Richard Morgan - 2012 National Sprint Champion
Richard Morgan was crowned the Men’s BVI National Sprint Champion on Saturday after completing the sprint triathlon in one hour, 18 minutes and 9 seconds. He beat second-placer Adrian Dale by one minute and 26 seconds; Peter Wilmott was third.
Kay Reddy is the Ladies BVI National Sprint Champion after completing her swim, bike and run in one hour, twenty-six minutes and 2 seconds, beating Natasha Ruscheinski, and obliterating by 4 minutes and 46 seconds, last year’s winning time set by Carolina Pettigrew who did not defend her title this year.
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The 2012 BVI National Sprint Championships will take place this Saturday (April 28) at Sandy Ground boatyard, Sopers hole. Event consists of 750m swim, 20km ride (To Struggling Man’s Cafe in Sea Cow’s Bay and back), 5km run (To Big Ben’s Superette and back). The race starts at 7am and registration will be at the Tortola Sports Club, April 27th, from 6pm. Cost is $30 per person.
Last year Chris Ghiorse won the individual men’s, Carolina Pettigrew the individual women’s, and MSZ the team competition. Ghiorse and Pettigrew recorded times of 1:13:36 and 1:30:48 respectively in the sprint distance event with a 750m swim, 20k ride and 5 km. Antony Spencer, the previous year’s champion, was a mere 19 seconds behind Ghiorse having closed the gap on the run after Ghiorse finished the bike ride with a gap of one minute and 23 seconds.
Duathlon start in the sand
On Saturday April 21st, 30 young aspiring triathletes gathered at Trellis Bay, Beef Island to take part in the 3rd youth development event hosted by the BVI Triathlon Federation (BVITF) and BSAFE. Children under 15 with interest in any portion of the triathlon – swim, bike, or run – were encouraged to participate regardless of their individual ambitions.
The Trellis Bay area is proving to be an excellent venue for encouraging kids to give the triathlon a try. “We seem to building a core of about 15 – 20 kids who have participated in all three events with the rest the competitors trying out the discipline for the first time,” said BVI Triathlon Federation director, Chris Ghiorse. “By keeping the events free, open to all, very short and fun I hope to help the idea of doing triathlons as a sport develop. With each follow up event we have done I have seen one or two more kids who came out only to ride or run in a relay the first time, then try their hand at the whole thing in the next event. We have so many volunteers helping out and encouraging these youngsters that I have a great feeling about the future of triathloning here.”
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Under 15 Relay- start of the bike leg in the sand
On Saturday March 17th, 37 young aspiring triathletes gathered at Trellis Bay, Beef Island to take part in the 2nd youth development event hosted by the BVI Triathlon Federation (BVITF) and BSAFE. Children under 15 with interest in any portion of the triathlon – swim, bike, or run – were encouraged to participate regardless of their individual ambitions.
“We had the about the same number of competitors as the first event, but with a few new faces mixed in as well. I found it very encouraging that so many children came out,” said organiser, Chris Ghiorse.
The day started with three age group relays to get everyone warmed up and understanding the course the individuals would face. Most of the relays comprised of a few swimmers tagging multiple riders that were also interested in running. A few of these team competitors said they would like to do the whole thing next time around once they saw how short the swim was.
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After the success of the first youth development event at Nanny Cay, the second event will be held on March 17th at Trellis Bay Beach (in front of Boardsailing BVI) 9:00 am start.
This is a fun introductory event to triathloning for all children under 15. The races will be formatted at a maximum of 1/20th of an Olympic distance. (75 meter swim, 2000 meter bike, 500 meter run). There will be relay and individual races. These races will take no more than 10 minutes to complete. Form a team or do all three events. The racing will take place on Trellis Bay Beach and paths (more…)
