Ayro brothers set pace for Triathlon Club

Aug 8 2008

MEMBERS of the Ayrodynamic Triathlon Club have starred in recent events.

On Saturday, five youngsters took part in the Mazda Scottish Youth and Junior Triathlon Championships within Bellahouston Park. It’s a series of triathlon races categorised by age group with the swim taking place in Bellahouston leisure centre, the bike route along a challenging and technical 2k closed loop within the park and finally the run also within the grounds of the park.

The Rae brothers were again prominent with Finlay winning his 13-14 category race in 29 mins 42 secs for the 300m swim/8k bike /2.4k run while Andrew finished fourth in the age 15-16 race with a time of 36:12 (400m/10k/3k).

Rheanna Sloss was third in the female 13-14 race while Hannah Crum (8) and Siobhan Rae (9-10yrs) also picked up third placed prizes with times of 10:36 (50m/1k/600m) and 19:01 (150m/4k/1200m) respectively.

Meanwhile, the adults have been recording more victories for the club. In the Loch Lomond Highland Games at Balloch Country Park, veteran athlete Dougie Munro was victorious in the open water sprint triathlon (600m swim/12.8k bike/3k run), with David and Mark Auchie, Julie McTaggart and Alastair Stewart also taking part.

In the Lochore Meadows Open Water Sprint Triathlon in Fife (750m swim/20k bike/5k run), Stewart Bailey held off a strong field of 124 to win the first veteran prize and ninth overall in 1:09:36.

Angus Peden continued his winning run with overall victory within dense fog at the Peterhead Sprint Triathlon (750m pool swim/22k bike/5k run), finishing 20 seconds ahead of the field of 52 in 1:07:15.

Seventeen Ayrodynamic athletes will take part in the re-scheduled British Sprint Triathlon Championships at Strathclyde Park on August 24.