From: jdods@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Jeffrey Dods)
Subject: Some Sketchy results from The Worlds in Muskoka
Originator: jdods@todah.chem.utoronto.ca
Organization: U. of Toronto Chemistry Department
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 03:01:58 GMT

	I was spectating at the worlds in Muskoka today; what an awesome 
	sight! 

	It was supposed to begin with the age-groupers, starting in waves
	at 8am. But at 8am you couldnt even see the *first* bouy (about
	40m off the beach). So the start to the big day was 
	delayed by almost an hour. I guess if the safety marshals
	in boats can't see the swimmers and the swimmers can't see the 
	bouys there isn't much point.
	This delay was pretty hard on the athletes because the air temp
	was about 10C... owww! Hey I froze to death waiting for the 
	start and I had a few layers on, so those guys and gals must 
	have been really cooool.
	Finally things got off to a splash with the junior men followed
	by junior women, followed by higher and higher age cats.

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	Sorry for the sketchy results. It was hard to hear above all
	the excitement.
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	Junior Men:
	To make a long story short, Spencer Smith (Great Britain)
	was first out of the
	H2O at about 17:40  followed very closely by lots-o-Aussies!
	Steven Flower was the first Canadian out, in about 10th pos.

	Junior Women:
	Alexandra(?) (?Sirname) (Australia)  was first out-o-de-pond
	at 19:15, Sara Harold (New Zealand) 5 second behind. Kirsti Allen
	(Canada) was 5th out, trailing Alexandra by about 2 min.
	A big pack tagged behind these first finishers.
	
	Not much later age groupers from later waves made it impossible for
	me to determine who was what position. Anyways it was clear that
	it was going to be sunny soon. The fog was disappearing off the
	beautiful lake like nobody's business!

	Now to the bike course and finish:

	Junior men:
	Spencer Smith must have really booted it on the bike.
	He was off at 1:18 and a few trickled in about 1 1/2 min later.
	A big pack of cyclists boomed in a full
	3 min later. What is implied by so
	many guys coming in at the same time (does the word `drafting' come
	to mind...?)

	Spencer opened his lead on the run to win the worlds junior 
	race, 1:53:57 Ya dude!
	This was an omen to what was to come in the Pro race at 11am!
	Cameron Brown (New Zealand) 1:56:09 was second.
	Another Englishman was 3rd  1:56:28.
	The first Canadian (Flower??) at 2:01, placing unknown.
	

	Junior women:
	Sara Harold (NZ) was first off the bike, she obviously made good
	time on Australian rival Alexandra who now trailed by 1min 45sec.
	The best part for me was seeing Kirsti Allen move up to 3rd place
	with only 2 1/2 min behind Sara H. 

	The Australian Alexandra was playing her cards right and saved
	herself for the run. Making up her losses on the bike, she 
	powered in to the finish line looking really strong and 30
	sec. ahead of Harold to win the junior title; 2:11:xx  
	The top Canadian I think was Kirsti Allen at 2:17:25 (3rd??!!)


	The Pro Men race:
	I didnt get to the swim finish so I missed who was where after
	the swim. 15K into the bike there was 5 guys within 30 seconds
	of eachother: McMurphy (Ireland) Bevan (Australia) Wells (N.Z.)
	Pigg (U.S.A.) and a fifth I missed. Mark Bates (Canada) was in 
	12th and moving up fast.
	At 20K 8 men were within 45 sec, Bates in 8th place now!!!
	The next thing we hear is Miles Stewart is on his way to the
	hospital in the back of an ambulance. We later hear that he is
	doing fine but with broken bones in the foot. This was a big
	relief. Whenever I hear of bike crashes I always fear the worst.
	Anyways Andrew McMartin (Canada) is now up there in 9th place
	behind Bates.
	At the bike finish it was still the Irishman in the lead, but 
	this would not last long into the run. I think Pigg was 2nd
	and another American 3rd (maybe Devlin?) McMartin and Bates just
	a min or so behind. A min or so later they started coming in
	faster than the announcer could announce.
	Three min into the run McMurphy looses the lead to Simon Lessing
	(Great Britain) now in the lead, followed by Bates, Pigg etc...
	McMartin 6th. We hear how Simon Lessing(sp?) is a hot runner
	and at this point the announcer is hinting that `de race be over
	(as Ben Johnson would say) in favour of Great Britain.
	Well 5 min into the run Lessing we hear has opened up a 20 m lead
	then at 7 min its 70 m ! sheesh this guy is cooking.
	A few min later we hear he is 1 min ahead and it is sounding 
	like a done deal.

Sorry but this is all I could get in the heat of the moment:
	
1)	Simon Lessing WON!!!	1:49:04
2)3)	followed by two Germans 33 and 45 seconds later
4)	an Australian (your guess as good as mine, I say Bevan)
5)	an American (Pigg ?  probably)
6)	Mark Bates (YEAHHHH!)
7)	a Czech
8)	Andrew McMartin (YEAHHHH!)

Perhaps Someone could fill in the rather huge holes in the results and Post
it soon.

	The Pro Women Race:
	I missed the swim so the first point I got was that Joanne Richie
	(Canada) was leading on the bike. Since this is her strong suit
	it seemed like a predictable state of affairs.
	Sue Schlatter (Canada) who came out of the lake late had passed
	8 women in the first 5 km of the bike.
	Lots of Australian women were high in the placings at this point.
	By 20k into the bike it is still Richie on top, and 5 Canadians
	in the top 10, Yeah! Isabelle Mouthon (France) in 4th place.
	At 25k the tables started to turn as Michelle Jones (Australia)
	passes Richie. But Richie back up 10 min later!

	Fast foreward a bit and.....
1)	Michelle Jones wins 2:02:08	looking very composed!
2)	Joanne Richie	    2:03:22     crosses the line grinning
3)	?		(USA)
4)	Joanne Hanson 	(USA)
5)	Karen Smeyers 	(USA)
6)	Fiona Cribb 	(Canada)
7)	Sue Schlatter 	(Canada)
8)	? 		(Bermuda)
9)	Mary Cook 	(USA)
.	.
.       .
.	.

	These are all of course highly unofficial results, but I hope
	you enjoyed reading it anyway ;')

	Jeff.

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