Ben Scares Takes Bronze At ISA National Triathlon
Congratulations to Year 10 pupil, Ben Scares, who took the bronze medal at the Independent School Association’s National Triathlon after a super performance in a gruelling race.
It was an early start for our triathletes competing in the ISA Nationals at Lucton School, in Herefordshire, on Thursday 2 May. Triathlon is an increasingly popular multi-discipline sport involving a swim, followed by a bike ride and then a run. Princethorpe College’s iron-men and iron-women were competing in the TriStars 2, TriStars 3 and the Youth categories.
Against a competitive field of elite athletes in the senior race, the Youth category, Ben swam 400 metres, cycled 8.4 kilometres and then ran 3 kilometres. He completed the course in a super-fast time of 39 minutes and 4 seconds finishing just behind the leader in third place.
In the TriStars 3 competition, the triathletes completed a 300-metre swim, 6 km on the bike and a 2.4 km run. In the girls’ competition, Year 7, Kaena Wasley had an excellent race and finished in 9th place in 37:56 with, Year 8, Julia Loftus 17th in 43:12. Best-placed boy was, Year 7, Ethan Capelett who was 21st in 36:55 followed by, Year 7, Ben Smith who finished 23rd in 37:59.
Competitors in the TriStar 2 event completed a 200-metre indoor swim, 3.6 km on the bike and then a 1.8 km run. First home for Princethorpe was, Year 7, Kate Pomerleau who came 21st in 27 minutes 24 seconds. Best-placed boy was, Year 7, Ollie Farquharson, who came 16th in a time of 24:02, followed by, Year7, Oscar Reynolds, who came 25th in 25:16. Year 7s, Ed Twyman finished in 27:35, Lachlan Greig in 29:29 and Jacob Iley in 32:48.
A huge well done to all of the participants, but especially to Ben on your bronze medal, the competition was friendly but fast and fierce and you all recorded excellent times.