(Sprint) 750m/20km/5km
Last years race report courtesy of www.triangletriathlon.org
JUNIOR TAKES SENIOR RECORD!
The Ulster Sprint Triathlon Championship last year was dominated by a young man from Devon, England (Junior Heffernan) who produced a devastating display of Swimming, Cycling and Running to win the Ulster Sprint Championship in a race organised by the Triangle Triathlon Club at the Roe Valley Leisure Centre in Limavady – despite being penalised 90 secs. for tumble turning in the pool! The race was over a 30 length swim which young 17 year old Junior did in 9mins. 16 secs. He then had the fastest bike split of the day in 32 mins. 28 secs. for the 12 ½ miles on the wind swept Ballyquin Road and his run time was just short of 16 ½ mins. to give him an overall time of just over 1 hr once the penalty was incorporated into his times.
The ladies race was won by Claire Connor of the HI Elbow Club who had a superb race with an overall time of 1:07:35. Claire was first out of the pool in her Heat in 10:23 along with Aileen Morrison from the North West Club. Aileen was second across the line but first in the Female (20-24) category.
There were 19 sets of medals handed out for all of the different age categories and the winners included Jane Ritchie from Queens University Belfast (25-29) in a time of 1:21:57. Clare McAvoy Coleraine (30-34; Joanne Calvert Co. Down; Kay Hack, Triangle Triathlon host club won 1:13:56 (40-44). Catherine Kerr (45-49 in 1 hr. 20 mins. with the Female Juniors being won by Rachael Boyd of the Olympian Club in 1:13:16.
Second in this category was the Triangle’s Clara Cole Hawthorne in 1:19:17 and just behind Clara was her twin sister Rachael, still recovering from the effects of a nasty bike accident.
In the Men’s race the (20-24) category was won by Andrew Lee representing both Limavady and Queen’s University Belfast in a great time of 1:05:36. Chris Speers from Antrim won the Male (25-29) in 1:05:03. Graham Barr from Olympian won Male (30-34) in 1:05:16. Peter Savage of Newry won Male (35-39) in 1:02:20; Jarlath Fearon from the North West Club won the Male (40-44) in 1:09:42. Eamon Hill male (45-49) with a staggering performance won his category in 1:03:59. Male (50-54 was won by Dr. Kieran McManus of the Peninsula Club in 1:13:16. Gary Swenarton won male (55-59) in 1:11:49. The one and only Desi McHenry from the Olympia Club won Male (60-64 in 1:10:10. just four weeks ahead of his next Ironman in Niece, France. Male Elite was won by Colm Quigley of the North West Club in 1:02:16, 45 secs. ahead of Ed. Cooke from the Hi-Elbow Club.