Triathlon News and Results 2012
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New Zealand Schools Triathlon Championships - March 2012
This event was held at the Karapiro Domain on Thursday 29th March. Competitors were fortunate to have near-perfect conditions in which they would be competing against the best triathletes in their age groups from throughout the country.
In the individual events, St Paul’s was represented by Jack Davies and Adam McCarthy. Jack competed in the U14 Individual event, which consisted of a 350 metre swim, a 11.4 kilometre bike and a 3.2 kilometre run while Adam was competing in the U16 event, which had slightly longer distances – a 500 metre swim, a 14 kilometre bike and a 4 kilometer run. Jack put in a strong effort maintaining a consistent pace throughout his race placing 17th out of 40 competitors. Adam, competing in the U16 age group for the first time, also had an excellent race finishing 26th out of 45 competitors.
St Paul’s had two teams entered in the U14 teams triathlon event. Our first team of Connor Egan, Harri Draper-Kidd and Jack Davies finished 8th and our second team of Jimmy Christey, Ben Negus and Ben McColgan placed 18th.
Congratulations must go to all of our students who performed so creditably in this very competitive and demanding event.
Results
U14 Boys Individual Jack Davies 45:49 17th
U16 Boys Individual Adam McCarthy 56:01 26th
U14 Boys Team Egan/Draper-Kidd/Davies 42:12 8th
U14 Boys Team Christey/Negus/McColgan 46:46 18th
Waikato / Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools Triathlon Individual Championships - March 2012
On Wednesday, 14th March, nine students from St Paul’s participated in the Waikato / Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools Triathlon Individual Championships. The venue was held at the Karapiro Domain, near Cambridge, and the competitors were fortunate to enjoy near perfect conditions.
Due to a low number of entries in the U19 age group, the U19 and U16 races were combined. Competitors were racing over a 500 metre swim leg, a 16 kilometre bike leg and a 4.2 kilometre run leg. Hamish Black was consistently near the front of the U16 field throughout his race and did extremely well to achieve a third placing in his first year in this age group. Adam McCarthy, also competing in the U16 age group for the first time was not far behind in gained 5th place. Meg Morbey, Geraldine Fish, James Atherton and Seton Mason were all competing in their first official triathlon and were all successful in completing their events.
In the U14 age group race, competitors had a 300 metre swim, followed by a 12k bike and finished with a 3k run. Jack Davies placed second. After starting the bike leg two minutes behind the leading competitor, Jack managed to close the gap down to 6 seconds towards the end of the run leg but although gaining ground rapidly on the competitor in the lead unfortunately was unable to gain the first place. Harri Draper-Kidd performed well to finish near the front of the field and Ryan Nicholson also had a consistent race across all three stages to finish in the middle of the field.
Triathlon is essentially three races performed one after the after over long distances. Congratulations must go to all students competing – both to the experienced triathletes and to the first timers – for not only completing this very demanding event but also for your excellent results!
U14 Boys Jack Davies 40.49 2nd
U14 Boys Harri Draper-Kidd 49.48 9th
U14 Boys Ryan Nicholson 57.20 11th
U16 Boys Hamish Black 46.52 3rd
U16 Boys Adam McCarthy 47.17 5th
U16 Boys James Atherton 58.33 14th
U16 Boys Seton Mason 59.15 17th
U16 Girls Geraldine Fish 1.08.30 7th
U19 Girls Meg Morbey 1.03.36 5th
Waikato Schools Teams Triathlon Championships - February 2012
St Paul’s had eight teams each consisting of three members entered in this event which was held at Lake Karapiro on Wednesday, 22 February.
In the U19 age group, the race consisted of a 750 metre swim, a 20 kilometre cycle and a 4.8 kilometre run. We were represented by two girls’ teams which finished 5th and 6th. Meg Morbey and Jess Reilly did the swim leg for their respective teams; Deanna Morse and Kendal Buchanan the bike leg; and Toni Anda and Geraldine Fish did the run leg. We also had two boys’ teams. The first St Paul’s team to finish placed 6th a mere 29 seconds behind the 4th placed team after one hour and eight minutes of racing. This team consisted of Nick McGuire-Holcroft (swim), Alex Hargreaves (bike) and Dan Goodwin (run). Our second team finished in 8th place – this team consisted of Tom Dobbe (swim), James Atherton(bike) and Fransois Eksteen (run).
In the U16 age group, competitors had a 500 metre swim, a 16 kilometre bike and a 4.2 kilometre run. Our two teams placed 7th and 9th. In the St Paul’s A team, Hamish Black completed both the swim and run legs and Jack Davies – competing in an age group above his own age - did the bike leg. This was a very promising performance as these boys will be able to compete in this age group again next year. In the B team, we had Jimmy Christey doing the swim, Henry Draper the bike leg and Seton Mason the run. Again, this was a meritorious performance especially as Jimmy was also competing in a higher age group.
In the U14 age group, the swim was 300 metres, the bike 12 kilometres and the run 3.2 kilometres. The St Paul’s B team consisting of Connor Egan, Tom Wilson and Ben Negus finished 5th. The St Paul’s B team consisting of Ben McColgan, Harri Draper-Kidd and Ryan Nicholson placed 4th – our best finish out of all of our teams on the day.
There were 60 teams from the Waikato and Bay of Plenty competing in this event. Many of the students are specialists in their respective disciplines of swimming, cycling or running taking advantage of this opportunity to experience and participate in another sport. For many they were competing out of their comfort zone against very tough opposition. All of our students are to be congratulated for their results and for the huge effort they each put into their individual performance.