It’s been a pretty impressive season of racing so far for our juniors. Those juniors who are nudging towards, or are now at high school have been provided with greater opportunities to race, with some event directors allowing our juniors to compete in ‘adult’ races, largely because of their affiliation with the Tri Club. This is just fantastic and a big thumbs up to those event directors!
We had previously reported on the House of Travel Triathlon which took place on 19 December – we had terrific representation from the junior programme, and some great results.
Since then, there have been numerous opportunities for our juniors to put their skills and fitness to the test, and some of the results are listed below.
Surf n Turf – 8 race series over December, January and February
Leanne Feary, Ella Harris, Rory Swanson, Charlie Hunter, Rainer Pye and Coach Sarah are some of the Junior Programme members who have been racing in the weekly Surf n Turf events. With one race to go in the series, Ella Harris is currently placed second in the Short Aquathon for Junior Women, and Leanne is sitting in third place.
Physiomed and Blokes Triathlons (400m swim, 15km cycle, 4km run)
- Rainer Pye – 1st Male 13-19, 2nd overall (45.14)
- Macauley Pye – 2nd Male Secondary School (Year 9-10) (49.49)
- Liam Tyrell – 4th Male Secondary School (Year 9-10) (51.51)
- Rory Swanson – 5th Male 13-19 (52.07)
- Ella Harris – 1st Female 13-19, 2nd overall (54.04)
- Laura Steffens – 1st Female Secondary School (Year 9-10) (54.26)
- Leanne Feary – 2nd Female Secondary School (Year 9-10) (58.38)
Contact Energy 3:9:3 Triathlon – Wanaka
- Ella Harris – 2nd overall (39.57)
Contact Energy 3:9:3 Triathlon – Pegasus
- Angus Bailey – 1st Male (37.30)
- Ella Harris – 2nd Female (36.39)
- Rory Swanson – 3rd Male (38.52)
- Leanne Feary – 9th Female (41.33)
- Kate Smith – 10th Female (41.59)
- Corrie Hoult – 14th Male (42.32)
Contact Energy 1:2:1 Triathlon – Pegasus
- Luke Glen – 1st Male (14.27)
- Lorna Pairman – 1st Female (14.33)
- Laura Glen – 2nd Female (15.06)
- Kathryn Glen – 3rd Female (15.41)
- Sean Swanson – 4th Male (16.05)
- Louis Harris – 7th Male (16.34)
- Dakota Bristow – 14th Male (18.44)
Physiomed and Blokes Triathlons (250m swim, 20km cycle, 5km run)
Physiomed Triathlon
- Ella Harris – 1st Female 13-19, 4th overall (1:10.34)
- Laura Steffens – 1st Female Secondary School (Year 9-10) (1:11.25)
- Leanne Feary – 2nd Female Secondary School (Year 9-10) (1:21.03)
Blokes Triathlon
- Rainer Pye – 1st Male 13-19, 2nd overall (59.38)
- Samuel Elstob – 1st Male Secondary School (Year 9-10) (1:01.24)
- Macauley Pye – 2nd Male Secondary School (Year 9-10) (1:03.03)
- Rory Swanson – 3rd Male 13-19 (1:07.53)
Canterbury Secondary Schools Triathlon Championships
Includes results for general Triathlon Club members as well as the Club’s Junior Programme members
Junior Individual Boys
- 1st – Rainer Pye (41.45)
- 3rd – Nick Allan (45.32)
- 4th – Rory Swanson (46.11)
- 5th – Cameron Avery (46.34)
- 14th – Corrie Hoult (58.09)
Intermediate Individual Boys
- 3rd – Sam Elstob (44.49)
- 4th – Macauley Pye (47.34)
Senior Individual Boys
- 4th – Ben Fraser (48.55)
Junior Individual Girls
- 9th – Laura Glen (58.58)
Intermediate Individual Girls
- 1st – Laura Steffens (49.20)
- 2nd – Sophie Evans (49.29)
- 3rd – Kiri Atkin (50.45)
- 12th – Leanne Feary (56.52)
Senior Individual Girls
- 1st – Jaye Atkin (46.52)
- 2nd – Selena Metherall (54.05)
- 3rd – Emily Wood (55.00)
Full results can be viewed here: Secondary Schools Results
Promoting Triathlon in our schools
The Triathlon Club (Junior Programme) is currently visiting 3-5 primary and intermediate schools each week to lead triathlon training sessions, with a view to preparing children for the upcoming Primary Sports Canterbury Triathlon and National Schools Triathlon Championship events. Facilitating these sessions is Sarah Helmore, with assistance from John Newsom, Craig Moore, Tom Davison and Marty Van Barnveld. They take the wind trainers along and go through a general session with the children.
This is a fantastic initiative, and certainly a great way of promoting the sport within our local schools – well done to John and Sarah for implementing this programme.
Finally, congratulations to all our juniors on a great season of racing. We look forward to watching you all in action during March, for those two significant events – the Primary Sports Canterbury Triathlon, and the National Secondary Schools Triathlon Championships.
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