Battling not only the heat, but also fatigue after leaving the pool following 33 laps, then cycling along Hwy 10 from the Base for 20-K, before finishing off the PSP triathlon with a 5-K run, 18 competitors crossed the finish line at the GSH. The first to cross the finish line was PSP’s Floyd Weatherbie, who was in the first group to leave the pool. He covered the distance in one hour, 44 minutes (1:44.00) to finish 10th overall. From the second group out of the pool, 2PPCLI’s Capt Nathan Stafford was top overall champion, and top male competitor. He covered the course in 1:19.17. Capt Stafford was followed by fellow 2PPCLI comrade Capt Adam Blok Top female competitor was Capt Danielle Taylor from 1 Dental Unit, who was in the fifth and final group to leave the pool. She finished 11th overall with a time of 1:48.01. Photos Jules Xavier/Shilo Stag
Here are the results from the 18 competitors who finished the PSP triathlon:
1st Nathan Stafford 1:19.17 (top male)
2nd Adam Blok 1:20.39
3rd Stephan Simard 1:28.00
4th Jonathan Turpin 1:30.14
5th Peter Simpson 1:31.53
6th Colton Duenkler 1:34.12
7th Didier Loiselle 1:38.53
8th Peter Nadasdy 1:39.40
9th Eric Duchesne 1:43.11
10th Floyd Weatherbie 1:44.00
11th Danielle Taylor 1:48.01 (top female)
12th Nicolas Grenier-Blandon 1:51.59
13th Eric Shaw 1:54.25
14th Lane Sippola 1:57.49
15th Vanessa Durand 1:57.55 (2nd female)
16th Pat Blakely 2:02.41 (3rd female)
17th Kevin Gagnon 2:07.11
18th Calvin Elliott 2:13.19
