September Newsletter – Triathlon Ontario

What’s New @TriOntario

Don’t Forget!!!

We are moving offices from Toronto to the Milton Velodrome on September 25th. We are working to keep the same phone numbers for your convenience and do not anticipate any disruptions of services

Office Furniture for Sale

Do you need a new desk or chair? How about for the son or daughter with the new school year? We have four or five desks in excellent condition that are going to be left if we can’t find a nice home for them. Come on by prior to the 25th and take a look! (3 Concorde Gate, suite 205) Mon-Thurs 9:30am-3:00pm and stake your claims.

The Green Flash Signs with Infinit Nutrition

Triathlon Ontario’s official nutrition supplier, Infinit Nutrition, announced recently it had signed an agreement with rising IRONMAN star Lionel Sanders to optimize his custom nutrition products and provide the fuel required to race with the best long distance athletes in the world.

Infinit Canada is best known for their industry-leading “custom blended” nutrition products and fueling world-class Canadian athletes like World Silver Medalist Melissa Bishop, Olympic Multi-Medalist Swimmer Ryan Cochrane, and Calgary Flames Defenseman Dougie Hamilton.

Triathlon Ontario members can fuel like Lionel too. As a member benefit, Infinit offers all TriOnt members a free 30 minute nutritional consultation to assist in designing their own custom blended formula and by using the promo code TO2015, members will receive a 20% discount on all products.

Need Bike Transportation to Chicago for Worlds????

If you are planning on racing in Chicago for the ITU World Championships and don’t want to take your bike on the plane with you, we have two great offers for you to consider.

Both LPC Triathlon Club (Guelph) and Personal Best (Caledon) have available spots left for their bike transportation. These are both safe and cost effective options to dismantling and packing your bike and then paying additional fees at the airport.

LPC details here

For Personal Best details please email [email protected]

Club Championships

LPC Defends its Crown in Division I While Fighting Koalas Takes its First Division II Title

Numbers were strong in Wasaga Beach despite numerous club members choosing to rack up valuable points at the province’s first full IRONMAN event, a significant part of Triathlon Ontario’s Long Course Series and a number of juniors competing in the Junior Cup Series finale at Dunrobin.

In total, 177 athletes scored points for their 25 clubs in attendance over the weekend. After three to four years of terrible weather, an event move date earlier in the calender helped to ensure ideal racing conditions this year. The new date, along with hosting the Club Championships helped the Wasaga event experience a 24% increase in participation from the previous year, according to Sportstats.

Division I
LPC Triathlon Club – 2,250 points
Toronto Triathlon Club – 1,810 points
Balance Point Triathlon – Club 1,080 points

Division II
The Fighting Koalas – 960 points
Mettle Multisport – 680 points
C3 – 420 points

Long Course Series to Wrap Up In Niagara

Four of the five races included in this year’s inaugural Triathlon Ontario Long Course Series are now in the books. Many took the opportunity last week to score 1.5x the value of points at the first ever full IRONMAN in Muskoka.

So far the Series boasts nearly 300 participants that have scored points by coming in the top 20 of their age group. The Series now moves to the Niagara Barrelman this month in the last opportunity to score points and have your name etched on the trophy.

Series standings are updated and its all going to come down to the last day. In the Women’s Age Group Division Aimee Sutton leads with 1,054 points. In the Women’s Masters Division Lia Kutzscher leads a tight race with 1,088 points. Over on the men’s side we have a tie for first place currently with Josh Loveless and Scott Dickie both at 1,054 points. In the Men’s Masters Division Tim Lichy leads with 1,063. Who will hold on to win or will someone race Niagara and score max points to come from behind? We’re all holding our breath to see!!!!

Donnelly and Bolger Take the Inaugural Junior Cup Series

Dunrobin (Ottawa) was the site for the fourth and final stop on the first ever Junior Cup Series.

Danae Morris took the win on the day but a second place finish was good enough for Elise Bolger to edge out Morris for the Series Championship. Meghan Adams, coming off an impressive win at Quebec Provincials recently, took third place on the day. Erika Rankin who was fourth on the day used three previous stellar results in the Series to tie Morris for 2nd place overall in the Series.

First year junior Liam Donnelly won his second event in the Series at Dunrobin, which gave him the overall Series win. Second and third on the day were Ryan Rudderham and Daniel Westbroek. Rudderham’s strong placing helped propel him up the Series points table to finish second overall and third place in the final standings went to James Cooke, who finished just off the podium in Dunrobin in fourth place.

Congrats to all those that helped make the first Junior Cup a success. In all, 30 Juniors took part in the Series, which often had conflicting scheduling with National Series races.

Congrats to Liam and Elise and see everyone next year!

For final standings click here

Youth Cup and OSG Qualifiers

Both Youth Cup age groups were in action this past weekend at Dunrobin. Emma Lazenby took her second win of the Series in the 12-13 category, which gave her a 10 point lead heading into the last event. Second and third on the day were Madeline Ongena and Madison Walsh. In the overall standings, Isabella Mastroianni sits in second and Walsh in third.

In the 12-13 Division the podiums for the first three races of the season have been identical. James Olson-Keating earned his third victory out of three attempts and therefore locks up the Series victory with maximum points! Ian Young and Hunter Scholey both got their third straight second and third places and therefore that is how the overall standing sit.

In the 14-15 category, Haley Sturrock earned her second win in the Series. Second and third on the day went to Emma Young and Ella Kubas. Young’s consistent performance has her sitting in first place currently, with Kubas in second and Tara Black in third.

On the boys side, Tristen Jones won the Dunrobin race, his second of the Series which moved him up to third place overall. Brayden Scholey came in second, good enough to take first place overall. Jack Chambers rounded out the podium in Ottawa. Justin De Jong sits just three points back of Scholey in second place in the Series.

For updated standings click here

Another nine athletes qualified for the 2016 Ontario Summer Games at Dunrobin. So far 39 athletes have qualified representing seven different youth clubs. The Games will be held in Mississauga August 11-14 next year. Lakeside represents another opportunity to qualify with three spots for both males and females available.

To see the qualified list click here