Undefeated throughout the Season, top Port Elizabeth triathlete’s Dan Howitz and Lisa Bright, triumphed on Wednesday morning at Port St Francis to claim round 3 and the overall Series titles for the 2012 About IT Triathlon Summer Series.
A packed Port St Francis on Boxing Day morning witnessed some class racing from EP’s leading triathlete’s as Howitz stepped into the lead from the transition of the swim leg to hold off a strong challenge from Gauteng’s Cobus Kruger who finished just 9 seconds off the pace with junior Keegan Scott in 3rd place. Liza Bright remains to strong in the ladies category, remaining unbeaten over the past couple of years to finish strongly on Wednesday in 14th place overall ahead of Jade Hooke and Genelle van der Riet.
Howitz and Bright took the overall Series honours following the 3-part Series with Jade Hooke and Odessa Perelson taking the 2nd and 3rd place overall in the ladies category respectively whilst Ryan Peter and Ryan Johnson come the silver and bronze medal series positions in the Men’s category. For the juniors, consistency earned Rinaldo Morgia overall Series honours ahead of Matthew Scott and Dewald Allers.
The Series enjoyed a substantial growth this season, particularly in the social team entry category and will return in December 2013 for another fun 3-part sprint distance triathlon Series.
Dan Howitz – Men’s Winner and Liza Bright – Ladies Winner
About IT Triathlon Summer Series – 2012 Overall Series Results
- Men: 1 Dan Howitz (3:10:48.9); 2 Ryan Peter (3:15:24.9); 3 Ryan Johnston (3:22:18.6); 4 Josh Mcgrath (3:35:46.1); 5 William Wilson (3:44:56.6);
- Ladies: 1 Liza Bright (3:36:29.7); 2 Jade Hooke (3:45:22.3); 3 Odessa Perelson (4:23:37.9); 4 Natalie Cloete (4:27:39.8); 5 Mariska Le Roux (4:50:13.4);
- Juniors: 1 Rinaldo Morgia (3:25:42.9); 2 Matthew Scott (3:26:05.7); 3 Dewald Allers (3:42:21.7); 4 Matthew Danckwerts (3:59:51.3); 5 Matthew Shellard (4:36:27.0);
About IT Triathlon Summer Series. Round 3 – Port St Francis, Wednesday 26 December 2012
- Men: 1 Dan Howitz (1:06:01.3); 2 Cobus(Jacobus) Kruger (1:06:10.9); 3 Ryan Peter (1:07:05.1); 4 Ryan Johnston (1:10:43.8); 5 Alec Riddle (1:10:53.0); 6 Josh Mcgrath (1:13:01.5); 7 William Wilson (1:14:10.4); 8 Paul Ingpen (1:14:33.3); 9 Kenrick Brown (1:14:46.1); 10 Laurence Wrensch (1:15:12.7); 11 Jonathan Teppler (1:17:25.8); 12 Martin Webber (1:17:26.4); 13 Jovan Esterhuizen (1:17:53.0); 14 Antony Daniels (1:19:20.3); 15 Gerrit Olivier (1:19:38.3); 16 Deon Boshoff (1:19:47.8); 17 Nick Chapman (1:19:53.0); 18 Grant Marais (1:20:16.1); 19 Robert Jamieson (1:21:32.9); 20 Shawn Van Der Meulen (1:22:04.2); 21 Phillip Heine (1:22:05.1); 22 Carne Prinsloo (1:23:08.5); 23 Francois Van Wyk (1:24:18.9); 24 Andrew Moss (1:25:09.7); 25 Rory Scheffer (1:27:02.0); 26 Justin Slade (1:27:22.4); 27 Louis Cloete (1:27:49.3); 28 Johan Barnard (1:29:01.7); 29 Graham Richards (1:29:41.9); 30 Ant Moore (1:29:45.1); 31 Pietie Olivier (1:29:48.2); 32 Tim Heine (1:30:51.8); 33 Justin Scott (1:31:16.6); 34 Jacques Botha (1:31:18.9); 35 David Enslin (1:32:01.1); 36 Trevor Gascoyne (1:32:04.2); 37 Retief Joyce (1:32:07.3); 38 David Buckham (1:32:25.2); 39 Richard Milford (1:33:32.9); 40 Henk Spoormaker (1:33:57.5); 41 Eric Kreft (1:33:58.9); 42 Coenraad Louw (1:34:36.4); 43 Garry Hoare (1:35:23.4); 44 Fabrizio Morgia (1:35:24.3); 45 Michael Williams (1:35:37.9); 46 Roland Clack (1:35:59.4); 47 Jaco Potgieter (1:36:32.2); 48 Hugh Ingpen (1:37:10.8); 49 Ewan Naude (1:37:15.2); 50 Grant Webber (1:38:14.7); 51 Paul Bester (1:38:37.8); 52 Albrecht Schepers (1:39:10.2); 53 Moegamet Johnson (1:40:42.3); 54 Johan Black (1:41:09.6); 55 Stephanus Hancke (1:41:19.7); 56 Lloyd Watters (1:41:54.8); 57 Louis Horn (1:43:05.0); 58 Vincent Rapsat (1:43:32.5); 59 David Douglas (1:43:50.6); 60 Dane North (1:44:26.1); 61 Frans te Groen (1:44:43.7); 62 Casper Strydom (1:47:17.2); 63 Mike Glover (1:47:38.9); 64 Andrew Boshoff (1:49:45.2); 65 Jan Kotze (1:50:19.6); 66 Francois Jaubert (1:51:16.5); 67 Reynold patrick King (1:56:03.4); 68 Duncan Butler-Wheelhouse (1:57:35.1); 69 Christo Viljoen (1:57:54.3); 70 Warwick Ingpen (2:02:38.7); 71 Andy Schlict (2:03:47.3); 72 Willie DeBeer (2:05:52.0);
- Ladies: 1 Liza Bright (1:15:30.0); 2 Jade Hooke (1:19:04.4); 3 Genelle Van Der Riet (1:20:41.9); 4 Adele Van De Venter (1:20:51.7); 5 Lauren Coleman (1:25:12.5); 6 Natalie Cloete (1:27:46.6); 7 Odessa Perelson (1:28:21.0); 8 Louise Blatch (1:28:36.3); 9 Leanne Grobbelaar (1:29:05.1); 10 Heather Paton (1:32:26.3); 11 Charlene Kennedy (1:32:27.2); 12 Amanda Shaw (1:35:26.8); 13 Tamaryn Naude (1:36:58.9); 14 Mariska Le Roux (1:37:36.7); 15 Bonnie Ras (1:39:45.6); 16 Cathryn Doster (1:41:13.3); 17 Joy Van Der Walt (1:44:20.8); 18 Alexandra O’Donoghue (1:44:42.2); 19 Marlene De Clerk (1:44:42.8); 20 Claudia Temlett (1:45:38.8); 21 Lauren Mungur (1:45:47.6); 22 Marissa Black (1:58:52.4); 23 Susan Hanekom (2:05:54.2); 24 Andre-Henri Le Roux (2:06:52.0); 25 Helen Richards (2:09:17.7);
- Juniors: 1 Keegan Scott (1:06:21.9); 2 Matthew Scott (1:08:36.0); 3 Rinaldo Morgia (1:10:32.5); 4 Dewald Allers (1:15:34.3); 5 Justin Knott (1:21:37.9); 6 Matthew Danckwerts (1:22:36.3); 7 Shaun Glover (1:25:20.4); 8 Munro Ferreira (1:30:29.5); 9 Andrew Watters (1:31:02.5); 10 Matthew Shellard (1:34:00.2); 11 Andrew Wren (1:56:05.3);
- Teams: 1 Van der Walt/De Meyer/Steenkamp (1:14:24.6); 2 Fast Furious (1:16:19.7); 3 Searle/Steenkamp/Wageneer (1:19:14.8); 4 Santa (1:20:42.5); 5 About IT Juniors (1:22:06.7); 6 Adler’s (1:22:14.4); 7 Tam Dad Tam (1:23:42.4); 8 McLachlan’s (1:24:26.5); 9 Van de Linde/Zwiegelaar/Kotze (1:24:47.4); 10 The Butlers (1:26:22.2); 11 Luscombe’s (1:26:55.5); 12 Stryblers (1:27:31.9); 13 Riddle’s (1:28:57.9); 14 Mitchell’s (1:29:05.3); 15 Delport/van Staden/Rangere (1:30:37.2); 16 GaultStewart (1:33:40.8); 17 Peacock/Marais/Strooh (1:35:05.7); 18 Gonna Lose Big Time (1:35:57.2); 19 Stenson (1:38:16.5); 20 Herbst Wagener’s (1:40:07.7); 21 Dawson Haminban (1:40:44.9); 22 Bauers (1:41:55.1); 23 Hancke’s (1:44:31.1); 24 Grobbelaar’s (1:44:58.6); 25 Harington / Kerr (1:45:40.6); 26 Wilson Botes’ (1:45:59.9); 27 Golden Girls (1:51:40.2); 28 Steyn De Beer’s (1:56:28.2); 29 The Very Strong Team (2:05:16.3); 30 Bailey’s (2:16:17.7);
