Patrick Peacock and Edie Fisher win Morden International Triathlon

The 24^th Morden International Triathlon took place this past weekend. This event is one of Canada's longest running triathlons. This fourth race of the Grand Prix Series featured a variety of distances with total participation numbers reaching 187 individuals.

The Half Ironman race featured a 1.9 km swim, 90 km bike, followed by a 21.1 km run. This portion of the race was a qualifier for Ironman Canada with 10 spots up for grabs, and featured a prize purse for the top two male and top two female winners of the Half Ironman Distance.

The overall female winner was Edie Fisher in a time of 4:56:17, who beat her own course record set in 2000. Following in second was Janet Findlay in 5:14:21. Shelley MacKenzie finished in 5:34:55 to claim third place.

On the men’s side Patrick Peacock, competing in his first Half Ironman event, claimed first place in 4:24:03. In second was Dan Morwood, Triathlon Manitoba's 2003 long course athlete of the year, in 4:30:49. Third place went to Richard Boscher in 4:52:01.

Athletes from across Canada and the U.S. came to compete and to secure spots for the 2004 Ironman Canada event. The 10 qualifying spots went to: Martin Krowina, Greg Dyck, Evan Nitschmann, Ryan Leibel, Paul Dunderland, Jeff Reichert, Stig Hansen, Tim Matthews, Paul Rogan, Christine van der Hoek.

The second distance of the day was the Foilman race, which featured a 950 m swim, 30 km bike, and 7.2 km run. On the women’s side Kimberly Mcdonald won the event in a course record time of 1:47:43. Melanie Leclair finished in 1:53:37 earning her the second position. Seconds later athlete Kerri Earl placed third, with a time of 1:53:57.

Jared Spier won the men’s Foilman event in 1:29:45. Second place went to James Clements in 1:38:24. In third was Myles Tycholis in 1:39:04.

The third event of the day was a Duathlon (3.6 km run, 30 km cycle, 7.2 km run). The overall male finisher was Steve Gajerski in 1:45:27. The overall female was Christel Leclair in 1:57:15.

On the Sunday, the Kids of Steel event ran with 86 kids, and shortly after, a Try-a-Tri distance featuring a short 300 m swim, 15 km bike and 3 km run was held with 19 participants.

Upcoming Manitoba Triathlon events are the Kids of Steel Race in Stonewall on Saturday July 24^th. On Sunday, July 25^th a triathlon will be held in Flin Flon. For more information please contact the Triathlon Manitoba office at 925-5636 or check out our website at www.triathlon.mb.ca.

This page was last updated on July 21, 2004