The first round of the inaugural Endurade Winter Series Triathlon took place on Sunday morning in absolutely perfect conditions at Port Elizabeth’s Pollok Beach. With 7 events taking place at the same time and the Something Good beach cleanup, the beachfront was a buzz with activity.
22 year old Travis McGrath took full advantage of the flat sea and windless conditions to power to a commanding 2 minute 43 second lead to win the inaugural Winter Triathlon in a time of 1 minute 1 second from 2015 About IT Triathlon Summer Series champion, Keegan Cooke, with Jared Jordan in 3rd place. In the ladies race it was an extremely close race between Robyn Furstenburg and Lindie Steyn with Furstenburg winning by just 3 seconds and Candice Steyn placing 3rd on the morning. Racing in the sprint distance duathlon was equally tight with Ross Helliwell claiming the win in just 1 hour ahead of Louis Dupper and Warren Pavis whilst Neylese Donaldson took the ladies duathlon title ahead of Liesel Kilian.
Young 13 year old Andrew Bosch won the Mini Duathlon ahead of Gordon Swans and Marcelle Meyer whilst Josh Hufkie, Neal Marais and Reghardt Klinkenburg took the top 3 podium positions in the Boys Triathlon with Ania van der Merwe, Jayden Swans and Anabella van Wyk filling the top 3 positions of the podium in the Girls Triathlon.
Jarryd Cooke won the 750m Ocean Swim from Josh McGrath and Graeme Renard with Mary-Anne Stott winning the ladies Ocean Swim from Jill McLellan whilst 9 year old Tristan Marais won the 5km Fun Run. Ryder Swans was 2nd in the 5km Run with Hunter Swans in 3rd place whilst Bella Archibald won the ladies 5km Fun Run from Ursula Momberg and Liezel Wait. In the Kids 1.25km fun run it was Jayson Archibald who crossed the line first ahead of Daniel Richter and Vaclav Horak whilst Kaitlyn Richter won the little girls run from Kayleigh Marais.
The Endurade Winter Series takes place on the 1st Sunday of the month with the next round taking place on Sunday 3rd July with pre-registration necessary on www.zsports.co.za.
SUMMARY RESULTS:
Sprint Triathlon: 1 Travis McGrath (1:01:04); 2 Keegan Cooke (1:03:48); 3 Jared Jordan (1:06:45); 4 Jaromir Horak (1:08:24); 5 Carl Mangan (1:08:53); 6 Ant Daniels (1:09:12); 7 Aidan Baker (1:10:21); 8 De Wet de Lange (1:10:30); 9 Abel Esterhuysen (1:14:02); 10 Muhammad Allie (1:16:05); 11 Angus McNaughton (1:16:54); 12 Brent Pheiffer (1:17:00); 13 Robyn Furstenburg (1:17:17); 14 Lindie Steyn (1:17:20); 15 Christian Schuck (1:17:30); 16 Stephan Steinmann (1:17:37); 17 Jurie Van Dyk (1:18:18); 18 Shawn Pautz (1:19:29); 19 Martijn van der Put (1:21:23); 20 Ronald Marais (1:21:30); 21 luvuyo bangazi (1:22:05); 22 Simon Todd (1:25:38); 23 Jason Collier (1:25:44); 24 Candice Steyn (1:25:47); 25 Baden Swans (1:27:59); 26 Paddy Cloete (1:28:34); 27 Steve Mac Donald (1:29:05); 28 Neels Campher (1:29:52); 29 Eben Haarhoff (1:30:32); 30 Lochi Lochner (1:30:41); 31 Caroline Levey (1:33:27); 32 Carrie Brand (1:38:17); 33 Kimberley Vorster (1:39:52); 34 Tania Grobbelaar (1:40:18); 35 Amy Tarr (1:40:42); 36 Pieter Marais (1:42:18); 37 Janine Van Rooyen (1:43:09); 38 Petie Rademeyer (1:47:06); 39 Ralph Streitburger (1:50:37);
Sprint Duathlon: 1 Ross Helliwell (1:00:26); 2 louis Dupper (1:03:13); 3 Warrren Pavis (1:11:55); 4 Neylese Donaldson (1:18:07); 5 Sikhumbuzo Mayaba (1:27:15); 6 Johan van der Merwe (1:27:54); 7 Liesel Kilian (1:31:37); 8 Jamie Wilke (1:38:42);
Mini Duathlon: 1 Andrew Bosch (43:33.8); 2 Gordon Swans (46:30.0); 3 Marcelle Meyer (59:22.6);
Kids Duathlon: 1 Josh Hufkie (25:52); 2 Neal Marais (26:23); 3 Reghardt Klinkenburg (26:23); 4 Janus van der Merwe (28:20); 5 zac Flecther (31:04); 6 Ania van der Merwe (36:10); 7 Jayde Swans (36:12); 8 Lauryn Swans (36:15); 9 Anabelle van Wyk (36:46);
750m Ocean Swim: 1 Jarryd Cooke (11:39); 2 Josh McGrath (12:16); 3 Graeme Renard (12:21); 4 Mary-Anne Stott (16:08); 5 Jared Cassidy (16:14); 6 Jill McLellan (16:50);
5km Fun Run: 1 Tristan Marais (21:53); 2 Bella archibald (23:29); 3 Ursula Momberg (Kuhn) (25:32); 4 liezel wait (31:21); 5 Roxanne Campher (31:25); 6 Alexia Campher (31:43); 7 Ryder Swans (31:51); 8 Micha Swans (35:20); 9 Hunter Swans (36:21); 10 Sandy Zoetmulder (38:45); 11 Elmari Campher (38:51); 12 Heiri Schuck (40:33);
1.25km Kids Fun Run: 1 Jayson Archibald (4:23); 2 Daniel Richter (4:32); 3 Vaclav Horak (6:04); 4 Liam Marais (6:07); 5 Kaitlyn Richter (7:27); 6 Joushua Marais (7:43); 7 Kayliegh Marais (7:45); 8 Stian van der Merwe (9:54); 9 Silas Trzebiatowsky (10:07)
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