Triathlon turned up the heat

THE Esplanade Hotel Twilight Triathlon, the third in the 2014/15 Alex Scott series, was held on Saturday, February 21 in very warm conditions.
A record field of 75 entries took on a 500 metre ocean swim, a 25 kilometre cycle and a five kilometre run.
The swim was on the top of the high tide, giving a fair swim in a slack current and perfect water conditions.
Competitors enjoyed a light tail wind on the way out on the bike leg to Cape Paterson, but it meant they had to work a little harder on the way back.
At the bike turn it was Matt Clark ahead of Matt Sullivan in the men’s field with Rosie Bourke well ahead of the rest of the women’s field.
Matt Sullivan gained ground and was first to enter T2.
Competitors found the run hard going in the heat especially after the turn on the path at the angling club.
Ice was generously offered to cool the athletes down but most of them would have preferred to jump back in the water.
Matt Sullivan put in a solid run performance to get his second win at Inverloch for the season, finishing 15 seconds ahead of Matt Clark.
Cesare Granata from Italy was a minute further back in third ahead of local athlete Thierry Rolland.
First of the Barracudas was Phil Hanley in eighth overall.
In the women’s race Rosie Bourke, ninth overall, finished well ahead, while Kara landells was second with Sharyn Cairns third. First team was Team Invy.

Swimmers: from left, Lucy Vernon and Rosie Bourke (women’s winner) from Phillip Island and Ann Lewton from Leongatha were ready to take the plunge in the Espy Hotel twilight triathlon recently.

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Posted by Sarah Vella on Mar 3 2015. Filed under Sport. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry