A busy weekend at the Callala half-ironman at Jervis Bay for many ACT aspirants to the Australian Ironman at Forster. Many qualifiers on the day, some just missed out and still hoping for a roll-down, others pinning their hopes on the last qualifier at Shepparton on 13 December. After snapping a chain on the first ride, Paul Smith still broke his own course record last weekend to take out the 1998 Sri Chinmoy Triple Triathlon for the second consecutive year in 10 hours 33 minutes. James Nicholson from Adelaide was second and Martin Boyd put in a Herculean final run to pass Newcastle's Stu Adams and come home third. In the team's race new records were set in all categories.
Full results are available now.
Former Australia junior representative Luke Harrop took out the first Triathlon ACT Cup Elite race 1 from Canadian Olympic squad member Lach Vollmerhause and Canberra's Simon Thompson. In the women's race, World Cup athlete Rebecca Keat from Albury came home ahead of Nowra's Erin Philp with Canberran Raeleigh Tennant third. Juniors Shane Whipp and Jane Fardell won the age group race and Casey Guthrie and Simone Smith were first home in the inaugural Sunsmart race. Jason Chalker was chased down by Peter Taylor on the bike but managed to fend him off on the run to take out second place. Michelle Hunter led Raeleigh Tennant out of the water but was overtaken on the bike.