No swimming discipline?
No problem.
Vernon’s Kal RATS Sprint Triathlon, making its return after a two-year COVID hiatus, was dealt an early blow Saturday, June 25, when the City of Vernon closed swimming at Kin Beach – home base for the event – due to poor water quality levels.
So the race Sunday, June 26, which drew 79 individual competitors and six relay teams, went to Plan B: add a second run portion to kick things off, two kilometres in length, followed by the 18.5 km bike discipline and ending with the five km run.
The change didn’t bother 91´ó»ÆѼ’s Cory Krist. At all.
Krist was the only competitor to cover the course in sub-60 minutes, finishing in 54 minutes 51 seconds. He was first in his age group, Men’s 40-44.
Samuel Lazar of Salmon Arm was second overall (first in Men’s 45-49) with a time of 1:00.54, and Elliot Barber of Lake Country placed third overall (first in M30-34 age group) in 1:01.43.
Like the men, the top three women finishers were first in their age groups.
Vernon’s Tracy Moore was the first woman across the finish line (ninth overall, first in W55-59) in 1:09.01. Julie Provost of 91´ó»ÆѼ was second (first in W35-39) in 1:13.42, and Jennifer Proce of Lake Country was third (first in W25-29) in 1:14.35.
The Hot Peppers were first in the team relay, covering the course in 1:01.54.
roger@vernonmorningstar.com
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