Photos by Mary Fonua and Lita Kami

The Pre-Christmas Triathlon Dash organised by the Friendly Islands Triathlon (FIT) on Saturday, December 13 attracted 48 competitors.

It was a typical warm December morning but an overcast sky and a slight easterly wind made conditions reasonably comfortable for the Dash - consisting of a 300m swim, a 14km bike race and a 3km run.

Three categories attracted 21 Individual Men, 3 Individual Women, and eight Teams.

The Top three Individual Men were:

1. 'Alo Fe'iloakitau 53 minutes 32 seconds;

2. Chris Ten Seldem 57m 44s;

3. Bill Holden 59m 38s.

Top three Individual Women were:

1. Alice 1 hour, 33 s;

2. Ros 1h 3m 50s;

3. Nicole 1h 11m 15s.

Top three Teams were:

1. Night Owls 52m 11s;

2. Tara 54m 57s;

3. Nancy Team 58m 56s.

(Full results at end of this article.)

The prizes for winners and all competitors were that they could drink as much water and eat as much watermelon and pineapples as they could.

The next FIT triathlon competition with slightly longer distances will be held in March 2009.

Results:

Men Individual

Place. Name, Swim 300m, Bike 14km, Run 3km, Total time.

1. 'Alo Fe'iloakitau, 6.54, 30.48, 16.3, 53.32;

2. Chris Ten Seldem, 7.05, 34.22, 16.17, 57.44;

3. Bill Holden, 8.28, 33.94, 17.16, 59.38;

4, Richard , 7.37, 35.04, 17.59, 1.00.00;

5. Sean Torbit, 7.40, 31.16, 22.44, 1.01.00;

6. Naveed Reastegar, 7.47, 38.00, 26.53, 1.02.00;

7. Sifa Taumoepeau, ('Alo time), 36.65, 20.97, 1.04.16;

8. Ando, 11.28, 39.29, 14.43, 1.05.00;

9. Luke Evans, 8.29, 38.28, 21.43, 1.08.00;

10. Cai Jun Jiang, 7.36, 41.86, 29.95, 1.09.17;0

11. HK Yeoh, 12.15, 38.86, 18.20, 1.09.21;

12. Lewis Horwood, -, -, -, 1.10.00;

13. Chris Horwood, 9.41, 38.83, 22.76, 1.11.00;

14. Paul Johansson, 12.38, 42.8, 17.2, 1.13.00;

15. Viliami Kami, 10.55, 41.73, 24.29, 1.16.57;

15. Kanta Oishi, 9.28, (break down), -, 1.13.32;

16. Gordon, 10.45, 47.74, 20.01, 1.18.20;

Siaosi Tonga, 9.51, -, -, -, -;

Liua, 9.58, -, -, -, -;

Regan (alt. short course), -, -, -, 32.10;

Jack (alt. short course), -, -, -, 34.6.

Women Individual

1. Alice, 8.00, 37.03, 15.03, 1.00.33;

2. Ros, 8.39, 38.71, 16.4, 1.03.50;

3. Nicole, 9.20, 44.02, 17.93, 1.11.15;

Teams*

1. Night Owls, 8.00, 32.39, 11.72, 52.11;

2. Tara, 7.58, 32.00, 14.99, 54.57;

3. Nancy Team, 6.41, 37.91, 14.24, 58.56;

4. Girls never done before, 8.12, 37.29, 16.59, 1.02.00;

5. Must Win, 9.10, 37.23, 23.88, 1.04.27;

6. Vava'u Team, 7.45, 43.09, 25.56, 1.06.10;

7. Nitt Family, 16.14, 30.96 (breakdown), 24.05, 1.11.15;

8. Rockers, 12.27, 41.08, 19.23, 1.12.58.

*Note: If team started in the men's swimming group, subtract 5.58 from the time)