Cody Beals of Fergus, Ontario and Suzanne French of Caledon East, Ontario, captured the men’s and women’s titles today at the Belwood Triathlon (750 m swim, 30 km bike, 7.5 km run).
Beals, led all competitors out of the Belwood Lake with a 10:21 swim. In close pursuit were Toronto’s Mikael Staer Nathan (10:28), and Michael Murray (10:32) of Ajax. Beals then seized complete control of the race with a crushing 42:38 bike ride along the windy and course littered with rolling hills and steady grades. With the race in hand, Beals finished with a 24:57 run to grab the hometown win in 1:19:14.
“This was the site of my first triathlon eight years ago. Eight years later and my first season as a pro and I am back, said Beals, who posted some great early season results at Challenge St. Andrews, and Ironman 70.3 Galveston and Syracuse. “For July and August I am not going to race too much and just put in a good block of training. I’ll hit the (Ontario) Provincial Championships in Bracebridge (August 10). September with be a really big month. I am going to hit Muskoka 70.3, Lakeside, and the Niagara Falls Barrelman.”
Belwood Triathlon (750 m swim, 30 km bike, 7.5 km run)
Top 5 Men
1. Cody Beals (Fergus, ON)) 1:19:14
2. Mikael Staer Nathan (Toronto) 1:22:59
3. Keith Marchant (Milton) 1:23:31
4. Ken Morris (Toronto) 1:24:25
5. Paul White (Newmarket) 1:25:47
Like Beals, French got out in front with the top women’s swim (13:14), and did just enough to hold off a late charge by Mississauga’s Tammy Purdy (who posted the top women’s run of 28:31) to get the win in 1:42:15 – just 13 seconds ahead of Purdy.
Belwood Triathlon (750 m swim, 30 km bike, 7.5 km run)
Top 5 Women
1. Suzanne French (Caledon East, ON) 1:42:15
2. Tammy Purdy (Mississauga) 1:42:28
3. Johanna Kyte (Toronto) 1:45:38
4. Marina Bokovay (Toronto) 1:47:21
5. Amanda Charlton (Brampton) 1:47:36
Mississauga’s Larry Bradley, second overall last week at the Canadian Duathlon Championships, followed up that strong performance with the overall win (1:24:00) thanks to a race best bike of 47:25. Toronto’s Katya Masun dominated the bike ride (49:43) to easily claim the women’s title (1:33:59).
Belwood Duathlon (5 km run, 30 km bike, 5 km run)
Top 5 Men
1. Larry Bradley (Mississauga, ON) 1:24:00
2. Chris Marentette (Komoka) 1:26:34
3. Spencer Summerfield (London) 1:28:35
4. Donald Lesco (Brampton) 1:35:04
5. Roger Hospedales (Markham) 1:35:18
Belwood Duathlon (5 km run, 30 km bike, 5 km run)
Top 5 Women
1. Katya Masun (Toronto, ON) 1:33:59
2. Leslie Gibson (Toronto) 1:41:09
3. Michele Sheehy (Cobourg) 1:42:14
4. Angela Gervase (Stayner) 1:45:50
5. Wendy Holyday (Caledon) 1:49:13