PACTRAC Junior Tri. Dan qualifies for Worlds. PACTRAC 1,2,3 at Bedford. Paul Vernon makes it 2 wins in 2 days.

26 young athletes competed in the PACTRAC Junior Triathlon at Stanground.

They were split into 5 different age bands as per BTF guidelines,and competed over their respective Age Group distances.

All swam in the new Stanground Pool, before having a long run to
collect their bikes at the far end of the field. Various laps of the
500-metre grass course were cycled, before the final discipline, the
run, was again on grass.

Results: (First names only)

Tri Start:
1. Safford.....0:35....8:24....3:14..=..12:13
2. Marcus.....0:52....8:07....3:28..=..12:27

TriStar 1:
1. Bert........2:40....10:28....6:52..=..20:00
2. Flo..........3:35....11:00....5:55..=..20:30
3. Olivia......3:09....11:48....5:55..=..20:52
4. Connor....2:49....12:11....6:55..=..21:55
5. Morgan....3:35....13:20....5:02..=..21:57
6. Max.........3:22.....8:38...10:54..=..22:54
7. Toby........5:23....10:13....7:22..=..22:58
8. Nell..........2:56....14:00....6:37..=..23:33
9. Zoe..........4:31....14:00....6:22..=..24:53
10.Lois........4:44....14:58....5:48..=..25:30
11.Lucy.......3:48....11:13...10:52..=..25:53
12.Lottie......4:00....13:48....8:29..=..26:17
13.Kirsten...3:15....15:51....7:55..=..27:01
14.Libby......4:39....18:12....8:59..=..31:50
15.Lara.......4:20....19:30....9:05..=..32:55

TriStar 2:
1. Katie......4:29....16:07....10:02..=..30:38
2. Sam.......6:42....19:43.....7:15..=..33:40
3. Alex.......3:35....20:00....10:22..=..33:57
4. Harvey...3:55....20:32.....9:47..=..34:14

TriStar 3:
1. Hannah.......5:15....29:50....11:30..=..46:35
2. Lewis...........7:18....26:42....14:02..=..48:02
3. Ellie.............5:57....31:36....12:31..=..50:04
4. Rhiahnnon...5:07....39:37....11:46..=..56:30

Youth:
1. Daniel 8:01....31:29....12:50..=..52:20

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In the US National Aquathlon Championships held in Oklahoma, over a
1500 meter swim and 6.25 mile run,

Daniel Avondoglio came 9th in his Age Group and qualified for the USA
team for the World Aquathlon Championships to be held in Chicago next
year. Dan is one of 4 PACTRACers currently now residing and competing
in the USA.

Result:
Daniel Avondoglio 25:29....45:44..=..71:12 AG 9th.

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3 PACTRACers raced in possibly the last domestic triathlon of the
season - at Bedford.

swim 400 meters in Robinsons Pool.

bike 15 miles on both country and main roads.

run 3 miles - 2.5 laps in the park.

The morning started off very chilly but did warm up later on. Early
starters wore extra clothing. The PACTRACers achieved a 1,2 and 3 in
their respective Age Groups.

17 Steve Hope..........7:43....44:50....19:20..=..71:53 AG 3.
64 Ros Goatly...........7:55....49:28....21:32..=..78:55 AG 1 7th lady
189 Terry Murphy....11:10....55:43....27:05..=..93:58 AG 2.

There is one more triathlon left this season, but that is the Ironman
World Championships in Hawaii this Saturday. PACTRAC's Roger Canham is
already out there acclimatising. Report to follow next week.

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PACTRAC Frostbite Report:

PACTRAC Seniors 7th. PACTRAC Juniors 3rd.

Well done to the Juniors for their best result in many-a-year. 14
Juniors turned out with top Junior Jonathan Oakey (7:56) in 11th place,
less than a minute behind the overall winner.

The Seniors got 1165 points giving us 7th place.

If PACTRACers running for other clubs had ran for PACTRAC we would have
come 2nd with 540 points. But then NVHs would have dropped points so we
would have come FIRST. (3 PACTRACers running for NVHs and 1 for Ramsey
would have scored for us). (3 girls running for other clubs, would also
have scored for us).

We finally got a load of top male runners out - Jaap Flikweert was the
7th male qualifier in 42nd place. Just need to get the girls out now!

Oh and really well done to Paul Vernon who won the race outright by a
whopping 35 seconds. He also won the Huntingdon Park Run the day
before! Nathan Tweedie, running for NVHs, showed great improvement to
come 4th overall (He came 2nd in the Peterborough Park Run on Saturday).

We had 19 runners plus another 15 running for other clubs, making 34.

1. Paul Vernon 26:53
....(4. Nathan Tweedie 27:48)