Ockert Maritz is champ of Wik’s Stanfordian race
Stanford Lake College hosted the Wik Memorial Triathlon in a rainy and misty Magoebaskloof on Sunday with Ockert Maritz taking first place in the Stanfordian.
The conditions led to wet mountain bike tracks and muddy trails for the runners. The swimming leg of the triathlon had to be shortened due to bad visibility in the mist.
Maritz completed the ‘swim, fin, and grin’ at a pace of 16.59km/h and won the race with a time of 2:06:35. Taryn-Maie Kuhn took second place overall in the Stanfordian, winning the women’s division with a time of 02:28:33.
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In the Wik individual open Jonah Young took first place overall with a time of 1:12:47 followed by Kuno Venter in second place with a time of 1:16:03. Megan van der Merwe won the women’s division with Isabella Dando in second place.
Tristan Brett won the junior division with Matthew Schriven in second place. Anke Rood took first place in the junior girls’ division followed by Ilné Kotze in second place.
