Boily and Marchant take 31st K-Town Triathlon
Celebrating it’s 31st year, the K-Town Triathlon added two more names to its impressive list of champions.
The first edition of this Ontario classic started in 1984, and Kingston’s Cedric Boily and Newmarket’s Kristen Marchant, added their names to the impressive list of K-Town Triathlon champions on Sunday.
Former champions include: Simon Whitfield, Sharon Donnelly, Joanne King, Mark Bates, Richard Browne, Julie Curwin, Tereza Macel, Mike Neill, Jamie Cleveland, Rick Hellard, Nigel Gray, and Sean Bechtel.
Boily dominated the men’s race with top splits in all three segments. He led the swim (26:26), extended his lead during the bike (1:22:13), and closed with a 58:09 run in the heat to earn the overall victory in 2:47:33.
K-Town Triathlon Long Distance (Swim 2 km, Bike 56.2 km, Run 15 km)
Top 5 Men
1. Cedric Boily (Kingston, ON) 2:47:33
2. Louis Therien (Gatineua, QC) 2:55:41
3. Stephen Cann (Ottawa) 3:00:31
4. Joe Rizzi (Newmarket) 3:01:00
5. Tony O’Keeffe (Colorado Springs, USA) 3:02:27
No stranger to leading the swim, St. George’s Angela Quick led all women out of the waters of Kingston Harbour in 26:39 with Marchant in second, just 90 seconds later. Quick gained another 3 minutes on Marchant after the bike ride. Once on the run, Marchant made use of her run strength despite just getting over a stress fracture that prevented her from running during the first half of the season. Marchant posted the top run of 1:01:48 to finish in 3:05:40 and claim the women’s title. Ottawa’s Robyn Hardage rode the top split of 1:31:45, and ran 1:05:03 to pass Quick for second place.
K-Town Triathlon Long Distance (Swim 2 km, Bike 56.2 km, Run 15 km)
Top 5 Women
1. Kristen Marchant (Newmarket, ON) 3:05:40
2. Robyn Hardage (Ottawa) 3:11:49
3. Angela Quick (St. George) 3:14:28
4. Lauren Powell (Toronto) 3:23:10
5. Brittany McEachern (Kingston) 3:23:15
One of the unique aspects to this event is the $1800 in prize money that is split evenly between the Long Course Triathlon, Short Course Triathlon and Duathlon for Male and Female overall winners (regardless of Elite or Age Group status).
Chatham’s Alexander VanderLinden (1:21:57) and Ottawa’s Margaret Bailey (1:35:19) won the Short Course Triathlon (750m swim, 30 km bike, 7.2 km run), while Toronto’s Dan Rees (1:37:53) and Peterborough’s Karine Travaillaud (1:40:33) won the Duathlon (4 km run, 30 km bike, 7.2 km run).
