Relentless athletes blitz into action in season finale race
Hundreds of athletes headed to Germiston Lake recently to partake in the season finale of the Trinity Sports Triathlon and Duathlon race for 2018/2019.
Due to alleged contamination in the water at Germiston Lake, the previous Trinity Sports Triathlon and Duathlon did not include any swimming races.
However, in the third and final race of the 2018/2019 season, incorporating the Central Gauteng Triathlon, held recently, the water had a favourable temperature of 19ºC and no reported contamination.
This saw all athletes participating in the standard triathlon and sprint triathlon bring out their wetsuits for a boisterous final race.
Athletes, between the ages of 12 to 15, took part in the mini-duathlon, which comprised a 2.5km run, 10km bike and 1.5km run.
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Divan de Vries took first place in this race, with a 38 minute and four second finish.
The mini-triathlon, comprised of a 400m swim, 10km bike and 2.5km run, saw Storm Jordan Cooper take first place, reaching the finishing line in 38 minutes and 23 seconds.
Thomas Schlebusch was the first to charge past the finishing line, in the sprint duathlon for athletes between the ages of 16 and 19.
He completed the 5km run, 20km bike and 2.5km run race in a time of one hour, one minute and 43 seconds.
In the sprint triathlon (ages 16 to 19), comprising a 750m swim, 20km bike and 5km run, Rossouw Venter came in first in a time of one hour, four minutes and 51 seconds.
In this final standard duathlon race for the season, Rob Stewart was the winner, dashing through the finishing line in two hours and 15 seconds.
He was closely followed by Darrin Jordaan, who came in at two hours and 46 seconds.
André Venter came in third in two hours, one minute and 27 seconds.
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Michael Harris beat his competitors in the standard triathlon by being the first to reach the finishing line in a time of two hours, seven minutes and nine seconds.
In second place, Charles Johannes Beaurain came in in two hours, 13 minutes and 56 seconds.
With a time of two hours, 13 minutes and 11 seconds, Brian Johnson came in third.
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