Carl Avery and Naomi Eaton are the fastest Brits in Penticton
Scores on the doors from the ITU Sprint Duathlon World Championships…
A little delayed in reporting on this one (apologies, Tri247 Twitter followers will know that Mr Editor has been over at IRONMAN Kalmar in recent days), but here is our first roundup from the Penticton ITU Multisport Festival in Canada, where the first events were the ITU Duathlon World Championships. Great Britain had something on a medal-fest in the Elite races (report HERE), across Elite, U23 and Juniors. Here are the results from the Age-Group Sprint Duathlon.
The fastest man overall was Carl Avery (30-34), who was hoping for selection for the Elite team he raced in last year. The fastest British female was Naomi Eaton, who was third fastest female Age-Group athlete en route to taking Gold in the 30-34 division. That meant that Naomi stepped up one position from the Silver she gained last year in Aviles, Spain.
Top 3 fastest overall British athletes:
MEN
- Carl Avery – 58:03 (30-34 Gold)
- Robert Lightowler – 58:32 (20-24 Gold)
- Nick Samuels – 59:40 (35-39 Gold)
WOMEN
- Naomi Eaton (30-34 Gold)
- Samantha Fawcett (30-34 Silver)
- Jacqui Phillips (50-54 Silver) **
(** That was Jacqui’s 15th ITU/ETU podium finish)
Penticton ITU Duathlon World Championships – Saturday 19th August 2017
Age Group Sprint – 5km / 20km / 2.5km
Great Britain Age-Group Medals – Sprint Distance Duathlon (20)
Gold (6)
- Robert Lightowler – 20-24 Male AG Sprint
- Naomi Eaton -30-34 Female AG Sprint
- Carl Avery – 30-34 Male AG Sprint
- Nick Samuels – 35-39 Male AG Sprint
- Nick Shasha – 40-44 Male AG Sprint
- Wayne Aylesbury – 50-54 Male AG Sprint
Gutted I didn't make selection in the elite duathlon this year to try and improve on last year's 10th pos. job done in the AG #worldchamp pic.twitter.com/60LEnIa9fn
— Carl Avery (@CarlAvery86) August 19, 2017
Still on a high after taking age group World champs win! Thanks to all. @TORQfitness #TORQFuelled pic.twitter.com/SwnIT7ZuDB
— Nick Shasha (@Nick_Shasha) August 21, 2017
Silver (9)
- Rachael Vatter – 20-24 Female AG Sprint
- Adam Thorpe – 20-24 Male AG Sprint
- Josie Cram – 25-29 Female AG Sprint
- Samantha Fawcett – 30-34 Female AG Sprint
- Jo Billings – 40-44 Female AG Sprint
- Robert White – 40-44 Male AG Sprint
- Jacqui Phillips – 50-54 Female AG Sprint
- Heather Lambert – 60-64 Female AG Sprint
- Mick Anglim – 70-74 Male AG Sprint
Slightly disappointed not to win today BUT a silver medal at my first world champs…suppose I can't complain too much! #Penticton2017 pic.twitter.com/Y0QeL0wUGp
— Josie Cram (@JosieCram) August 19, 2017
Gold for USA Silver for GB. Awesome race. The battle of the day for sure. #itumultisport2017 #Penticton2017 @tri247 @ChallengeTC @BritTri pic.twitter.com/T0T2l2QmWP
— Mark Phillips (@markjphillips_1) August 19, 2017
Bronze (5)
- Jake Stephenson – 16-19 Male AG Sprint\
- Mark Jarvis – 40-44 Male AG Sprint
- Michael Buchallet – 45-49 Male AG Sprint
- Cathy Dawson – 50-54 Female AG Sprint
- Paula Fisher – 60-64 Female AG Sprint
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