Defending champions, Dan Howitz and Lisa Bright, continued their winning form in the About IT Triathlon Summer Series at Round 2 on Sunday morning at Pollok Beach.
Despite the hot conditions, the 750m swim was held in cold 14 degree waters and was followed by a flat 20km out and back cycle along Marine Drive before participants completed a 5km run in near perfect weather in Port Elizabeth. Howitz once again took the lead during the cycle leg but was chased hard by Michael Bester during the run with Bester finishing just 8 secs off Howitz’s winning time of 58min 54seconds with Ryan Peter in third place.
Bright won the ladies race in 1hr 06min with Jade Hooke in second and Robynne Klee in third place. Junior Keegan Scott finished 4th overall to take the junior title from Rinaldo Morgia and Matthew Scott.
Team Automax comprising Rolf Kickhofel, Murray Finlay and Gavin Dickson won the teams category in a time of 1hr 4min with the O’Kennedy family in 2nd place and the About IT youngers in 3rd place.
The final round of the About IT Triathlon Summer Series takes place on Wednesday 26th at Port St Francis, starting at 8.30am. Online registration is available on www.trisummerseries.co.za and late entries are accepted on the day. Over 40 social teams are anticipated for round 3.
Dan Howitz
About IT Triathlon Summer Series. Round 2 – Pollok Beach. Sunday 23rd December 2012:
Men:
1 Dan Howitz (58:54.0); 2 Michael Bester (59:04.1); 3 Ryan Peter (59:21.6); 4 Cobus(Jacobus) Kruger (1:00:01.3); 5 Keegan Scott (1:00:36.6); 6 Jeren Seegers (1:01:04.0); 7 Rinaldo Morgia (1:01:40.9); 8 Ryan Johnston (1:02:15.1); 9 Ross Helliwell (1:03:55.7); 10 Steven Bornman (1:04:20.4); 11 Shane Darcy (1:04:25.9); 12 Matthew Scott (1:04:46.7); 13 Paul Ingpen (1:05:26.1); 14 Josh Mcgrath (1:05:29.5); 15 Andrew Robinson (1:05:30.0); 16 Mark Maurizi (1:06:33.5); 17 Dewald Allers (1:07:26.3); 18 Pieter-Henk Boer (1:07:37.5); 19 Howard Theunissen (1:08:35.1); 20 Roger Hook (1:08:42.7); 21 Iain Barrow (1:09:02.2); 22 Nick Chapman (1:09:25.9); 23 Gerrit Olivier (1:09:28.8); 24 William Wilson (1:09:52.1); 25 Deon Boshoff (1:09:56.2); 26 Richard Gilbert (1:10:00.1); 27 Stephen Van Niekerk (1:10:02.1); 28 Angelo Ciarrocchi (1:10:08.0); 29 Bruce Fields (1:10:12.5); 30 Antony Daniels (1:10:15.9); 31 Nathan Thompson (1:10:24.3); 32 Brandon Schlebusch (1:11:12.2); 33 David Hutton (1:11:50.4); 34 Ryan Holder (1:12:02.1); 35 Robert Jamieson (1:12:03.6); 36 Phillip Heine (1:13:00.4); 37 Louis Cloete (1:13:19.4); 38 Matthew Danckwerts (1:13:23.5); 39 Shawn Van Der Meulen (1:13:24.2); 40 Paul Jacobs (1:13:40.1); 41 Clyde Abrahams (1:13:53.5); 42 Munro Ferreira (1:14:37.6); 43 Rogan Moore (1:14:47.7); 44 Maartin Erasmus (1:15:16.8); 45 Craig Bosch (1:15:25.1); 46 Gavin Meistre (1:16:08.2); 47 Johan Barnard (1:20:25.3); 48 Warren Boeha (1:20:29.5); 49 Josh Cummings (1:20:43.3); 50 Greg Upton (1:20:50.7); 51 Adriaan Venter (1:21:11.6); 52 Tim Heine (1:21:15.5); 53 Matthew Shellard (1:21:27.6); 54 Dean Findlay (1:21:50.5); 55 Nicohan Van Der Merwe (1:21:57.8); 56 Fabrizio Morgia (1:21:58.7); 57 Bruce Gie (1:22:06.4); 58 Willem Bronkhorst (1:22:08.1); 59 Johan Swartz (1:22:17.6); 60 Charlie Hills (1:22:20.7); 61 Graham Richards (1:22:58.9); 62 JACOB ABRAHAM (1:24:00.0); 63 Andrew Boyers (1:25:02.2); 64 Jacques Voigt (1:25:12.5); 65 Rob Ermes (1:25:14.1); 66 Jacques Botha (1:25:29.7); 67 Luigi Ciarrocchi (1:25:36.5); 68 Gary Dracatos (1:25:44.4); 69 Charlton Kerridge (1:26:19.3); 70 Sian O’Keeffe (1:27:07.2); 71 Brendon O’Keeffe (1:27:07.3); 72 Jaco Potgieter (1:27:07.8); 73 X Van de Merwe (1:27:10.2); 74 Stephen Moore (1:27:37.4); 75 Andre Nel (1:28:11.4); 76 Hansie Vosloo (1:28:14.7); 77 Michael Copeland (1:29:30.1); 78 Albert Verster (1:29:47.8); 79 Mark Davies (1:30:35.3); 80 David Douglas (1:30:47.2); 81 Paul Bester (1:32:52.5); 82 Ruan du Toit (1:33:22.8); 83 Mike Van Oerle (1:33:24.4); 84 Vincent Rapsat (1:35:59.0); 85 Dane North (1:36:20.3); 86 Okkert Brits (1:38:07.2); 87 Geoffrey Hoppner (1:39:41.7); 88 Andrew Boshoff (1:42:22.5); 89 Paul Schoeman (1:42:26.6); 90 Henno Verster (1:52:06.4); 91 Hendrik Vander Merwe (1:53:07.7); 92 Christoff Vander Merwe (1:53:08.2); 93 Helder De Almeida E Silva (2:09:48.3);
Ladies:
1 Liza Bright (1:06:53.2); 2 Jade Hooke (1:07:50.3); 3 Robynne Klee (1:11:21.6); 4 Olivia Read (1:16:24.5); 5 Odessa Perelson (1:21:23.8); 6 Heather Paton (1:21:44.9); 7 Sabrina Ciarrocchi (1:22:11.3); 8 Natalie Cloete (1:22:28.8); 9 Jenny Rubidge (1:25:39.6); 10 Nikki Davies (1:26:12.0); 11 Ashley Wagner (1:27:25.5); 12 Mariska Le Roux (1:28:37.2); 13 Helen Kernohan (1:28:37.9); 14 Lou Furstenberg (1:29:11.3); 15 Natalie Style (1:30:31.9); 16 Pamela Labuschagne (1:31:25.9); 17 Neylese Donaldson (1:34:08.8); 18 Nadia Meistre (1:35:00.0); 19 Amanda Shaw (1:35:58.7); 20 Clair Howard (1:36:10.2); 21 Mary-Anne Stott (1:37:35.9); 22 Nadia Oliver (1:38:13.8); 23 Jennifer Van Oerle (1:38:20.3); 24 Joy Van Der Walt (1:39:18.9); 25 Trevlyn Lotz (1:43:02.5); 26 Chanel Lewis (1:45:41.0); 27 Dalina Bocchi (1:46:34.8); 28 Edna Vander Merwe (1:53:06.7); 29 Cheryl Witte (1:54:35.6); 30 Elzabe Boshoff (2:12:41.8); 31 Leslie Boshoff (2:12:46.4); 32 Sindee Delport (2:21:02.6);
Teams:
1 Team Automax (1:04:59.8); 2 O’Kennedy family (1:12:22.8); 3 About IT Youngsters (1:20:34.6); 4 Ermes Family (1:22:46.7); 5 Bester, Botha, Boshoff (1:30:56.2); 6 Harington Kerr’s (1:34:01.1); 7 Allers, Ballowman Black (1:38:25.6); 8 Baumgarten family (1:58:45.2)
