Tyler Smith finished an impressive 4th out of 64 starters, in Verdun, Quebec in the Quebec Provincial Junior Elite Triathlon Championships, part of the Canadian 2016 Junior Elite Race Series.
Due to poor water conditions the race was changed to a duathlon, with Smith crossing the line in 54:04.
Smith was 5th after the first 5km run which he completed in 14:23, he then stayed up close to the leaders on the bike finishing the 20km in 31:24, Smith closed out running the final 2.5km in 8:16.
Smith now heads to Victoria,BC where he will be training with other Canadian junior elite triathletes with coach Kelly Guest (this visit will be Tyler’s third to Victoria to train with the group) ahead of taking up his place at Leeds University where he will be training with one of the leading triathlon programmes in the UK.
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