Athletes arrived at race site to a very cool morning with water temp recorded at 13.2c. The juniors boys went off first at 8 a.m. followed by the junior women at 8:05 a.m. First out of the water was big Matt Sharpe followed by Aaron Thomas and Cole Stewart. Jeff Phillips bridged up on the bike along with a few others to form the lead pack. Out of transition 2, Jeff quickly took the lead followed by Matt and Aaron. Aaron unfortunately pulled a muscle in his calf and limped back on the first lap and retired from the race. He's hopefully going to recover and rehab in time for the Coteau du Lac race in two weeks. Junior boys finish was Jeff Phillips (JP is 20 yrs so he was racing for his Canada Summer Games spot and didn't count in the junior race). Matt first junior overall, followed by Mark Okany (Manitoba) and Cole Stewart (Vancouver RTC) in third.
Junior girls were lead out of the water by Christine Ridenour (with 15 second lead) shortly followed by a group of six or seven women. They formed a lead pack on the first lap which included Kyla Coates, Alison Hooper, Hilary Willie and Gabriella Bolanos (all from the Victoria NTC). Out onto the 5 km run, Kyla quickly assumed the lead followed by Sarah-Anne Brault (also a 20 year old so didn't figure in the junior finish) and the rest of the Victoria girls. Kyla continued to build on her lead over Sarah to take first while Alison raced into second spot on the back half of the run followed in by Christine and Hilary. So it was a BC podium with Kyla taking gold, Alison silver (great job by Alison in her first ever sprint distance race w/open water swim) and Christine bronze. Honorable mention to Hilary for her 4th place finish also in her first ever full sprint distance race.
Pictures to be posted later.
Coach PK
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