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22.4.08
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20.4.08
Results - Report - The 2008 Tewkesbury Aquathlon Series has been blessed with dry weather at each race and this was no different for the final race held today where at the end of a very wet week the field was in good condition and thanks to a recent cut, was ripe for some personal bests from earlier races of the series.
The racing was very fast with 10 competitors getting under 6 minutes for the 400 metre swim and all the top 6 overall breaking the 20 minute barrier for the 5 kilometre run. There were many excellent performances from regulars throughout the series but on the day the spoils went to Joel Enoch (Team Fitness 4 Less) with the 2nd fastest swim (5:26) and the fastest run (17:42) of the day making him the clear winner (23:08) by almost a minute from the much improved Andrew Cogger (24:02) and Peter Darton in third (24:27).
In the Female race, winner at both the February and March events, 20 year old Katie Silke (Coventry Triathletes) was hoping to make it 3 out of 3, and that she did. Recording the fastest swim time of the day (5:18) she made the race look easy crossing the line in 25:55 and finishing 7th overall on the day. Series regulars Jessica Wheatley (Worcester Triathlon Club) and Julia Newberry (Cheltenham Triathlon Club) came home 2nd and 3rd respectively, just over 2 minutes down on the winner.
So how did these results affect the Overall Series? For the Ladies it meant Katie Silke was the winner, with 3 wins, second was Jessica Wheatley, with Julia Newberry moving up to 3rd overall following an impressive performance on the day. The men's side of things was a a closer affair but 2nd on the day gave Andrew Cogger the title with 10 points, just edging out Roddy Gosden (Tewkesbury Triathlon Club) on 12 points and Peter Darton finishing 3rd with 13 points.
A big thank you once again to all those who competed, our sponsors Science In Sport and Asics and thank you to all the volunteers, some who helped at every race and those who did not mind stepping in at the last minute. We hope you had as much fun as we did and to see you next year.