Jones, Sturrock, Olsen-Keating and Lazenby Etch Names onto Youth Cup Trophy With Series Wins

– Participation up 25% in 14-15 Division –

September 16, 2015 – Triathlon Ontario, the recognized Provincial Governing Body of Multisport in Ontario, announced the winners of the Triathlon Ontario Youth Cup Series after the completion of the final stop at Multisport Canada’s Lakeside event this past weekend.

Triathlon Ontario recognized the need to help foster a competitive development series in Ontario and in 2013 it created the Youth Cup with a 14-15 age group division. That year there were 20 youths that took part. Building on that early success, the Youth Cup was expanded to add a 12-13 age division and the 14-15 division expanded the number of races and made three of the five races draft legal. The Series had 40 participants in each division that year. The growth continued in 2015 with 50 participants (up 25%) in the 14-15 division with four of five races now draft legal, and 44 participants (up 7%) in the 12-13 division.

In addition to the Youth Cup, Triathlon Ontario created a Junior Cup Series (30 participants) and an Elite/U23 Cup Series (30 participants) in 2015, both all draft legal. Prior to 2015, there was only one draft legal race in Ontario for Juniors and Elites/U23 to participate in. The Cup Series has become an integral part of Triathlon Ontario’s Provincial Development Program, which aims to develop Youth, Juniors, U23 athletes, coaches and clubs. Triathlon Ontario will be announcing its 2015-2016 Provincial Team and the expansion of the Program’s training opportunities for Youth and non-Team Junior/U23 in the coming weeks.

Triathlon Ontario would like to thank the race directors that hosted the various Cup Series events, especially those that hosted draft legal events.

12-13 Girls

Emma Lazenby rattled off three straight victories in the final three races to claim the maximum 75 points in the best three of four Series. Madison Walsh took second place in Lakeside but it wasn’t enough to overtake Isabella Mastroianni in the overall standings for second place. Mastroianni (4th in Lakeside) finished in second place with 60 points and Walsh was third with 59 points. Genevieve Sasseville (3rd in Lakeside) and Madeline Ongena tied with 56 points for 4th place to round out the top 5 in the Series.

12-13 Boys

James Olson-Keating left no doubt who should win this division by winning all four races to take his title. The podium was identical for the first three races with Ian Young and Hunter Scholey coming in second and third. Young’s three second places ensured his second place in the Series with 60 points and Scholey locked up third place with 58 points after a second placing in Lakeside. Cal Lewis (54 points) and Ian Markham (50 points) rounded out the top five in the Series. Newcomer to the Series, Jacob Chant took third place at Lakeside.

14-15 Girls

Haley Sturrock won three of the four races she competed in including Lakeside to edge out Emma Young (2nd at Lakeside) by seven points in the final standings. Sturrock finished with 97 points while Young ended with 90 points. Ella Kubas took third at Lakeside and in the final Series standings with 81 points. Tara Black and Ella Clarke each had 75 and 73 points to round out the top five final standings.

14-15 Boys

With this year’s Series win Tristen Jones becomes the first person to get his name on the Youth Cup trophy twice as he won last year’s 12-13 Division as well. Jones used three victories (including Lakeside) out of four races to score 95 points. Second place was a tight race in the Series, with Jack Chambers (5th in Lakeside) holding on with 86 points over Brayden Scholey (3rd in Lakeside) who amassed 83 points and Justin De Jong (4th in Lakeside) who earned 80 points. Liam O’Connor rounded out the top five in the Series with 72 points. Newcomer to the Series, Nicholas Lambert was second in Lakeside.

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Triathlon Ontario is a non-profit organization that is the recognized Provincial Governing Body for Multisport in the province of Ontario. Our mission is to provide leadership and governance for the development of a safe and fair environment for Multisport in Ontario. Triathlon Ontario oversees the sanctioning of races and clubs and undertakes a number of duties and responsibilities on behalf of athletes at every level, coaches, clubs, officials and race directors to ensure the growth and development of the sport in a fun and safe way. For more information please visit: http://www.triathlonontario.com.

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