PACTRAC pair qualify for European Championships
PACTRAC pair Ellie Piccaver and Giles Cooper have qualified for next year’s European Championships in Istanbul.
They earned their spots with good results in the Dambuster Standard Distance and Sprint Distance triathlons at Rutland Water. The events attracted over 700 athletes.
Piccaver qualified at her first attempt, and won her age group by a huge 17 minutes after covering a 1,500m swim, 25 mile bike and, 6.25m run in 2.31.38, while Cooper qualified with a second place in his age group in 2.20.52.
In the Sprint Distance race Fi Phillips came 3rd in her age group with Sophie Robotham 5th, but just 2 minutes from a podium place.
CLUB CHAMPS
Adam Clark and Susie Freeman have been crowned PACTRAC Club Champions.
In the penultimate mini series race in Oundle, Clark and Paul Davies came out of the swim section together, 50 seconds ahead of Graeme Kane, who had a 5 second advantage over Freeman, Sophie Robotham and Simon Meade. It was another minute before Phil Groves led 9 swimmers out in the space of 30 seconds.
Groves made some inroads on the bike, but Clark was still out in front by 1.42 at the start of the run and he gained a further 13 seconds to take the win by 1.55 from Groves with Graeme Kane 3rd, a further 2:20 back.
Freeman held on to the lead in the ladies race, with Sarah Caskey finishing second and Robotham third as 7 athletes recorded personal best times.
There is still a race to go to decide the mini-series champions.