Big day for Canadians in St. George: Gupta Baltazar wins NCAA qualifier, Paquet and Jamnicky nail silver medals in Americas Triathlon

We don’t have too many details as official results still aren’t available, but we do know that it was a big day for Canadian athletes at today’s Americas Triathlon in St. George, Utah with silver medal performances from both Charles Paquet and Dominika Jamnicky.

In the men’s race Paquet was a close second behind Mexico’s Irving Perez, with American Brent Demarest rounding out the podium. Canadian Russell Pennock took ninth.

Congrats to Charles Paquet who stormed to the silver medal at the America’s Triathlon Championships in St. George, Utah. “I went as hard as I could. It was so close at the end. I almost got the win but it feels so good to finish second and I’m now pretty excited for Abu Dhabi.” pic.twitter.com/oszk6xKJX7

— Triathlon Canada (@TriathlonCanada) October 30, 2021

American Gina Sereno took the women’s race, with Jamnicky finishing second and Mexico’s Sara Roel rounding out the podium.

Make it ✌️?for ?? in Utah. @DJamnicky finishes 2nd in women’s race! “I’m happy to come away with a podium today. Everything just came together.I was really confident in my running abilities today and happy to walk away with a performance that I worked hard for and am proud of.” pic.twitter.com/LPhA5xA9pJ

— Triathlon Canada (@TriathlonCanada) October 30, 2021

Here are the podium finishers from today’s U23 races:

Women

1. Cecilia Sayuri Ramirez Alavez, Mexico
2. Raquel Solis Guerrero, Costa Rica
3. Liberty Ricca, USA

Men

1. Diego Moya, Chile
2. Chase McQueen, USA
3. Austin Hindman, USA

Gupta-Baltazar takes NCAA qualifier

Canadian junior Kira Gupta-Baltazar took the sprint-distance NCAA event in St. George – tomorrow she heads off to compete at next weekend’s junior world championships in Portugal and then heads back to Tempe, Arizona for the NCAA National Championships on Nov. 13th.

Gupta-Baltazar beat her University of San Francisco teammate Gillian Cridge (USA) to the line, with another American, Freya McKinley, from the University of Denver rounding out the podium. Another Canadian, Arizona State University’s Alex Coursol, took fourth.

@TriathlonCanada junior Kira Gupta-Baltazar today won the St George NCAA Triathlon today beating her USF team mate Gillian Cridge from the USA. 3rd was Denver’s Freya McKinnley. Canadian Alex Coursol of ASU was 4th. Baltazar leaves tomorrow for World Juniors in Portugal. pic.twitter.com/Nd3DkQQZmH

— Barrie Shepley (@Barrieshepley) October 30, 2021

Thanks to Barrie Shepley for help with today’s results.