Kingscliff Tri for Spartans

After a very wet Saturday afternoon for registration and biking our Spartans woke up to a perfect Sunday for triathlon racing. Such good energy with parents and kids anxious to discover the beauty of our unique sport under the Somerset tents set up metres away from the course.

Bright sun, no wind and a nice cool temperature. Yes! We all had to face the New South Wales time difference for a very early 4.00am start but that was not a problem for our competitors.

The race kicked off for Kobee and Phoebe even before the sun was up, and it was not until most of our Sprint Distance triathletes were in the water that the first sun rays hit the creek to bring the 15 degrees temperature up to a nice 24 degrees soon after. Early starts were wrapped up by the Olympic Distance athletes and our one and only Mr Craig Sayer who had an amazing race coming first in his age category.

Excitement and joy describe the race of our Sprint triathletes with Dr Annette Eastwood our Sports Physiologist leading the way into transition and finishing third in her age category. All other athletes had amazing races being the first triathlon for most of them. A lot was learnt in this first race and they can’t wait to correct the little mistakes and discover new ones.

Around 10.00am the fun started for our age 7 to 12 Spartans. Excellent swimming by all with Erin Shepherd leading the way out of the water in her age category and an exciting sprint finish by Michael Rossiter who was only one second behind the 7 to 9 boys champion.

Independent of race results it was a brilliant start for our Spartans Triathlon Club and next week we expect the Somerset Community to be cheering for an even larger field at the Gold Coast National Championship Triathlon, for our official Club launch.

Go Spartans!

1.5km Swim 40km Bike 10km Run

• Craig Sayer 55 to 59 2:10:11 1st

750m Swim 20km Bike 5km Run

• Annette Eastwood 35 to 39 1:12:44 3rd
• Nicholas Tan 16 to 17 1:14:53 7th
• Richard Ward-Harvey 40 to 44 1:20:58 23rd
• Carrie Smith 55 to 59 1:23:44 6th
• Victoria Jones 13 to 15 1:25:10 9th
• Xiao Xiao Wang 13 to 15 1:33:08 10th
• Ben Gallagher 13 to 15 DNF (Bike Problems)

300m Swim 10km Bike 2.5km Run

• Phoebe Ross 12-13 53:22 12th
• Kobee Munro 12-13 53:56 13th

200m Swim 6km Bike 1km Run

• Bowen Mansell 10 to 12 24:28 6th
• Erin Shepherd 10 to 12 25:19 4th
• Phoenix Crampton 10 to 12 27:28 18th
• Sean Perry 10 to 12 30:02 39th
• Gregg Velloza 10 to 12 30:33 42nd
• Siena Moss 10 to 12 34:28 38th

100m Swim 3km Bike 500m Run

• Michael Rossiter 7 to 9 years 14:48 2nd
• Liam Thorton 7 to 9 years 18:24 19th