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August 2009

The Welsh Team had a good day at the IRCs and looked good in their 2XU trisuits. Iestyn Harriet won the youth boys event after working hard on the bike to put him in contention then dominating on the run. In the youth girls Hywells Thomas-Howells placed 2nd and Zoe Thomas 4th. In the TriStar 3 Girls Megan Withers placed 6th.

The rest of the TriStars performed well and gave there all.

Welsh Junior and Youth Duathlon Championships
29 April 2009

Prestwold Hall was the venue for the Welsh Junior and Youth Duathlon Championships which was incorporated into the National Duathlon Championships. First off was the junior males with Luke Watson setting a personal best for the first 5km run and was well placed on the bike in one of the lead cycle groups. On the final run he maintained a fast pace to hold off the group and finish 7th overall and took the Welsh duathlon title. Younger brother Jake stepping up to junior this year also had a very good race finishing strongly 18th pace overall and taking 2nd in the Welsh Duathlon Championships. In the female junior race Elinor Thorogood produced another strong display on the bike and clawed her way back with a very good final run to finish 4th overall and take the Welsh duathlon title.

In the male youth race Wales fielded a strong group of athletes from the talent ID squad. At the end of the first run leg Iestyn Harrett established a small lead closely followed by Liam, Grant, Josh and Owain James. He managed to hold on to his slender lead working well in a small cycle group. In hot pursuit Liam and Grant who were cycling hard to bridge the gap but were unable to do so when they reached the transition for the final run leg. Iestyn maintained his good run form to take the Welsh duathlon title and finished 8th overall at the Nationals. Meanwhile Liam managed to make a small break on Grant and held on to the finish to take second place closely followed by Grant. Swim specialist Josh Harris put in an excellent effort to come close behind in fourth place closely followed by Owain James.

Overall there were very good performances by all the Welsh athletes who contributed to some excellent racing at the nationals.

Results

1st Junior Male - Luke Watson
2nd Junior Male - Jake Watson

1st Junior Female - Elinor Thorogood

1st Youth Male - Iestyn Harrett
2nd Youth Male - Liam Lloyd
3rd Youth Male - Grant Westcott

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