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Pic from our weekend ride - what a beautiful place we live in.





Also a good itu pump-up video:

Kelowna Pics

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Senior Elite

Junior Elite

Current and Future Champions

This is what it's all about...

(Thanks to Lance Nose for the pic)

More Canada Games Pics from Team Relay

Congratulations to Patrick Kelly, coach of the BC Team - great job!!

Pics from Team Relay (thanks to Barb Sharpe)

Kelowna Junior Elite - 3 podium spots for Vancouver RTC

Hey, this is my blog so I'll brag a bit if I want to :)

Three Vancouver RTC members were on the podium at the Kelowna Apple Junior Elite races yesterday.

Congratulations to Elsabet Lapointe - 3rd place, Carlos Lesser - 2nd place, and Pascal Begin-Nose - 3rd place.

The women's race was won by Hilary Wille from Victoria, while the men's race was won by Eric Danielson from Lethbridge.

Results - women, men

Pics will follow shortly...

Canada Games - pics

Thanks to Barb Sharpe and the NTC for these pics from the Canada Games Team Relay - way to go Team BC!!!

Canada Games - Team Relays

Congratulations to Team BC for taking the Gold Medal in both the male and female team relays.

WOMEN
1. BC
2. MB
3. ON

MEN
1. BC
2. ON
3. MB

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results (including splits): male, female

Canada Games - Cole Stewart takes bronze

The Canada Summer Games are being held in Summerside, PEI and for the first time Triathlon was included. Athletes 20 and younger were eligible to race. BC fielded a strong team and will compete in both the individual race and team relays.

Congratulations to the BC Team for taking home 4 of 6 medals!! And to Cole Stewart from the Vancouver RTC for his bronze medal - way to go!!

A big congrats to Alison Hooper from BC for winning gold in the female division!

press release

results - male, female

Globe and Mail article

Times Colonist article

newscast video

pics - from Barb Sharpe

Thanks to Kristine Chambers for the following pics:



cool training video from Team Ontario (thanks to Craig Taylor) as they prepared a strong team for CG:

Peach Classic

Congrats to Andrew Hall on doing his first Olympic Distance Tri at the Peach Classic in Penticton. Andrew finished first in his age group and 14th overall with a time of 2:13:59.

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Gatineau Pics

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Junior National Champs - Gatineau

The National Junior Championships were held in Gatineau today under rainy conditions.

Congratulations to the new National Champions Alison Hooper (BC) in a time of 1:00:45 and Connor Hammond (ON) in a time of 56:10

Great job to the RTC Vancouver members:

Girls:
19. Jenna Beaudry 1:06:08
27. Elsabet Lapointe 1:08:56
full results

Boys:
8. Cole Stewart 57:02
27. Andrew Hall 59:58
41. Pascal Begin-Nose 1:04:24
full results

Junior Rankings

National Junior Series Rankings after the first two races, going into next weekend's National Junior Champs...

JUNIOR WOMEN
1 Kyla Coates BC 200
2 Alison Hooper BC 145
3 Christine Ridenour BC 140
4 Joanna Brown ON 122
5 Hilary Wille BC 105
6 Rachael Edwards MB 85
7 Stevie Moore MB 84
8 Alexandra Coates BC 76
9 Domi Jamnicky ON 71
10 Amélie Kretz QC 67
11 Rebecca Staynor BC 62
12 Aliz Brien QC 57
13 Abby Miller SK 51
14 Nadine Brenaut SK 43
15 Jade Gregory ON 40
16 Alecia Lukash SK 36
17 Maghalie Rochette QC 32
18 Karen Ricard QC 30
19 Ellen Pennock AB 29
20 Lindsay Anderson ON 28

JUNIOR MEN
1 Cole Stewart BC 130
2 Tristan Woodfine ON 122
3 Mark Okany MB 115
4 Joel Howlett SK 110
5 Marc-Antoine Christin QC 102
6 Matt Sharpe BC 100
7 Connor Hammond ON 100
8 Alexander Hinton ON 70
9 Jeremy Roles AB 69
10 Taylor Reid ON 69
11 Matt Vierula ON 68
12 Karsten Madsen ON 52
13 Francis Hupe QC 51
14 Andrew Hall BC 48
15 David Mackie ON 47
16 Timothy MacLean QC 46
17 Ian Donald ON 45
18 Zorian Maksymec ON 40
18 Riley MacCharles MB 40
20 Jeramie Anderson SK 38

Thanks to Craig Taylor from the Ontario Provincial Triathlon Centre, for compiling these.

Tri-It Triathlon

Congrats to Andrew Hall for finishing first at the Tri-It Triathlon in Langley, BC yesterday in a time of 57:33.

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Birds Hill Pics

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Pics from Coteau du Lac

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Coteau-du-Lac and Iron Mountain results

The second race of the Canadian junior series was held in Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec on the weekend.

Junior Boys:

1. Connor Hammond 57:42
2. Tristan Woodfine 58:01
3. Marc-Antoine Christin 58:33
4. Cole Stewart 58:41
5. Joel Howlett 58:51
20. Andrew Hall 1:00:24
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Congratulations to Cole Stewart for another consistent race, which unofficially places him on the BC Team for the upcoming Canada Games in PEI. Andrew Hall had to overcome some problems in the swim and T1 but put in another solid effort.

Junior Girls:

1. Kyla Coates 1:02:53
2. Joanna Brown 1:03:12
3. Christine Ridenour 1:03:50
4. Alison Hooper 1:03:58
5. Alex Coates 1:04:10
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No girls from Vancouver RTC took part in this race.

The Iron Mountain Triathlon was also held this past weekend in Maple Ridge, BC.

Congratulations to Vancouver RTC members Pascal Begin-Nose (1st Junior and 5th overall in 1:11:04) and Jimmy Stewart (2nd Junior and 10th overall in 1:14:57).
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ITU WC Series - Madrid

Hewitt Wins Madrid Sprint (May 31, 2009 )
The 2009 Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series continued its exciting start to the year with some breathtaking races at round two in Madrid, Spain.Andrea Hewitt outsprinted four other competitors to win in a photo finish ahead of Sweden’s Lisa Norden in the women’s race as they crossed the line together in 2:05:58, with the last ditch effort paying off for the Kiwi who suffered at the opening race of the series in Tongyeong when she crashed early on the cycle leg. Jessica Harrison from France finished in third just one second behind, with Germany’s Christiane Pilz and Sarah Haskins from the USA trailing in having run most of the 10km together



Brownlee Destroys Field in Spain (May 31, 2009 )
Although the men’s race lacked the excitement of a sprint finish it too provided some exceptionally compelling competition as talented young Brit, Alistair Brownlee, put himself on the map with a dominant performance in the men’s competition whilst 2008 world champion, Javier Gomez, returned to the Caso de Campo in front of an expectant home crowd.

Full story, video + pics (from: triathlon.org)

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Tomorrow's Triathletes are OK

Tomorrow's triathletes are OK

Success among Canada's juniors bodes well for the sport

By Cleve Dheensaw, Times Colonist May 19, 2009


Where will the next generation of Canadian triathletes come from when the likes of double Olympic-medallist Simon Whitfield of Victoria eventually hang up the Speedos, bike helmets and running shoes?
You don't have to look too far. Apparently, the kids are alright. Gen Next was on ample display over the weekend as 19-year-old Kyla Coates won the women's junior event and fellow-Victorian Andrew McCartney placed third in the men's Under-23 race at the Pan American championships in Oklahoma City.

full story

North Shore Tri

Congrats to everyone on their races today:

Elsabet - 6th junior - 1:08:03
Jenna - 8th junior - 1:12:09

Cole - 1st overall - 55:31
Andrew - 3rd junior, 4th overall - 58:15
Pascal - 7th junior, 10th overall - 1:02:30
Jimmy - 8th junior, 11th overall - 1:03:41
Kai - dnf - flat tire

Great racing also by NTC athletes Hilary and Alison (1st and 2nd overall)! Thanks to some of the NTC Victoria gang plus a group of Alberta juniors led by Angie for making the trip over and adding to the race.

Some good racing in the youth/kids division. Exceleration Tri Club members led by Kristine, Kris + Barb posted some top results. Special mention to Sean - way to go! Also my young friends Miles and Julian - good racing guys! And my slightly older friend Paul Granger for rocking the 45-49 :)

Special thanks to the North Shore Triathlon Club, Mick, Steve + Jean, Jordan and all the volunteers for making this a great race. In memory of Rob.

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