Category — race reports

Vancouver Triathlon – September 5, 2011

It was an early morning start for racers and the many SAA volunteers looking after the transition at the Vancouver Triathlon this past long weekend. In the Olympic distance race, Naiely Cabrera and Kirsten Romney took over the 20 to 24 age category finishing 2nd and 4th respectively and Jane De Lemos took top spot her age group. The SAA has some very talented women. And in the Sprint distance event, we had Giulio Diserio racing. Finally, a big thanks goes out to all those who volunteered.

Triathlon BC - TEAM BC

Triathlon BC recently recognize those athletes who have achieved a high level of excellence at Provincial Championship events by announcing its BC Team.  On the 2011 Provincial Long Distance Triathlon Team are Michelle Horstmann, Stephen Ptucha, and Naiely Cabrera who also took home the award of Provincial Champion in her age group.  A big congratulations on a well deserved award!

This year’s Ironman Canada saw a record number of participants face a very hard day which included record setting temperatures. On this very challenging day the SAA was well represented. We’d like to acknowledge the SAA members who participated. Well done to:

Andrew Do, Carmen Cameron, Mary Lovelace, Erin Lee, George Tiller, Ann Hayes, Marinus Waterberg, Gord Mathews, Barb Hinds, Alan Pearse, Dave Holder, Fay Waterberg, Michelle LaPorte, Barton Pietras, and Jackie Davidson.

A special “You are an Ironman” goes out to all those who completed their first Ironman this year, and to Ann for winning her age group and qualifying for Kona!

Finally, to those who have already signed up for IMC 2012… What were you thinking!?!  Just kidding! We are excited for you.

This past weekend Kelowna was the site of the 2011 Pushor Mitchell Apple Triathlon which is the Canadian Olympic Distance Championship. While Simon Whitfield captured the Elite Championships, Joanne Fox and Les Pereira put on an equally spectacular show in the age group divisions.

Closer to home on the North Shore, Grand Yeh put up a great fight in the Cypress Challenge as he along with over 300 other athletes battled the 13 km climb to the top of the mounatin. Well done Grand, Joanne and Les.

Congratulations to SAA member Naiely Cabrera for finishing 1st in her age group and 6th female overall in the Subaru Sooke International Half Iron Triathlon!

SAA members Erin Lee and Joanne Fox were up and at it early Saturday morning swimming in the Kitsilano Challenge. Congratulations to Erin who had a very good swim in the 3Km and placed third in her age category.  Joanne also swam well in the 1.5km open water event to place 1st in her age category.  A fun time was had by all!

This past weekend was another very busy one for SAA members.

At the Summerfast 10k Road Race in Stanley Park we had Jane De Lemos who finished 3^rd in her age group.

Over in Penticton at the Peach Classic Triathlon, racing the Olympic distance we had Carmen Cameron, Jackie Davidson, Joanne Fox, Doug Harris, Kirsten Romney, and  Ann Hayes who placed 3^rd in her age group. Racing in the Sprint distance was Michelle LaPorte.

At the Point Grey Triathlon we had Andrew Shing in the Sprint distance. Andrew placed 4^th in his age group in this, his first triathlon. Also racing was Sylvia Szolomicki in the short course event.

At the See Jane Run Half Marathon in Seattle, Tammi Mannering completed her very first Half.

Tracy Marshall was busy (as usual) in the very interesting Wild Thing Summer Fling Marathon at Lake Padden, WA.

And down in Lake Chelan, WA, Barb Hinds earned a PB in the ChelanMan Olympic distance triathlon.

Phew! That was a busy weekend. I apologize if I missed anyone.

Congratulations to Erin Lee for completing the Desert Half Iron in Osoyoos, and to Susan Gelinas for her 3rd place finish at the Squamish Triathlon.

The Canada Day long weekend was busy for our members, with SAA racers in a number of races and events.

On Saturday Pat Malavi and Andrew Do completed the Randonneurs Canada Day 144km Populaire ride.

In Steveston at the Salmon Festival’s One Miler, we had Jane DeLemos racing.

Out at the VOWSA sponsored Canada Day swim at Sasamat Lake we had a number of people. Doing the 4km race were Barton, Ann, Erin, and Mary. And doing the 2km race were Dan, Joanne, and Warren.

The Vancouver International Triathlon Half Iron on Sunday featured Naiely Cabrera, Carmen Cameron, Jimmy Chong, Jackie Davidson and Russell Sham. Naiely and Jackie both won their age group. We also had two relay teams composed of Susan Gelinas with Jan Frail and Linda Hilts, as well as Leslie Burgess with Ann Hayes and Joanne Rooney.

Last, but not least, our resident Marathon Maniac Tracy Marshall was in the Foot Traffic Flat Marathon at Sauvie Island north of Portland, OR.

Well done everyone!

This weekend was very busy one for our club members, with a wide variety of events happening.

In no particular order, we had Colleen Cunningham competing in Ironman Couer D’Alene. Down at the Seattle Rock ‘n Roll Marathon was Tracy Marshall doing the full, plus Barb Hinds and Al Pearse racing the half. At the Scotia Bank Half Marathon were Jim Bodden, Julian Forman, Bev Kong, Michelle Los, and Barton Pietras who had a PB at this distance. And finally, Pat Malaviarachchi was racing the Comfortably Numb 25k trail race in Whistler.

Congratulations to everyone.

We had fun on Friday night with a whole bunch of SAA members & friends taking on the Longest Day road race at UBC. Congratulations to SAA members Jim Bodden, Les Pereria, Susan Gelinas, Joanne Fox (that’s me), and Jane De Lemos who all raced the event!

If you haven’t done this race before, you should put it on your calendar. It’s got a great friendly vibe and has the best post-race food you’ll ever see. Stephen took this “action” photo to prove it.  They had cheesecake and ice cream for dessert, for pete’s sake.  That’s my kind of race!