Esperance Classic ~ 20.03.2011
The typical Esperance weather had every thing in store for the competitors of the 27th classic Olympic Distance Triathlon on Sunday 20th March.
The event has yet again attracted people from all over the state like Perth, Albany, Kalgoorlie and even Derby! With 33 competitors in the long and 11 in the short, it just keeps getting bigger as the word of the event spreads.
The overcast but calm conditions allowed for a quick swim of 1500m with Mathew Bourke flying out of the water first with Shannan Dixon hot on his heels but once Shannan was on his bike, no one was able to catch him. The very wet roads slowed down some riders and thankfully we had no accidents on the 40 km ride from James Street around Norseman Road and back along the Esplanade. Scott Wallace and Andrew Luraschi both had very quick bike times but with Shannan averaging nearly 40 kmh, no one was able to keep up.
The 10 km run was both wet and a bit windy but the competitors were too tired to care as they finished the event.
It was no surprise that the end results were: Shannan Dixon 1st, Scott Wallace 2nd and Harlin Mannix 3rd for the men with Lisa Rose 1st, Janet Tyrrell 2nd and Jo Hammond 3rd.
As for the teams, Dwyer & Brown were 1st Male team and The Sum of Us was 1st Female Team.
The Esperance Tri Club juniors are showing everyone what talent we have with Bradley Scheer taking out first place in the short course and Jordy Bradley, 3rd female.
At a shorter distance of 300 m swim, 10km cycle and 2km run, the event is fast. Following Bradley over the finish line was Alan Weatherhead and Rod Zakostelsky for the males. A great result for Rod in his first ever triathlon! Melisa Rowe, Karen Franks and Jordy took top three spots for the females.
Thanks to Bill Cutten for providng the race photography via his personal website.
http://www.billcutten.com/2010_11_Esp_Corporate_Tri/2011_Mar_-_Corp_Tri.html
Olympic Distance: S Dixon 1.57.24, S Wallace 2.04.35, H Mannix 2.04.45, C Curnow 2.06.28, B Sylva 2.07.17, A Luraschi 2.07.41, N Armstrong 2.10.38, L Rose 2.11.31, R Matthews 2.16.26, J Grabowski 2.17.18, F Matthews 2.17.53, P Topping 2.20.00, R Dunn 2.20.19, M Bourke 2.22.55, G Foulkes-Taylor 2.23.46, J Tyrrell 2.24.02, T Wood 2.26.59, Team Dwyer & Brown 2.29.30, J Marwick 2.35.05, J Hammond 2.35.37, C Roberts 2.38.54, T Stone 2.40.04, C Bracknell 2.40.04, G Mayes 2.40.18, P Foulkes-Taylor 2.41.01, Team The Sum Of Us 2.45.32, L Anderton 2.47.13, G Long 2.48.08, S Warwick 2.48.52, S Androvich 2.50.06, D Thornton 2.52.01, S Himbeck 2.53.06, Team Desert Goldfish Minus One 2.54.24, G Cameron 2.57.15, C Askey-Doran 3.02.11
CSBP Mini Tri: B Scheer 34.40, A Weatherhead 35.32, R Zakostelsky 37.54, M Rowe 38.30, K Franks 41.21, M Quinn 41.24, J Bradley 41.53, P Bayliss 42.01, S Dunn 46.16, C Glover 46.39, J McInnes 48.34
2010 Esperance Classic Race Report
An amazing 25 individuals and 5 teams competed in the 26th Esperance Olympic Distance event on Sunday 7th March, many their first attempt at the longer distance with competitors travelling from Kalgoorlie, Albany and Karratha.
The Esperance weather threw a bit of everything at the competitors resulting in a few slippery turns for the ride but there was a little sunshine for the 1500m swim.
Shannon Dixon, as expected, took an early lead in the swim completing the 1500m in 21min 3sec with Jack Grabowski following at 23mins 29secs. Jody Brownley stayed within the top 3 for the whole race while Frank Matthews gained time on the ride.
The 40km bike ride had cyclists pushing through the wind up Norseman Road and back to James Street and the roundabout becoming slippery in the rain. Shannon Dixon held his lead to come in fastest on the bike with Jody, Frank and Jack trying to chase him down in the 10km run.
Lisa Rose made up time, running at 4 min kilometers but Shannon won the event, coming in 8mins 20secs faster than Jody in second place followed by Frank Matthews. Jack Grabowski took third for the men, while Lisa Rose and Janet Tyrrell were second and third for the women.
The short course was also a popular event with 20 competitors and two teams taking part in a 300m swim, 10km ride and 2km run.
Anthea Stacey and Stuart Caulfield stayed within 30 seconds of each other in the swim and the run with Stuart only 7 seconds behind Anthea in the run to finish second. Wayne Stewart stayed ahead of Richard Brown for second and third for the men with Brodie Bratten and Lesa Blackham, second and third for the women.
Throughout both courses there were some very close times.
Thank you to the volunteers and to the Lion’s Club and thank you to St John’s Ambulance for attending to the various scrapes and bruises.
Long Course: Shannon Dixon 2:05:33, Jody Brownley 2:13:53, Frank Matthews 2:16:03, Jack Grabowski 2:17:12, Lisa Rose 2:17:38, Scott Wallace 2:18:01, Owen Critchley 2:19:49, Brian Sylver 2:19:51, Paul Topping 2:21:03, Steve Bertling 2:21:18, Steve Gibson 2:21:30, Anthony Thomas 2:22:16, David Roberts 2:24:01, Janet Tyrrell 2:27:08, Mick Willsher 2:27:24, Harlan Mannix 2:28:16, T Slap Dash 2:33:56, Trevor Neaves 2:40:04, T IIFF 2:42:13, Mary Petkovski 2:42:44, t Strickland 2:44:06, Rob Parsons 2:45:40, T Princess Worriors 2:47:15, Melisa Rowe 2:49:03, Jeffrey Tan 2:59:38, Jo Marshall 3:03:05, Heather Malseed 3:05:49, H Alex House 3:18:21, Julie Kuskoph 3:32:19, T NPP 31.24 (Swim only)
Short Course: Anthea Stacey 32.27, Stuart Caulfield 32.34, Wayne Stewart 34.25, Richard Brown 34.55, Lance Williams 35.20, Luke Elliott 35.50, Brodie Bratten 35.52, Lesa Blackham 36.58, Mike Vickers 37.06, Julie Andrew 37.23, John Daunt 37.44, Fiona O’Donnell 39.39, David Dwyer 41.03, Cameron Willsher 41.21, Hugh Brotherton 41.40, Michelle McGregor 42.35, T Androvichfranks 42.55, T Go Team Go 43.02, Russell Tyrrell 44.01, Meremie Kingham 45.18, Jo McInness 45.55, Rowan Spittle 46.24
