Elodie Burdett was back in action this weekend representing Team Kennet in her 2nd ever triathlon at the Bristol & District Junior event held at Henbury leisure centre. A very strong swim followed by a super slick T1 saw Elodie in the lead half way through the bike leg. Pushing the pace in tricky wet conditions saw Elodie go over the handlebars on one of the downhills. Coming into T2 in last place, she put the hammer down and ran herself up to 3rd with the fastest run split of the day in her age group and just 7s off 2nd place.
Two Team Kennet Girls took part in the Oldbury White Horse Junior Triathlon last weekend.
In Tri Star 1 Millie Davies came home 17th Female in a time of 23.33 with a Swim of 4.38, Cycle of 10.48 and run time of 4.34. In Tri Star 2 Anna Hall finished in 15th place in Females in a time of 23.46, her Swim was 4.43, Bike 11.23 and Run time of 5.50
Team Kennet Junior triathletes have been out competing in several events, The Kuijten Brothers travelled to Leatherhead to take part in the MHS Go Tri, in the Tri Start boy race Josh came in 1st place, while older brother Reuben took part in the Tri Star 1 age group coming home in 6th place and oldest Brother Ethan in the Tri Star 2 ag group battled his way through to take another win for the Kuijten Family.
At Dorney Lakes, it was the Girls that took part in the Barnes Eton Dorney Kids Triathlon, Kirsten Fraser was the best placed club athlete in the Tri Star 3 age group coming home in 6th place in 26.02 which comprised of a 300m lake swim, 5km Bike and 2.4 Km Run, Emma Davies came home in 26th place in a time of 33.52
Anna Hall took part in the Tri Star 2 age group coming home in 16th place with a time of 27.33
Team Kennets Rose Metalli took part in the Oldbury White Horse Aquabike event held at Calne Leisure Centre on Sunday 5th May. The event is a 400 metre swim followed by a testing 20k bike which steadily climbs up to Oldbury (Cherhill) White Horse with some stunning views and fast descents back into Calne. Rose completed the swim in 7min 34 the cycle ride in 43.36 and the short run of 41 seconds to the finish giving her an overall time of 53.33 . This was enough to secure 1st female ahead of 2nd placed Jane Taylor from Lincsquad and 3rd placed Erica Henson from Abingdon and Vale Tri Club. Rose led from the swim and despite Jane coming back strongly on the bike, Rose’s experience , especially through the transitions, held on to win by 20 seconds
Team Kennet had many athletes participate at the Andover Triathlon at the weekend. A great event for first timers and experienced triathletes alike. Triathlon is set in the Hampshire countryside of Test Valley.
There were 12 seniors from Team Kennet racing – dominating the top 10 with a 4th, 5th, 6th, and 9th position. George Andrew Westall had the fastest bike split of the day, 4th place overall and 3rd in Age Group 20-39, Mel McKernan 19th. Simon Whatson 2nd fastest run split, 5th overall and 1st in AG 40-49. Bart Kuijten 2nd in AG 40-49, 4th fastest run and 6th overall, Colin Abraham 10th and Sean Bird 13th. Neil Atherton 9th overall and 2nd in AG 50-59, Philip Cowhig 6th and Emiliano Espinar 9th. Richard Dunbabin 1st in AG 60-69; Chris Treacher 3rd, Dean Makar 7th.
In the juniors, Charlotte Bailey finished 5th in the girl’s category TS3 and 14th overall. Siblings Ella and Oskar made their debut with Ella finishing 1st in the TS1 category and Oskar realised he had a puncture halfway through his cycle but pushed through and came in as No 11 in the TS2 category. Ben Daley finished in 18th in the TS2 category and The Kuijten brothers Josh 17th TS1 , Reuben 16th TS2 and Ethan 1st TS3. Frank Edwards competing in the TS3 finished in 16th.
Richard Dunbabin travelled to Torremolinos in Spain last week to compete in the 2024 World Triathlon Age-Group Championships. Richard finished 11th in his age group and was the 3rd GBR triathlete over the line. Due to his success this means he will pre-qualify for next years World Championships, for the 3rd successive year.
Team Kennet Triathletes were out in force on Sunday in the Andover Sprint Triathlon, very hot conditions on the day saw 11 club athletes race the 440m pool swim, 30km bike and 8km run.
Cameron Craik set the fastest swim of the day and earned himself an excellent second place on the day in a total time of 1.32.55, he was closely followed by Simon Whatson who came 3rd overall setting the fastest run of the day in a time of 1.34.46.
Chris Hall was next home for the Yellows in 5th place overall that saw him get 2nd Vet prize clocking 1.35.52, Daniel Wright was next in 11th 1.40.16 followed by Bart Kujiten 17th 1.42.44.
Martin Colston claimed another prize as he finished 18th but took 2nd Male senior vet in a time of 1.43.47 and Chris treacher also in the same age group was awarded third place as he came home in 21st place overall 1.47.09
Mark Little came home in 34th 1.52.28, Neil Atherton 41st 1.55.48 and then Ron Stephenson 53rd 1.59.42 taking the Male Vets 70 award runner up.
Kate Monk was the clubs only lady taking part and she came home in 4th place in 1.54.06
12/05/19
Immortal Triathlon (1900m / 56 miles / 14 miles)
Three TK athletes competed at The Immortal, based at a beautiful National Trust Property at Stourhead in Wiltshire. It was a beautiful day too, but a tough course. The swim was 2 laps of a picturesque lake in the grounds of Stourhead House. Phil was first of the TK athletes out of the water, followed by Emiliano and then Katie. Next was a 500m uphill run to Transition. This was to be first of many hills. The bike course was three laps of undulating country roads. The road was rarely flat, with lots of long grinding uphills followed by satisfying downhills. And the run – a rounded-up 14 miles rather than the usual 13.1 miles – was also three laps with along hill taking up about 1/3 of each lap. Overall, a challenging course, as evidenced by the winning overall time (04:52:24) which is a good deal longer than most middle distance races.
TK results are below. Notably, Katie was 4th in her age group. Also, both Phil & Katie were 3rd in the swim for their age groups.
Position
Bib #
Athlete Name
Gender
Gender Position
AG Category
AG position
Swim
T1
Cycle
T2
Run
Gun Time
77
55
PHILIP COWHIG
M
69
50-59
8
00:31:35
00:09:23
03:26:58
00:02:00
02:12:46
06:22:41
112
67
Katie Reynolds
F
16
40-49
4
00:34:32
00:10:29
03:39:54
00:04:50
02:26:07
06:55:52
134
58
Emiliano ESPINAR GARCIA-PEGO
M
110
40-49
39
00:32:24
00:10:30
04:03:33
00:02:37
02:31:59
07:21:03
Other competitors included Mireille Cook (05:55:04) and Sue Van Huyssteen (06:42:48) who are both locally known to TK members, and both of whom finished 1st in their respective age groups.
It was a good day out at The Beale Beastie for Team Kennet. A shortish but testing route saw Bart taking 1st veteran and 4th overall, Sammy 2nd women overall and 2nd in category, and super vet podium places for Mark D and Gavin. Simon was 8th overall, while Rog finished in the top five in his age categories.
TK results are below. Notably, as well as the age group positions above, Sam was 1st Female in the swim, 2nd Female in the run and 3rd Female on the bike. And finally, Bart, Mark D and Mark L all improved on their times in the same race last year.
Pos
Bib No
Name
Time
Category
Cat Pos
Gender
Gen Pos
Swim
G/Pos
T1
Cycle
G/Pos
T2
Run
G/Pos
4
13
Bart KUIJTEN
01:06:38
Male Vet
1
Male
4
06:28.1
15
01:00.4
39:09.2
5
33
19:27.4
4
8
16
Simon WHATSON
01:08:34
Male Open
6
Male
8
06:27.3
14
01:47.8
39:58.9
9
35.7
19:44.0
6
13
8
Mark DUNSTAN
01:11:00
Male SuperVet
2
Male
13
06:17.6
11
01:21.1
39:51.9
8
45.4
22:44.3
30
17
12
Gavin MCLAUGHLIN
01:12:59
Male SuperVet
3
Male
16
05:52.2
6
54.9
43:31.7
25
52.4
21:47.8
19
25
27
Samantha DREDGE
01:16:20
Female Open
2
Female
2
05:59.5
1
01:57.0
45:14.6
3
55
22:13.9
2
28
35
Mark LITTLE
01:17:57
Male Vet
6
Male
26
07:01.7
20
01:50.6
45:28.7
34
54.7
22:40.7
25
33
14
Roger DAVIS
01:19:58
Male SuperVet
5
Male
31
06:34.4
16
02:01.3
42:32.0
20
59.7
27:49.9
62
Bonus Race News – Iron Man 70.3 Barcelona
At the international level, Marion Templeman scored an Age Group 1st place in Barcelona in a time of 05:41:50!
Five junior triathletes from Team Kennet competed at the Twyford
Duathlon on the 12th of May.
Reuben Kuijten was our youngest competitor, and finished 13th in
the Boys TriStars Start (8 years) age group, a great result considering a
last-minute enforced bike change!
In the Girls
Tristars 1 (9-10 years), Anna Hall was one of the youngest girls and had a
great race, finishing in seventh place, showing very good pace on both of her
runs.
We had three boys in the Tristars 1 (9-10) race, two strong runs helping
Ethan Kuijten lead the way home in sixth place overall, followed by Harry
Barnes in 26th and James Lake in 36th.
It was great to see all Team Kennet competitors pushing themselves
so hard and all finishing with a smile on their faces, the training must be
paying off!
If any other kids in the club are interested in triathlon
training, please send Bart an email: [email protected]
Team Kennet had two athletes compete in the World Age Group triathlon championships held in Switzerland.
Gavin Mclaughlin took part in the 50-54 age group which saw him finish 24th out of 130 competitors and 4th British athlete home. In the younger 35-39 age group Simon whatson was amongst some very elite men with some 150 competitors coming home in 79th place.
Team Kennet Triathletes were out in force on Sunday in the Andover Sprint Triathlon, very hot conditions on the day saw 11 club athletes race the 440m pool swim, 30km bike and 8km run.
