Media Release
June 27, 2000 --- St Malo Triathlon
Triathlon
Manitoba is pleased to announce the success of the triathlons held in St Malo Provincial
Park over the weekend by the Tribalistic Triathlon Team.
The Kids of
Steel event for children ages 8 -16years was held on Saturday June 24, 2000. There were 46 participants in the event. The winner in the Junior Girl category (100m swim,
5km bike, 1km run) was Serena Bredin with a time of 20:40.
The Junior Boy who placed first was Brett Ploffe in 21:05. In the Senior Category (200m swim, 10km bike, 2km
run) the first place girl was Teresa Samek in 37:51, and the first place boy was Marc
Helliwell with a time of 37:05.
On Sunday
June 25, 2000 the 5th Annual Triathlon de St Malo occurred, with a spectacular
turnout of 161 participants. Edie Fisher and
Patrick Peacock repeated their 1999 victories placing 1st overall.
The Overall
Female winners of the Standard Distance (1500m swim, 40k bike, 10k run) were as follows:
in first place was Edie Fisher in 2:16:53. Second
place was captured by Carina Rondeau of the Tribalistic Triathlon Team in 2:29:12. Third place went to Lynne Markham in 2:38:06.
The Overall
Male winner in the Standard Distance was 1999 Champion Patrick Peacock with the fastest
time of the day in 2:03:28. Following in
second was fellow Tribe member and the 1998 winner Jeff Morier in 2:06:41. Third place went to Philippe Chabot from the
Triple Threat Triathlon Club in 2:07:57
In the
Sprint Distance category ( 750 m swim / 20k bike / 5k run) the first women across the line
was Cherrie Fournier in 1:14:59. Second
place went to Kim Gusdal in 1:17:07, following in third was Youth triathlete Erin Braun in
1:18:57.
On the male
side, Marc Fournier joined his wife in claiming top placing honors in a time of 1:07:48. Second placed went to youth athlete, Corey Kolbuck
in 1:10:29. Third place was taken by Jim
Sandor in 1:10:58.
The next
race on the Triathlon Calendar is the Southport Kids of Steel and Sprint Distance Race in
Southport, Manitoba on Saturday July 1, 2000. Along
with this race a Junior Development Camp weekend is being held for athletes ages 12 - 17. For more information on any of these events
please call Jaclyn at 925-5636 or check out our website at www.triathlon.mb.ca
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