With home course advantage Yarra Tri took on the best of Australian's sprint distance athletes and came out on top with 4 athletes taking out the Australian Championships.
The club was well represented at the fourth race in the XOsize Series at Sanringham that was the Australian Sprint Championships with numerous athletes competing across the various age groups
With no elite wave many of the elite athletes returned to the age group ranks joining an infux of Inter State athletes to make up the most competitive age group field seen in Victoria for many years.
It was our girls to the fore with Kirsten Norden (16-19), Penny Brown (20-24), Christine Hughes (30-34) and Katie O'Keeffe (35-39) all claiming the Australian Championship in their respective age groups.
There were podium finishes too for Monty Frankish (20-24), Peter Treppo (45-49), Megan Mansfield (25-29), Ali Crichton (35-39) and Jacinta Vines (40-44)
Congratulations to the Champions and to everyone who competed on the day
More success for Yarra Tri at XOSIZE race 2 – Sandringham
The second race in the XOSIZE Triathlon Series saw a host of Yarra Tri athletes finish in the first five places in both the elite and age groups categories.
Kirsten Norden continued her good start to the season with third place in the Elite Women just 8 seconds out of second and less than a minute from the win.
In the Men’s Elite category Nick Leman had a successful debut with a 5th place finish.
The fastest age groupers overall were also Yarra Tri athletes; Bev Thomas (35-39) who was actually the second fastest woman overall and Peter Treppo (45-49)
The 30-34 women’s race was a clean sweep for us with Louise Arrigo, Christine Hughes and Ali Crichton sharing the podium.
Other in the first 5 were Josie Dow 4th (25-29) in her first sprint race, Jacinta Vines 2nd (40-44), Shaun Broadbent 5th (35-39), Michael Pratt 2nd (45-49) and Steve Squire 5th (50-54).
It was good to see a few new faces out there racing and well done to all the “Try a Tri” members who completed their first race in the mini event.
Christmas Party Time
Glam Rocks the theme, 11th December the date and Retro in Brunwick St the venue.
