Swim - 10:33(9)  Bike - flat tire and crash.

For complete results, go to www.chiptimeresults.com/results/2004/igniteJM.htm.

Kids of Steel Male 14 to 15 years old (400m swim + 11K bike + 4K run, 52 competitors -- 29 male & 23 female)

5th  Blair Peters        44:59  Swim - 6:36(15)  Bike - 23:27(10)  Run - 14:57(1)
28th Sarah-Anne Brault   52:39  Swim - 6:52(25)  Bike - 27:44(40)  Run - 18:04(21)
52nd Cameron Bushell   1:06:42  Swim - 9:52(51)  Bike - 32:33(52)  Run - 24:17(50)

The male bronze medallist finished at 44:56 -- 3 seconds ahead of Blair who was closing in with the fastest run of the day.
Sarah-Anne finished 7th of the 23 girls.

For complete results, go to www.chiptimeresults.com/results/2004/igniteK14-15.htm .

Age Groups (1500m swim + 33K bike + 10K run, 155 competitors)

2nd Patrick Peacock  1:55:16  Swim - 21:47(8)   Bike - 56:42(2)   Run - 36:48(3)
4th Jacques Marcoux  1:58:32  Swim - 22:13(16)  Bike - 58:48(10)  Run - 37:32(5)

Patrick was 1st of 14 in Male 30 to 34.
Jacques was 2nd of 6 in Male 20 to 24.

For complete results, go to www.chiptimeresults.com/results/2004/igniteAge.htm.

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Manitoba Jr results from the 2004 Pan Am Tri Championships in Edmonton on July 11th (posted on July 12th)

Five Triathlon Manitoba members from the Manitoba National Triathlon Centre (MNTC) competed at the 2004 Pan American Triathlon Championships in Edmonton.  15 countries were represented.

Junior Sprint Women (35 competitors, 750m swim + 20K bike + 5K run)

1st               1:05:06
2nd               1:05:17
3rd  Erin Braun   1:05:52  Swim - 11:52  Bike - 34:05  Run - 19:57
5th  Amy Briscoe  1:06:39  Swim - 11:55  Bike - 33:59  Run - 20:46
11th Jenna Wilson 1:10:19  Swim - 12:06  Bike - 37:06  Run - 21:07
20th Teresa Samek 1:16:29  Swim - 12:47  Bike - 39:09  Run - 24:34

For complete results, go to http://www.triedmonton.com/TriEdmonton.asp?lid=107 and click on Junior Female Overall-Pan American Champs.

Kids of Steel Male 14 to 15 years old (17 competitors, 300m swim + 10K bike + 3K run)

1st                 38:54
7th  Blair Peters   41:07  Swim - 7:16  Bike - 20:04  Run - 13:48

For complete results, go to http://www.triedmonton.com/TriEdmonton.asp?lid=107 and click on KOS Male.

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Manitoba Junior results from the 2004 ITU Triathlon World Championships in Madeira-Funchal, Portugal on May 8th (posted on May 10, 2004)

Junior Women (Sprint distance, draft-legal) -- http://itu.sportsindex.net/wcjunior2004/lists/itu.php?race=1 

Rank No Name NF Swim T-1 Bike T-2 Run Total Diff
29 21 BRAUN, ERIN CAN 9:25 (35) 2:48 (19) 0:48:06 (23) 1:55 (31) 21:01 (39) 1:23:12.5 8:57
34 22 BRISCOE, AMY CAN 9:26 (37) 2:50 (24) 0:50:02 (33) 1:52 (23) 20:53 (35) 1:25:00.6 10:45

Amy Briscoe is named to the Junior World Team (posted on March 27, 2004)

Triathlon Canada has announced that Amy will be taking part in the 2004 Triathlon World Championships on May 8th in Madeira, Portugal as part of the Junior Women's Team.

Congratulations Amy!

USAT Junior World's Qualifier Triathlon (posted on March 15, 2004)

Congratulations to MNTC athletes Jacques Marcoux, Erin Braun, Amy Briscoe, Carolyn Wernham, and Teresa Samek who competed in the USAT Junior World's Qualifier Triathlon on March 13th.  

Female 15 to 19 (23 competitors)

01 Erin Braun      18 Winnipeg MB  11:01(3)  34:43(4)  20:16(3)  1:06:49 
02 Amy Briscoe     17 Winnipeg MB  11:25(8)  34:13(2)  20:53(6)  1:07:18 
14 Teresa Samek    16 Winnipeg MB  11:35(9)  35:59(12) 25:06(17) 1:13:43 
19 Carolyn Wernham 17 Winnipeg MB  12:29(12) 38:58(21) 25:33(2)  1:17:59 

To see complete results for Female 15 to 19, click here. 

Male 20 to 23 (12 competitors)

08 Jacques Marcoux 20 Winnipeg MB  12:06(9)  32:24(8)  17:56(4)  1:03:08

To see complete results for Male 20 to 23, click here.  

Erin Braun is named to the Junior World Team (posted on February 24, 2004)

Triathlon Canada has announced the members of the Under 23 and Junior World Teams. Erin Braun was selected. Click here for details.

The athletes will take part in the 2004 Triathlon World Championships, May 8th and 9th, in Madeira, Portugal. Congratulations Erin!

This page was last updated on October 9, 2004