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Maidenhead Rowing Club sent along 14 junior athletes (7 boys and 7 girls) to compete in the Bedford inaugural Biathlon organised by Bedford Modern School on Sunday 16th January 2005. The event offered athletes an opportunity to compete on the ergometers followed immediately by a run.
For the J14’s and J15’s this was a 3000m ergo and a 3000m run and for the J16 and J18 athletes this was a 5000m ergo followed by a 5000m run. This was a very challenging task for all competitors learning how to pace the ergo and manage the immediate transition from the ergo to the run.
A Grand prize of a new Concept 2 model D ergometer was the prize to be awarded to both the top boys and top girls team from the school/club with the fastest cumulative time for four competitors, with one competitor from each age group (J14, J15, J16, J18). Maidenhead competed for both the boys and girls team prizes and came away with some excellent individual boys and girls performances. In the team competition the boy’s team came third and the girls team won by a very convincing margin.
The total biathlon time recorded was from the start of the ergometer piece to when the athlete crosses the finish line of the run.
Maidenhead Rowing Club overall results were impressive finishing overall winners and in some case 2nd in age groups.
Summary of results were as follows:
Girls 3K ergo 3K run |
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Biathlon time |
Finish position |
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Alice Ancora – J14* |
12:27 |
31:00 |
Was 2nd at the end of the ergo, pushed a little too hard on the ergo which affected the run - 11th place. |
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Rebekah Kerns – J14 |
12:37 |
31:08 |
Was about 3rd after the ergo but also pushed a little too hard on the ergo and suffered on the run - 12th place. |
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Ally Brooks – J15* |
12:26 |
25:37 |
Paced the ergo well and finished in first place on the ergo and finished in 1ST place after the run. |
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Aimee Campbell – J15 |
12:43 |
26:13 |
Paced the ergo well and was 3rd after the ergo and moved into 2nd place on the run. |
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5K ergo 5K run |
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Louise Entwistle – J16* |
20:32 |
47:09 |
Combined J16 & J18 event: Led from the ergo and continued well on the run to finish in 1st place overall. |
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Laurian Pepper – J18* |
21:12 |
47:44 |
Combined J16 & J18 event: 5th after the ergo and moved up into 3rd place overall on the run - 1st place overall in J18. |
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Jo Wright – J18 |
21:47 |
51:39 |
Combined J16 & J18 event: 9th place after the ergo and moved up to 4th place overall on the run – 2nd place in J18. |
Boys 3K ergo 3K run |
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Roberts Ashburner – J14 |
12:11 |
26:12 |
2nd after the ergo and ran well to finish in 4th place. |
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James Henderson – J14 |
12:25 |
30:02 |
4th after a good ergo and finished in 14th place after the run. |
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Philip Clapp – J15 |
10:56 |
26:16 |
Finished in 1st place on the ergo. Found the run as expected quite hard and finished in 10th place overall. |
5K ergo 5K run |
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Max Gerrard – J16 |
19:01 |
44:12 |
Led from the ergo and followed this with a strong run to finish in 1st place. |
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Matt Best – J16 |
19:07 |
45:59 |
2nd after the ergo and did well to hold this position on the run and finish in 2nd place. |
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Dave Jones – J18 |
17:45 |
42:30 |
2nd after the ergo and finished in 6th place after the run. |
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Sam Ashburner – J18 |
DNS |
DNS |
Injured Knee so withdrawn. |
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* Girls Grand team prizewinners were:
Alice Ancora J14 11th place
Ally Brooks J15 1st place
Louise Entwisle J16 1st place
Laurian Pepper J18 1st place.
All competitors from Maidenhead did extremely well at this event and it was pleasing to see the juniors all finish in strong positions.
Billy Brooks
Captain Juniors
Maidenhead Rowing Club
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