Kent Richardson and Julia Hawley took to course during the Inaugural XTerra Sleeping Giant Triathlon in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Competitors were challenged with a 1K Swim, 23.5K Mountain Bike and 17K Cross Country Run.
Hawley won the Female 50-59 Age Group and finished 5th overall clocking a time of 3:03:14. Hawley completed the Swim in a time of 21:30 which was the 9th fastest time, she then clocked the 3rd fastest Bike time of 1:04:20, before closing out with the 7th fastest Run time of 1:34:03.
Kent Richardson finished 10th overall out of 38 male starters and 2nd in the Male 50-59 Age Group. Richardson crossed the line in a time of 2:45:33, he excited the water following the Swim in a time of 19:55, he then clocked 56:32 on the Bike and closed out clocking 1:26:43 on the Run Course.
Richardson said, “It was a great race course for the bike. It was not so technical but it was still hard. The run was almost a 10 miler with very, very steep hills. I had a great swim and after bike was entering transition 5 or 6 place overall but lost places on the run, but very happy all in all.”
Hawley said, “I had a great race and managed to get a Maui world championship spot!! I was 2nd female overall going in to run but I knew my run was not where it should be as I have been injured since Hawaii last year and not done any racing or run training until now! It was an Xterra with a very long and hard run. Bit of a cold start to the day and it was a rough swim.”
