Jeep Team SA perform at world class level at OCR world Champs in Canada:
Jeep Team’s Thomas Van Tonder and Jay Jay Deysel at OCR World Champs
COLLINGWOOD, ONTARIO, CANADA 19 OCTOBER 2016 – The Obstacle Course World Championships took place this past week in the Blue Mountain Resort in Canada, from 14th to the 16th October 2016, attracting over 4,000 athletes from 43 countries. Three Jeep Team athletes qualified and were selected for Team South Africa.
The Obstacle Course World Championships is a single event created to unify, promote and increase participation in the sport of OCR, while celebrating its amazing athletes and community. It was a tough but very rewarding weekend for Jeep Team athletes, Thomas Van Tonder, Jay Jay Deysel and Carina Marx, who participated on a world platform against the best in the world.
Jeep Team’s Carina Marx and Thomas van Tonder raced in the OCR World Champs Pro Race with 914 male and female athletes from forty-three countries, all converging on to a 15-km long course tackling over forty obstacles with names like Dragon’s Back, Skull Valley, Mini Platinum Rig, Floating Boards, F5 Skyline, Urban Sky, Warped Wall, Wreck Bag Carry, and more.
This Pro field race had no age groups, with mixed genders racing together – all the world’s best obstacle course racers only competing for the title of World Champion, and some of the biggest cash prizes in the sport.
Carina Marx performed at world-class level leaving no prisoners, finishing in an outstanding 12th female overall out of 43 women challengers, in a phenomenal time of 2:18:27. The average time taken to complete the Pro Race across male and female racers was 2:53:24.
South Africa’s top OCR Champion, Thomas Van Tonder, took part in 2 races in the OCR World Champs. His first race, the World Champs Pro race, was as tough as they come against the toughest OCR athletes in the world. Van Tonder gave it everything finishing in a phenomenal 16th place overall out of 169 male participants, in a time of 1:37:40, just 8 minutes behind the overall winner.
Jon Albon (UK) took the win in the Pro men’s event in a time of 1:24:36, his 3rd OCR World Championship win, and for the women, Canadian’s Lindsay Webster’s took the win, her second OCR World Championship win, in a time of 1:45:45. Both completing the same course, they dominated their races, taking the lead early on and never looking back.
Jay Jay Deysel took part in the OCR World Championships 3 km race and finished 35th out of 136 participants, in 20:36 in the 18-24 age category. Deysel also completed the 15-km Long course finishing in 43rd place in a time of 1:54:02.
Said Deysel: “This was the most fun I had in a long time. I once again realized how blessed we are to do the things we love. Life is short. Be the best you can be and spread the love.”
Marx and Van Tonder also participated in the OCR World Championship Make-a-Wish Open Challenge, which took place on the 16th of October. A 15-km standard-distance challenge to test OCR strength and skills, this course was created for the best in the world to raise funds for the Make-a-Wish® Foundation.
No qualification was required for this special charity event allowing all athletes an opportunity to give something back. There were 429 finishers of which 268 were men and 161 were women.
SUMMARY: RACE RESULTS
JEEP TEAM SA AND TEAM SA ATHLETES COMPETITING
SHORT COURSE | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14
| Jay Jay Deysel | 3 km | Pro FbyDiv | 23 | M | 0:20:35.7 | 33 | 33 | 34 |
| Hanneke Dannhauser | 3 km | Pro FbyDiv | 28 | F | 0:24:08.7 | 3 | 3 | 68 |
STANDARD DISTANCE ELITE | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15
| Thomas B van Tonder | 15 km | Elite | 24 | M | 01:37:40 | 16 | 16 |
| Bradley Claase | 15 km | Elite | 28 | M | 01:44:41 | 27 | 27 |
| Jay Jay Deysel | 15 km | Elite | 23 | M | 01:54:02 | 43 | 41 |
| Carina Marx | 15 km | Elite | 33 | F | 02:18:27 | 107 | 12 |
STANDARD DISTANCE AGE GROUP | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15
| Thomas van Tonder | 15 km | Pro FbyDiv | 24 | M | 1:37:41.0 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Bradley Claase | 15 km | Pro FbyDiv | 28 | M | 1:44:40.5 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
| Jay Jay Deysel | 15 km | Pro FbyDiv | 23 | M | 1:54:02.1 | 43 | 43 | 45 |
| Carina Marx | 15 km | Pro FbyDiv | 33 | F | 2:18:26.5 | 14 | 14 | 112 |
| Sabrina | 15 km | F-18-24 | 24 | F | 2:20:22.6 | 3 | 14 | 217 |
MAKE A WISH CHARITY RACE
| Thomas Van Tonder | 3 km | Pro FbyDiv | 24 | M | 0:36:05.8 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| Bradley Claase | 3 km | Pro MbyDiv | 28 | M | 0:36:05.8 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| Carina Marx | 3 km | Pro FbyDiv | 33 | F | 0:46:15.8 | 4 | 4 | 155 |
| Hanneke Dannhauser | 3 km | F-25-29 | 28 | F | 0:53:35.8 | 1 | 7 | 26 |
| Sabrina Daolio | 3 km | Open XbyDiv | 24 | F | 1:01:43.8 | 11 | 11 | 197 |
| Jay Jay Deysel | 3 km | M-18-24 | 23 | M | 1:15:58.0 | 9 | 93 | 127 |
FULL OCR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 RESULTS
Click here: http://www.mudrunguide.com/ocrwc-live-results/?split=0&cat=5
Click here: http://www.j-chipusa.com/results.php?search=&cat=17&Submit=Search
Team SA at the OCR World Champs Photo: Hugo Photographer
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/JeepTeamSA
CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za.
Source: MyPR
Submit your own Press Release or get free content for your publication.
Video – How to post your Press Release on MyPR:
My Press Release (MyPR) provides free South African targeted content and press releases for on and off line publishers and media. Registering on MyPR enables public relations companies and practitioners to post articles under their own author name. Public Relations Companies and practitioners, event organisers, sports and political writers use MyPR as a distribution mechanism for their press releases, content, images and news. A forever free subscription allows publishers and media free access to all press releases, content and images on MyPR.
This press release is courtesy of WP Robot plugin – CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress – a massive time and money saver.
