Sullivan claims series second place
WONTHAGGI triathlete Matt Sullivan has taken second place in the Male Open Section of the prestigious Gatorade Triathlon series.
The series consists of five races held from November to April across three different venues: St Kilda, Elwood and Portarlington.
The first four are sprint events with the final event at St Kilda being of Olympic distance.
This comprises a 1500m swim, a 40km bike ride and a 10km run.
There was a record field of 2850 competitors across all categories at this event on Sunday, April 10.
Many athletes were attracted to the Victorian Triathlon Championships (held in conjunction) and also the fact that this was the only Olympic distance event in the series.
Throughout the series Matt achieved podium finishes at race one at Elwood (third) and race two at St Kilda (second).
He finished fourth in race three at Elwood, sixth in race four at Portarlington and ninth in Sunday’s event.
Matt previously won the 15-19 year old series title in 2013-2014 when he was nineteen.
The following year he won the 20 to 24 year old series title and then decided to increase the level of competition by entering the Open Section this year.
Matt is coached by Elite Triathlon Performance Australia (ETPA) and trains every day.
He combines this with studying his fifth year of a Masters of Engineering at the University of Melbourne, being head of the chassis department of the Melbourne University Racing team and working two days a week at Prodrive Racing Australia creating car parts for Winterbottom and Moztert’s V8 Supercars.
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