Media Release

August 20, 2001 --- Riding Mountain Triathlon Results

Triathlon Manitoba and Hot 101 FM in Brandon are pleased to announce the success of the 2001 Riding Mountain Triathlon in Clear Lake, Wasagaming, Manitoba, on Saturday August 18th. This was the sixteenth year for the Riding Mountain Triathlon with the largest number of participants this season, and a new Triathlon Manitoba record, at 251 racing individuals. The race also had a record number of relays, with 27 teams participating in the event, many trying the sport for the first time.

The overall male winner for the Standard distance triathlon (1500m swim, 40km bike, and 10km run) was the 2001 Canadian Duathlon Champion, Kevin Breiter with a time of 1:59:01. Second place went to Patrick Peacock in 1:59:59, following in third was Allan Scott in 2:01:07.

The overall female winner was Erica Stechesen from the 3rd Wave club in Morden in 2:16:12. Capturing second place was Janet Findlay from Kenora in 2:16:26, followed by Jenny Ayers from the Tribalistic Team in 2:23:00.

In the Sprint distance category (750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run) the first place male was Rob Vallis in 1:04:04 of the Tribalistic team. Following in second was the Tribe's president, Marc Fournier in 1:07:37. Third place went to youth athlete and Triple Threat member, Jacques Marcoux in 1:08:01.

On the women's side the overall top three winners were within a minute of each other. The top placing sprint winner was youth athlete, Amy Briscoe from Triple Threat in 1:12:27. Following closely in second was last year's winner Kim Gusdal in 1:12:54. Third place went to youth athlete Jill Dobrinsky from Triple Threat in 1:12:59.

On Sunday, the Kids of Steel participants took to the water to complete their events. Ninety-nine participants ages 8 - 16 competed in either the Junior distance (100m swim, 5km cycle, 1km run) or the Senior distance (200m swim, 10km cycle, 1km run), bringing the weekend's participation numbers to a total of 350 people.

The overall Junior girls winner was Samantha Wauer of Oakbank in 19:49 and on the junior boys side Fraser Drad of Stonewall won in 18:17. In the senior distance, Jill Dobrinsky of Winnipeg was the girl's winner in 32:55, and Kyle Dudman from Erickson claimed first place on the boy's side in 33:47.

Special thanks to Manitoba Public Insurance who came out to the Kids of Steel event yesterday to promote bicycle safety and gave away bicycle helmets for prizes.

The final event in the Kids of Steel series takes place Sunday September 9th at Birds Hill Provincial Park.

For more information about this event or for a complete set of results please contact Triathlon Manitoba.

This page was last updated on August 20, 2001