Media Release
July 7, 2006 --- Manitoba Juniors heading to compete in Edmonton
Manitoba National Triathlon Centre Coach Gary
Pallet is taking a strong contingent of five junior athletes to Edmonton,
Alberta to compete in the Junior National Triathlon Championships being held on
Sunday, July 9th, 2006.
Two Manitoba males competing in Edmonton are
Blair Peters and Willie Bell. Peters,
who won in St. Malo during the first stop of the National Series, will be trying
to continue his successful racing in Edmonton. He will be facing some tough competition from Andrew Woegerer
from Ontario and Andrew McCartney from B.C.
Willie Bell will try to improve on his 4th
place results from St. Malo. He
will attempt to break through the pack and tight groups that have become
characteristic in the final run stage of the event.
Three Manitoba Junior females who are competing
are Sarah-Anne Brault, Stevie Moore, and Katie Wray. Moore and Wray, who both raced in St. Malo, will attempt to
improve on their finishes and gain valuable national competition experience at
their first junior championships.
Sarah-Anne Brault is being touted as an athlete
who has a chance of catching last year’s 2005 Junior Triathlon Champion
Kirsten Sweetland, who has been dominant in the Junior category for the last two
years. Brault finished second to
Sweetland earlier this year at the Canadian Duathlon Championships by just
seconds. Known for her talent as a
strong runner, Triathlon Canada’s High Performance Director Tom Patrick,
comments “from a junior female triathlete perspective, Sarah-Anne is an
international level runner.”
An
additional feature to the Edmonton event is the Canadian/USA Junior Challenge
where the top three finishes from each country will determine winner of the male
and the female challenge. Last year, Canada won the female challenge but the USA
males upset Canada on the strength of Steven Duplinsky, who won the race. This
event should be loaded with talent as the USA will be bringing their top junior
triathletes to Edmonton.
The
winners in the Junior category will represent Canada at the 2006 World Triathlon
Championships, which take place on Sept 2nd in Lausanne, Switzerland.
For more information on this event, please call Triathlon Manitoba at 925-5636 or check out our website at www.triathlon.mb.ca
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