Triathlon

On Thursday 3 November 85 aspiring AvÐÔ°® triathletes travelled to Champion Lakes Regatta Centre to compete in the School Sport WA Triathlon Championships.

Competitors who chose to compete in the State Team Selection category completed all three legs over the following distances:

  • Senior: 750m swim / 21km cycle / 5km run

  • Intermediate: 600m swim / 16km cycle / 4km run

  • Junior: 300m swim / 11km cycle / 2km run

Alternatively, competitors chose the Novice Solo event where they completed all legs or the Teams event where a team of three completed one discipline each. Novice and Teams distances were 300m swim / 16km cycle / 3km run.

With 23 teams and 16 individuals entered, AvÐÔ°® Christi College was one of the largest teams present among approximately 30 other schools.

All our athletes are to be commended on their courage and support for one another during the day. The event was a tremendous display of AvÐÔ°® camaraderie, and we enjoyed some wonderful results along with tremendous satisfaction of making it through a triathlon for many of our team who were new to the event.

The triathlon is a significant logistical operation, and we thank staff who made this possible.

Results

All results from the event can found via the SSWA website

or via blue chip timing

A selection of AvÐÔ°®â€™ impressive results are below:

Individuals - State Team Selection Category

  • Oisin Deery - Year 10: 12th

  • Year 10 Hayden Piper - Year 10: 14th

  • Luke Carrick - Year 9: 19th in Category

  • Xavier Petta - Year 9: 27th in Category

  • Maya Deery - Year 7: 24th in Category

  • Aedan Evans - Year 7: 60th in Category

Individuals Novice Category

  • Beau Troy - Year 10: 20th

  • Cooper Moore - Year 10: 36th

  • Rod Mangoba - Year 10: 37th

  • Aidan Boland - Year 10: 38th

  • Matthew Counsel - Year 10: 42nd

  • Ash Gerrard - Year 10: 43rd

Teams Event – Top 15 in Category

  • 8th – Year 10 Girls           Madison Hall, Jayde Musika, Sienna Fillis

  • 9th -  Year 9 Boys              Seb McGuiggan, Shannon Fitzsimmons, Tom Meek

  • 9th – Year 10 Boys           Sam Zollner, Nicholas O’Keefe, Flynn James

  • 11th â€“ Year 9 Girls            Jess Hartono, Zamia Williams, Loni Ball

  • 11th – Year 10 Boys         Elijah Shortland-Milani, Josh Diaz, Luis Sudiarko

  • 13th – Year 7 Boys           Isaac Harrison, Ollie James, Jude Pitcher

  • 13th – Year 10 Boys         Michael McFerran, Hudson Pivac, Ben Nguyen

  • 13th – Year 10 Girls         Keely Bull, Annabelle Gallagher, Chloe Wong

  • 15th – Year 10 Girls         Anice-Joy Chan, Hannah Oversby, Sarah Low

Primary

On Friday 4 November, two of our Primary students, Amelia M (Year 4) and Madison L (Year 5) competed in the WA Primary Schools Triathlon event held at Champion Lakes. The competition was tough and the course very fast. In the individual Aquathon 10 year old girls division, Amelia came 3rd overall and Madison placed 8th, with the fastest swim leg in the division.

Both girls trained incredibly hard and this is a fantastic result. Amelia and Madison are both now eligible to be selected for the Interstate Aquathon event in March 2023.

James Howard (Head of Sport)

AvÐÔ°® Communications