Sunshine Coast Tri Academy / Hybrid Concepts Australia athletes headed to Rainbow Beach for the double tri which consisted of a sprint distance tri (750m swim / 20 km cycle / 5km run) on the Saturday afternoon and backing up again Sunday morning. As with all races the weather plays a massive part in the preparation and this weekend was very similar to the previous years event. On Friday we had constant rain which continued thru the night and into Saturday morning. With most of the athletes heading up on Friday afternoon the plan was to ride Saturday morning and then prepare for the 3.30pm Race start.

Lucky for the athletes the Coach was prepared and bought the rollers up for an 1hr warm up Saturday morning with some short sharp intervals. With the surf a solid 4-5 foot Friday afternoon there was always going to be an element of doubt that the swim would be cancelled. This was true to form and in my opinion probably the safest move for all athletes of the race. I knew the SCTA / HCAUS athletes would handle it as we swim every week in the surf and open water and they would of relished the conditions, but safety of all is paramount. So Saturday's race would consist of a 2.5km run / 20km cycle / 2.5km run

The afternoon started off with the kids race and SCTA were represented by Memphis Shield and Jemma Hynes. Both had flying starts to lead the first run early but were overtaken on the bikes by older juniors in their respective categories - results below.

Then onto the main race which saw all the athletes lining up with the Men off first then the females and teams 5 mins later. In the men's race there was a quality field lining up that included Australian Junior Rep Matt Hauser getting a hit out below world champs and would be a great indicator as to where SCTA / HCAUS Junior scholarship recipient Jake Hynes is up against one of the best Juniors running around. It was great to see Brodie Gardner hit the tarmac for the first time in 18 months as all his racing is done off road in the Xterra cross triathlons. It would give him his fist hit out in the lead up to the Xterra World Champs in Maui later in the year. Chris George, the consistent BJ Brown the evergreen Brett Stalley, and the jockey Shane Shield rounded out the Men.

In the Female we had Savannah Wayner, Romy Wolstencroft, Paris Shield, Matilda Barrett, Tania Gover and Rachel James. All had solid races and the Junior girls in particular learnt a valuable lesson in race pace control especially with the run first. After a debrief and recovery process all athletes were happy and we headed to the pub for dinner.

After a good night sleep we woke up to stars in the sky and the wind had dropped off overnight so we were hoping the predicted drop in swell would eventuate and we would see a swim start. If it was to be a swim we would see the dynamics of the Saturday race change dramatically. Swim was on and the SCTA / HCAUS athletes were pretty excited about the outcome.

All athletes backed up for Day 2 with the exception of the Junior Girls of Paris Shield and Matilda Barrett who both joined forces with Lucy Evans to do a team and we saw the addition of Malin Olson on the individual start line.

As expected the swim did sort the race out dramatically and saw a lot of changes in position from race 1. Brodie Gardner had another great day out finishing 3rd over the lining which gave him 3rd overall. with the rest of the boys doing a great job continuing on from the pervious day. 

In the Ladies SCTA / HCAUS Junior Scholarship recipient Savannah Wayner stamped her authority on the race leading the way to take out the the race and the overall race win for the weekend. Romy Wolstencroft had a magical 2 days of racing which were set up from strong run performances to take out 2nd place behind Savannah and 2nd place overall for the weekend. Malin Olson ran thru the field to round out an all SCTA podium in 3rd place. While our junior girls dominated the teams with a first place.

A big thanks to all the parents that came up and helped over the weekend. It is great event and we will be back again next year. A big thanks to Sue Brown who gave up her time to be the Race Referee. Well down to Phil Hungerford and the team that put the race on.

Results from the weekend
Savannah Wayner - RACE WINNER - 1st 18-19 Years
Romy Wolstencroft - 2nd Outright - 1st U/17 Years
Brodie Gardner - 3rd Outright - 2nd 25-29 years
Jake Hynes - 1st U/17 Years
Brett Stalley - 1st 50-54 Years
Tania Gover - 1st 35-39 Years
BJ Brown - 2nd U/17 Years
Chris George - 2nd 30-34 Years
Rachel James - 4th 30-34 Years
Memphis Shield - 1st 10-11 Years Kids
Jemma Hynes - 3rd 7-9 Years Kids

On Friday morning both Head Coach Toby Coote and PNG Athlete Rachel James went to the inaugural Sunshine Coast Sports Federation Sports Industry awards. The occasion marked the 1 year to the Rio Olympics. Special guests, sporting identities and politicians where on hand. The Sunshine Coast Tri Academy / Hybrid Concepts Australia were awarded a highly commended in the association category for the work it has done for the past 13 years. It was great to be honoured with this award and shows the hard work being done by the SCTA / HCAUS athletes and Coaches is being reflected in the Sunshine Coast Sports Federation Sports Industry Awards

Sunshine Coast Tri Academy / Hybrid Concepts Australia Athletes were out in force at the Triathlon Queensland Duathlon Championships at Springfield. With State title honours on the line there was some fast and furious racing over a very demanding and technical cycle course. 

With Athletes in the Full Duathlon - 10km Run / 40km Cycle / 5km Run, Sprint Duathlon - 5km Run / 20km Cycle / 2.5km Run, Kids - 1.5km Run / 8km Cycle / 1.5km Run and Mini Kids - 350m Run / 2km Cycle / 350m Run

With very chilly conditions to start off with the first athletes starting at 7.00am. As the sun came up it started to warm up nicely with perfect conditions for racing with no wind. 

In the Full Duathlon we had Kirra Seidel and Malin Olsson in flight. Unfortunately Kirra missed counted her laps and came in 1 lap earlier on the bike while leading the race outright. It was great to see her back racing and will learn from the experience. Malin was solid across all 3 legs which saw her take out the silver medal 35-39 years and 4th female overall.

In the Sprint Duathlon SCTA / HCAUS Junior scholarship recipients were in action and the hard winter training has paid off. With Savannah Wayner leading from the start of the run to win outright in the females, while Jake Hynes nada solid first run that put him in contention with the leaders coming off the bike 48 seconds down. He ran the fastest last run to fall short by 18 sec of an outright race win overall. His 2nd place place overall saw him take out the state championship title in the 16-17 years. Shane Shield competed in his first race in the SCTA colours to take out 8th place.

In the Kids Duathlon we saw the SCTA / HCAUS Juniors have a great day out with Macey Roberts taking out the silver medal 12-13 years and 4th Junior female outright. Ryan Marsh was 11th 12-13 years. While in the 10-11 years boys Josh Nixon 7th, Memphis Shield 10th and Scott Marsh 12th. 

Rounding out the Mini Kids was Matthew Nixon 6th 7-9 years. While in Sydney Maureen Cummings Ran the famous City to Surf Run in a time of 1.16.25

Full Duathlon 10km Run / 40km Cycle / 5km Run
Malin Olsson - 2nd 35-39 Years State Silver Medal - 4th Female overall

Sprint Duathlon 5km Run / 20km Cycle / 2.5km Run
Jake Hynes - 1st 16-17 Years State Champion - 2nd Male Overall
Savannah Wayner - 1st 18-19 Years State Champion - Female Race Winner
Shane Shield - 8th 40-44 Years 

Kids Duathlon 1.5km Run / 8km Cycle / 1.5km Run
Macey Roberts - 2nd 12-13 Years State Silver Medal - 4th Female overall
Ryan Marsh - 11th 12-13 Years
Josh Nixon - 7th 10-11 Years
Memphis Shield - 10th 10-11 Years
Scott Marsh - 12th 10-11 Years

Mini Kids 350m Run / 2km Cycle / 350m Run
Matthew Nixon - 6th 7-9 Years

What a great day and results. Happy Coach. Well done Team SCTA / HCAUS

The Sunshine Coast Tri Academy / Hybrid Concepts Australia Athletes were in action at the Moreton Bay Grand Prix Duathlon and the Cane 2 Coral Run over the weekend.

In very warm and humid conditions at Lakeside Raceway for the MBGP Duathlon for all athletes. The Enduro race consisted of 2 races.
Race # 1 - 2km Run / 7km Cycle / 1.5km Run - Short Course
Race # 2 - 2km Run / 9km Cycle / 1.5km  Run / 9km Cycle / 1.5km  Run - Long Course

The Short Course Race had all Junior athletes 15 years and under as they are too young to race the long course. Short Course race started at 11.15am and Long Course Race started at 1.15pm. If you have never been to Lakeside Raceway it is a very demanding course with a nice big hill at the top of the circuit with undulating hills and flats to round out the 2km circuit.

In the middle of the 2 races we had a Junior race 12 years and Under and SCTA juniors cleaned up with
Ben Seiler - 1st 10-11 Years RACE WINNER
Finn Barlow - 1st 10-11 Years FEMALE RACE WINNER
Memphis Shield - 1st 7-9 Years
Maleah Roberts - 2nd 7-9 Years

In the Short Course Race we had some great results with
Paris Shield - 1st 12-15 Years
Meg Roberts - 2nd 12-15 Years
Savannah Wayner - 2nd - 15-19 Years (3rd Overall female)
Jake Hynes - 2nd 15-19 Years (5th Male overall)
Macey Roberts - 3rd 12-15 Years

In the Long Course
Savannah Wayner - 2nd 15-19 Years (3rd Female overall)
Jake Hynes - 3rd 15-19 Years
Taj Jones - 5th 15-19 Years
Lucy Evans + Maltilda Barrett - 1st Team overall

Enduro - Combined Short Course + Long Course
Savannah Wayner - 3rd Overall - 2nd 15-19 Years
Jake Hynes - 5th Overall - 2nd 15-19 Years
Check out SCTA / Hybrid Concepts Australia Junior Scholarship Jake's Race Report  and Savannah's Race Report

In the Cane 2 Coral Half Marathon we had Kirra Seidel line up. Once again Kirra has been in great running form and continued her podium attack the local run races with another Race Win in a record time and finishing 2nd overall.

This weekend sees SCTA in action at the Queensland Duathlon Champs at Springfield

Well done SCTA / HCAUS Team