By Kent Gray/Triathlon.kiwi
The usual suspects were to the fore at the opening round of the Tri NZ Junior Series in Tauranga on Sunday – but not without feeling a little heat from a couple of breakout performers.
Finnley Oliver (Triathlon Tauranga) and Filip Martin (Manawatu Triathlon Club) won the U19 sprint and U16 super sprint races at Triathlon Tauranga’s “Tinman” while the Canterbury Triathlon Club duo of Neve McKenzie and Sophie Lampe repeated the dose in the respective girls races.
Each scored the maximum 40 points heading into the second and penultimate round of the Tri NZ Junior Series, the Canterbury Triathlon Club-hosted Pak ‘n Save Triathlon Festival at Lake Ru in Harewood on December 15.
The final round will be held as part of the Napier Triathlon Festival, incorporating the opening round of the World Triathlon Cup season, on February 23.
An athlete’s two best performances count towards the national titles.
U19 – OLIVER GETS HIS REVENGE WHILE MCKENZIE PIPS HER PAL
As a two-time Junior World Championships representative, Oliver’s victory in 56:12 came as no surprise and leaves him in pole-position for the title.
Still, the Craig Kirkwood-coached prodigy was made to work for it, beating Joshua Gordon-Glassford (Auckland City Tri Club) by 45 seconds over the 750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run. Alec Ball (Manawatu Triathlon Club) was third a further 58secs adrift.
Oliver had his revenge after being pipped by Gordon-Glassford in the 3000m race at the Auckland City Athletics Race Night earlier in the week – 8:42:99 plays 8:43:23. It was the same Mt Smart race where Tauranga 15-year-old Sam Ruthe set the world’s best time for a 15-year-old, and broke the NZ U17 and U18 records to boot, with a remarkable time of 8:09:68.
Gordon-Glassford has also been working hard on his swim and that paid dividends at Tinman while Ball also stepped up despite working his way back from a foot injury.
McKenzie, who hails from Blenheim, beat her St. Kentigern College team-mate and bestie Dorothy Anderson by over a minute in the U19 girls race, taking advantage of the pedal power that will see her ride for a cycling team in Europe next year.
Anderson, the sister of former NZ Schools champion Coen, in turn had a minute to spare over third placed Charlotte Chiles (Canterbury Triathlon Club).
Manawatu Triathlon Club’s Hayley Cornwall, who made her debut at the World Junior Championships in Torremolinos in late October, did the swim as part of a relay team at Tinman but did not race the U19s girls individual as she comes back from injury.
U16 – MARTIN ENHANCES FAMILY NAME AS LAMPE PICKS UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF
Another celebrated tri family was celebrating when Martin won the U16 boys super sprint (300m swim, 13km bike, 3km run) in 39:41 – edging William Moulder by a mere eight seconds in the closest of all Sunday’s races at Tinman. Moulder’s Auckland City Tri Club mate Jackson Pinique was just a further four seconds adrift in third.
Martin hails from a noted Manawatu triathlon family including brother David who switched allegiance from New Zealand to the Czech Republic.
Lampe dominated the U16 girls race, as she did last year’s series, winning in 43:13 ahead of the Auckland City Tri Club duo of Mia Collins (43:50) and Ava Van Rij (44:48).
There were a host of disqualifications in the race caused by course confusion when a number of runners, just adrift of the leaders, turned early for the run home.
Tri NZ Junior Series
Provisional results and series points after the Gen X Homes/Mara Tinman Triathlon
(Mt Maunganui, November 24, 2024)
Male
U19 (750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run)
1. FINNLEY OLIVER (Triathlon Tauranga) – 00:56:12/ 40 points
2. JOSHUA GORDON-GLASSFORD (Auckland City Tri Club) -00:56:57/ 35 pts
3. ALEC BALL (Manawatu Triathlon Club) – 00:57:55/ 32 pts
4. THEO BRAY (Auckland City Tri Club) – 00:58:38/ 30 pts
5. OLIVER CHRISTIE (Eastern BOP Triathlon & Multisport Club) -00:58:48 / 28 pts
6. CONNOR KEMP (Wellington Triathlon Club) – 00:59:04/ 26 pts
7. SAM MCHALE (Triathlon Hawke’s Bay) – 00:59:36/ 24 pts
8. ASHTON UPFOLD (tri-Sport Taupo) – 00:59:45/ 22 pts
9. OLI BARNETT (tri-Sport Taupo) – 01:01:20/ 20 pts
10. JACOB LEAN (Manawatu Triathlon Club) – 01:03:20/ 18 pts
11. XAVIER CHRISTIE (Eastern BOP Triathlon & Multisport Club) – 01:03:25/ 16 pts
12. ALEX BISHOP (Auckland City Tri Club) – 01:04:05/ 14 pts
13. GEORGE SKINNER (Triathlon Tauranga) – 01:05:34/ 12 pts
14. KYRAN MOYLE (Auckland City Tri Club) – 01:06:33/ 10 pts
15. ASHTON GUITRY (Triathlon Tauranga) – 01:07:19/ 8 pts
16. LOUIS CAIRNS (Triathlon Tauranga) – 01:07:27/ 6 pts
17. ELIOT WEBBER (Triathlon Hawke’s Bay) – 01:15:44/ 4 pts
18. DOMINIK BENNETT (Tri NZ Membership) – 01:51:11/ 2 pts
19. ALEX HALL (Tri NZ Membership) – 01:51:11
DNF. OSCAR SKINNER (Triathlon Tauranga) – DNF
DNF. JAKE GUYAN (Tri NZ Membership) – DNF
NYS. JYDE LOW (Triathlon Tauranga) – NYS
U16 (300m swim, 13km bike, 3km run)
1. FILIP MARTIN (Manawatu Triathlon Club)- 00:39:41/ 40 points
2. WILLIAM MOULDER (Auckland City Tri Club) – 00:39:49/ 35 pts
3. JACKSON PINIQUE (Auckland City Tri Club)- 00:39:53/ 32 pts
4. KIAN WESTON (tri-Sport Taupo) – 00:40:37/ 30 pts
5. LUCA DOHNT (Triathlon Tauranga)- 00:41:51/ 28 pts
6. FLYNN BALFOUR (Manawatu Triathlon Club) – 00:42:12/ 26 pts
7. MATTHEW MORE (tri-Sport Taupo)- 00:43:43/ 24 pts
8. YAHAV WIEZEL (tri-Sport Taupo) – 00:43:56/ 22 pts
9. HENRY HODGSON (Dunedin Tri Club) – 00:44:04/ 20 pts
10. FLYNN DOBSON (Triathlon Hawke’s Bay) -00:44:26/ 18 pts
11. CHARLIE GOLDFINCH (Tri NZ Membership) – 00:44:43/ 16 pts
12. RYDER MATTHEWS (Triathlon Tauranga) – 00:45:05/ 14 pts
13. CAM GORDON (North Harbour Triathlon Club) -00:46:14/ 12 pts
14. OLIVER DRAKE (tri-Sport Taupo) – 00:46:15/ 10 pts
15. JAI PARRIS (Manawatu Triathlon Club) – 00:46:17/ 8 pts
16. OLIVER LEAN (Manawatu Triathlon Club) – 00:47:04/ 6 pts
17. PEPINO HELLER (Tri NZ Membership) – 00:47:21/ 4 pts
18. TIMOTHY CRESSWELL (Triathlon Tauranga) -00:47:26/ 2 pts
19. RORY PATTERSON (tri-Sport Taupo) -00:48:12
20. BLAKE SARICH (Tri NZ Membership) -00:48:15
21. HARI SWALLOW (Triathlon Tauranga) -00:48:15
22. DANIEL MORE (tri-Sport Taupo) – 00:48:23
23. SAM TREEBY (Manawatu Triathlon Club) -00:48:28
24. BROOKLYN ARMSTRONG (Manawatu Triathlon Club) -00:48:58
25. PABLO STEWART (tri-Sport Taupo) -00:49:12
26. TRAVIS WELCH (tri-Sport Taupo) – 00:53:10
27. JOSH GORDON (Tri NZ Membership) – 00:54:32
28. NOAH KOOT (Manawatu Triathlon Club) – 00:56:55
29. RUSSELL PARSONS (Tri NZ Membership) – 01:02:48
30. FLYNN WEBBER (Triathlon Hawke’s Bay) – 01:05:24
NYS. MARCUS HOUPPERMANS (Tri NZ Membership) – NYS
Female
U19 (750m swim, 20km bike, 5km run)
1. NEVE MCKENZIE (Canterbury Triathlon Club) – 01:06:15/40 points
2. DOROTHY ANDERSON (Auckland City Tri Club) – 01:07:28/ 35 pts
3. CHARLOTTE CHILES (Canterbury Triathlon Club) – 01:08:29/ 32 pts
4. SOPHIE WEBBER (Triathlon Hawke’s Bay) – 01:11:59/ 30 pts
5. LEAH KILMISTER (tri-Sport Taupo) – 01:14:16/ 28 pts
6. SOPHIE GARRETT (Triathlon Tauranga) – 01:15:12/ 26 pts
7. MACKENZIE SPEERS (Triathlon Hawke’s Bay) – 01:15:40/ 24 pts
8. MILLIE EVANS (Manawatu Triathlon Club) – 01:18:04/ 22 pts
9. HANNAH RAWSON (Triathlon Tauranga) – 01:29:46/ 20 pts
10. CHARLOTTE MÖBUS (Tri NZ Membership) – 01:36:07/ 18 pts
NYS. ANATEA CAVIALE-DELZESCAUX (Triathlon Hawkes Bay) – NYS
U16 (300m swim, 13km bike, 3km run)
1. SOPHIE LAMPE (Canterbury Triathlon Club) – 00:43:13/40 points
2. MIA COLLINS (Auckland City Tri Club) -00:43:50/ 35 pts
3. AVA VAN RIJ (Auckland City Tri Club) – 00:44:48/ 32 pts
4. JOSIE MURPHY (tri-Sport Taupo) – 00:44:54/ 30 pts
5. MADDISON STURGEON (Taranaki Triathlon Club) – 00:45:22/ 28 pts
6. BIANCA STEWART (tri-Sport Taupo) – 00:46:23/ 26 pts
7. PIPI HUNTER (tri-Sport Taupo) – 00:46:36/ 24 pts
8. KIARA BULLOCK (tri-Sport Taupo) – 00:47:30/ 22 pts
9. AYLISH UNDERWOOD (Manawatu Triathlon Club) – 00:47:56/ 20 pts
10. MAIA CROWE (tri-Sport Taupo) – 00:48:27/ 18 pts
11. LUCIE BRADLEY (Tri NZ Membership)- 00:48:47/ 16 pts
12. NINA VARLEY (Triathlon Tauranga) – 00:49:31/ 14 pts
13. QUINN MURDOCH (Tri NZ Membership) – 00:50:08/ 12 pts
14. LOLA ROSE BRADLEY (tri-Sport Taupo) – 00:51:54/ 10 pts
15. LILI CAVIALE-DELZESCAUX (Tri NZ Membership) – 00:56:48/ 8 pts
16. SCARLETT NICHOLAS (Tri NZ Membership) – 00:57:48/ 6 pts
17. GEORGIE ROWE (Tri NZ Membership)- 01:04:00/ 4 pts
18. ALLY JEAN GOLDSACK (Triathlon Tauranga)- 01:07:04/ 2 pts
DNS. PAIGE DOBSON (Triathlon Hawke’s Bay) – DNS
DQ. FREIJA SARICH (Tri NZ Membership)- 00:44:23
DQ. AVA BRYANT (Triathlon Tauranga) – 00:42:36
DQ. CHARLOTTE HALLIDAY (Rotorua Association of Triathletes) – 00:43:44
DQ. KATE FAITL (Triathlon Tauranga) – 00:40:08 –
DQ. BROOKE DEVANEY (Hamilton Triathlon Club) – 00:41:19
DQ. TESSA BAXTER (Triathlon Tauranga) – 00:42:47
DQ. ELLIE RENWICK (Tri NZ Membership) – 00:43:38
DQ. DAISY RUTHE (Tri NZ Membership) – 00:40:28
NYS. MAGGIE HARPER (Triathlon Hawke’s Bay) – NYS
