Children excel at biathle and triathle champs
Extreme Aquatics could not be more proud of their athletes who competed in the SA Biathle and Triathle Championships.
They took place in Somerset West on May 28 and 29 and were organised by the SA Modern Biathlon Association. In the biathle discipline on Saturday, Giann Wessels (u/13 boys) won first place. Catherine O’ Grady (girls u/15) came 15th.
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Zoe Jansen van Vuuren competed in the u/13 girls’ category and obtained position 13.
The biathle for the u/13 age group consists of 400m running, 50m swimming and then 400m running again.
The u/15 athletes ran 800m, swam 100m and then ran 800m. The athletes also competed in the triathle parents discipline on Sunday, which consists of swimming, running and rifle shooting.
In this discipline, Giann Wessels won third place, Zoe Janse van Vuuren seventh and Catherine a 12th place.
“The World Modern Pentathlon will be taking place in Portugal this year and these athletes stand a chance to qualify for the South African team. The national team haven’t been announced yet. The athletes are all learners at Laerskool Lydenburg. Extreme Aquatics want to thank the school, parents and the athletes who practised hard to compete in this gruelling competition,” said coach, Rianda Wessels.
