Media Release

July 8, 2002 --- Pinawa Triathlon Results

Triathlon Manitoba is pleased to announce the success of the weekend of triathlon events in Pinawa. The weekend started with a Kids Of Steel race for ages 8 to 16, which took place on Saturday July 6th, 2002. On Sunday July 7th the Pinnacle Triathlon Team hosted the Pinawa Free Spirit Triathlon and Duathlon.

The Kids of Steel event on Saturday had 73 participants, which is a record number for the Pinawa race. The winner in the Girls 8 to11 category (100m swim, 5km bike, 1km run) was Jacqueline Coles with a time of 19:54. Joshua Drad placed first in the Boys 8 to11 category with a time of 18:36. In the Girls 12 to16 "Short" Category (200m swim, 10km bike, 2km run) the first place girl was Serena Bredin in 38:47, and first place in the 12 to16 "Short" boys category was Brett Plouffe with a time of 36:49. The final two categories of the day, Girls 12 to16 "Long" (300m swim, 15km bike, 3 km run) and Boys 12 to16 "Long", were won by Samantha Wauer in 50:53 and Derek Larson in 46:20.

On Sunday 149 participants took part in the day's events. Overall Female winners of the Standard Distance (1500m swim, 40k bike, 10k run) were as follows: in first place was Cherrie Fournier of the Tribalistic Triathlon Club in 2:25:11; Stacy Racher captured second place in 2:33:16. Third place went to Melanie Leclair of Tribalistic in 2:36:18.

On the men's side the Overall Male winner in the Standard Distance was Jeff Morier of the Tribalistic Triathlon Club with the fastest time of the day in 2:01:20. Following in second was Philippe Chabot of the Triple Threat Triathlon Club in 2:06:19. Third place went to Myles Tycholis in 2:09:16.

In the Sprint Distance category (750 m swim / 20k bike / 5k run) the first women across the line was youth athlete Erin Braun in 1:08:56. Second place went to Amy Briscoe; another youth competitor in 1:09:23, following in third was youth athlete Jill Dobrinsky in 1:10:27. All three of these girls are members of the Triple Threat Triathlon Club.

On the male side, Kevin Breiter, of the Triple Threat Triathlon Club, had the fastest time of the day with his time of 58:28. Second placed went to Allan Scott in 1:01:06. Jacques Marcoux, also of Triple Threat, took third place in 1:03:51. All three of these athletes currently train with the Manitoba National Training Center.

In the duathlon event (10km run / 40km cycle / 5km run), the top placing male was Mike Klatt of the Triple Threat Triathlon Club in 2:14:57. Following in second was Kevin Miller, also of the Triple Threat Triathlon Club, in 2:21:31. Third place went to Laurent Lacroix in 2:27:27

For more information please call Jaclyn at Triathlon Manitoba at 925-5636 or check out our comprehensive website at www.triathlon.mb.ca

This page was last updated on July 8, 2002