Triathlon ACT 1999-2000 Summer Calendar and Results
A tough day for racing, with the rain coming down from 9:30am for the rest of the day. The first bike leg and, for most, the first run was cool and dry, but after that it was cold and wet, and the only word to describe the later bike legs is FILTH! Brake and gear failures were the order of the day, with many riders learning the frustration of chain suck and brake pad wear for the first time.
Individual results and TEAMS results.
Paul Smith led the individual field from the start, and was never threatened, although the wet and cold conditions slowed him, especially on the last bike leg. David Baldwin put in a strong first bike leg moving into second position off Black Mountain, then ran strongly over Mt Majura and Mt Ainslie to build his margin, and continued strongly improving his time from last year by 32 minutes. Martin Boyd chased hard and was within 10 minutes until the last bike leg when he flatted, losing a lot of time and depriving him of the opportunity to put in his trademark strong finish to try for second place. Brenden Hargraves put in a solid debut performance for 4th place, and Jamin Forbes improved his time from last year for 5th.
Competition in the teams categories was ferocious. The 3 top placed male teams of three had developed an intense level of hype between themselves by e-mail in the preceding months and were truly fired up on the day, dedicating the race to long-time mate Chris Cook who died tragically in the Australian Mountain Running Champs earlier this year. Cookie would never hold back, and was a keen and very competitive runner and rapidly improving MTB rider. In this spirit, the 3 teams had a battle royale throughout the day, rarely more than minutes apart over the nearly 9 hours of racing, and it came down to the final run to decide the race. Hopefully the full story will be told for all to hear. Meanwhile, the Canberra Cycles team finally realized the ambition of team manager Ben Harvey of taking out the outright race, smashing the course record by more than 10 minutes! The winning mixed team of 3 also knocked the record for six, taking 45 minutes off the previous best! All this on a slower course with the wet conditions, plus course changes also adding a little more distance and time over previous years.
MEN Pl Name Finish 1 Paul Smith 10:49:49 2 David Baldwin 11:19:26 3 Martin Boyd 11:48:15 4 Brenden Hargraves 12:08:30 5 Jamin Forbes 12:25:22 6 Mark Hutchings 12:52:32 =7 Gary Rolfe 13:01:50 =7 Dave Trudgian 13:01:50 9 Brock Mckinlay 13:20:33 10 Robert Hybler 13:59:31 No female individual starters in 1999
All-Male Team of 3 1 Where's Roy 8:50:02 (new course record) Mal Booth/David Osmond/Adam Leane 2 The GoHard Cookies 8:50:16 Shane Whipp/Rod Higgins/Trevor Jacobs 3 Out of Their Trio 8:52:44 Ric Fitch/Luis Severino/John Muir All-Female Team of 3 1 A Grand Day Out 11:28:36 Allison Campbell/Julia Graczyk/Fiona Hedgecoe 2 Femme Fatale 11:36:56 Sam Reinhardt/Rachel Meyer/Sara Hely 3 JAG 12:17:56 Mixed Team of 3 1 The Wrong Trousers 9:07:59 (new course record) Sally Parker/Simon Tilley/Adrian Sheppard 2 Menage a Trois 9:55:26 3 Adelaide Harriers Masers 10:32:14 All-Male Team of more than 3 1 Canberra Cycles Men 8:41:12 (new course record) 2 Mulvas Revival 9:56:07 3 Hard Old Fellas 10:07:24 All-Female Team of more than 3 1 FIT Happens Again 10:25:45 (new course record) 2 FITness Coming 13:29:09 3 Ace Inhibitors 14:51:50 Mixed Team of more than 3 1 Weekend Warriors 9:52:21 (new course record) 2 Goulburn Triathlon Club 10:08:03 3 Beat Trevor's Team 10:17:14
Individuals
MALE OVERALL - 10:33:17, Paul Smith, 1998
FEMALE OVERALL - 12:46:43, Jody Purcell, 1998
1st Swim: (M) Matt Harris - 20:53, 1996 (F) Deirdre Grace - 20:55, 1996 1st Bike: (M) James Nicholson - 1:38:35, 1998 (F) Jody Purcell - 1:54:36, 1998 1st Run: (M) Paul Smith - 1:28:19, 1998 (F) Jody Purcell - 1:53:39, 1998 2nd Swim: (M) Paul Smith - 54:48, 1998 (F) Jody Purcell - 1:07:10, 1998 2nd Bike: (M) James Nicholson - 1:59:00, 1998 (F) Jody Purcell - 2:26:24, 1998 2nd Run: (M) Paul Smith - 53:01, 1997 (F) Janine Donaldson - 1:07:07, 1996 3rd Swim: (M) Ben Bright - 18:49, 1996 (F) Deirdre Grace - 18:50, 1996 3rd Bike: (M) Paul Smith - 1:23:28, 1998 (F) Jody Purcell - 1:42:58, 1998 3rd Run: (M) Paul Smith - 1:09:26, 1999 (F) Deirdre Grace - 1:21:17, 1996Teams
MALE TEAM OF 3 - 8:50:02 , "Where's Roy," 1999
MALE TEAM OVER 50 OF 3 - 10:33:20 , "The Vintage Vets," 1999
FEMALE TEAM OF 3 - 10:53:34, "F.I.T. Happens," 1998
MIXED TEAM OF 3 - 9:07:59, "The Wrong Trousers," 1999
MALE TEAM >3 - 8:41:12, "Canberra Cycles Men," 1999
FEMALE TEAM >3 - 10:25:45, "F.I.T. Happens Again," 1999
MIXED TEAM >3 - 9:52:21, "Weekend Warriors," 1999
1st Swim: (M) David O'Brien - 18:11, 1996 (F) Belinda Cheney - 20:30, 1996 1st Bike: (M) David Osmond - 1:24:24, 1998 (F) Rachel Storey - 1:51:16, 1997 1st Run: (M) John Muir - 1:14:05, 1999 (F) Joy Terry - 1:33:05, 1999 2nd Swim: (M) Daniel Kowalski - 40:35, 1998 (F) Belinda Cheney - 46:10, 1999 2nd Bike: (M) Richard Bontjer - 1:39:09, 1999 (F) Kelli Robinson - 2:00:36, 1999 2nd Run: (M) John Muir - 40:46, 1999 (F) Angela Luchetti - 48:18, 1999 3rd Swim: (M) Paul Nicolson - 15:28, 1999 (F) Michelle Hunter - 15:51, 1999 3rd Bike: (M) Richard Bontjer - 1:01:48, 1998 (F) Bronwyn Wiseman - 1:25:28, 1999 3rd Run: (M) Damien Angus - 51:57, 1998 (F) Julia Dobson - 1:00:07, 1998
