Hamish
Carter and Heather Evans Win ITU Oceania Championships
Hamish
Carter put aside the disappointments of the last 18
months to stamp his class on a top field to win the
Oceania triathlon championship at Millbrook Resort
near Queenstown today.
After
riding in the leading bunch on the 40km cycle, Carter
pushed quickly into the lead on the 10km run around
Millbrook Resort to win in 1:54.24.
The
Aucklander, ranked No 5 in the world, finished 40
seconds clear of Christchurch's Kris Gemmell won outsprinted
fellow Kiwis Craig Watson and Shane Reed.
Carter
and Gemmell qualified for selection for the remaining
two places to join Watson in the team for the Commonwealth
Games in Manchester.
Wellington's
Heather Evans, now residing in Sydney, dominated the
women's field to win in 2:11.37, and qualify for selection
for the one spot available for women to join Wellington's
Evelyn Williamson in the team for Manchester.
Whangarei's
Samantha Warriner finished 1min 10secs behind in second,
with Australia's Rebecca Keat a further minute behind.
Results
Oceania Triathlon Championships, Millbrook Resort
(1.5k swim 40k bike 10k run):
Men:
1.
Hamish Carter (NZL) 1:54.24, 2. Kris Gemmell (NZL)
1:55.04,3. Craig Watson (NZL) 1:55.06, 4. Shane Reed
(NZL) 1:55.06, 5. Olivier Marceau (FRA) 1:55.12, 6.
Bevan Docherty (NZL) 1:56.39, 7. Ritchie Cunningham
(AUS) 1:56.46, 8. Patrick Vernay (NCL) 1:56.48, 9.
Nathan Richmond (NZL) 1:58.39, 10. Matt Reed (NZL)
1:59.08
Women:
1.
Heather Evans (NZL) 2:11.37, 2. Samantha Warriner
(NZL) 2:12.47, 3. Rebekah Keat (AUS) 2:13.35, 4. Fiona
Docherty (NZL) 2:15.03, 5. Shanelle Barrett (NZL)
2:15.30, 6. Debbie Tanner (NZL) 2:16.28, 7. Helene
Salomon (FRA) 2:16.40, 8. Jennifer Cooper (NZL) 2:19.01,
9. Vanessa Palmer (NZL) 2:19.37, 10. Ainslie Savage
(NZL) 2:26.40,
For
further information contact:
Ian Hepenstall
Media Commissioner
Triathlon New Zealand
Tel 021 613181
