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Toronto Island 2011 Post-race news

Complete Our Post-Race Survey and Get Additional Ballots to the Season Long Draw

We really do use the feedback you provide to improve our races and hope you will take a few minutes to complete our Customer Satisfaction Survey. Just complete the survey, and if you compete in three or more races you will get an additional ballot for the Season Long Draw. You just need to tell us what you think of the race. Here is the Toronto Island Post-Race Survey.

Our Season Long Draw For 2011

Enter three or more races during the season and be eligible to win a prize in our Season Long Draw. There are over $10,000 in prizes.

Back again for an eighth year is our Season Long Draw. The prize line-up is impressive with prizes from Felt Bikes (courtesy of Gears Bike Shop) CompuTrainer, TYR, Timex, Trico, coaching packages and more to come.

It's our way of thanking you for coming out to our races all year. With the draw being held at the end of October 2011 it means the more you race the better your chance to win. As you can see we are off to a fantastic start with the prize list so far. We will track your races and once you have entered THREE OR MORE RACES you are automatically entered. You also get additional chances to win by completing our post race survey.

We intend to keep adding prizes all year and will keep updating the prize list as the season progresses. The Season Long Draw page has all of the details.

The Only Series With Personalized Race Awards

MultiSport Canada Triathlon Series makes sure we offer something special for race day award winners. As an age group winner, not only do you receive a medal but a FREE personalized Finishers Picture Award with the date, race location and your time. No other race or series provides this sort of award. Here is an award sample. For a larger version just click on the picture.

After each race, you will receive an email from My Sports Shooter – Mike Cheliak. The email will contain links to any photos that were identified as you (by bib) and will also contain a custom coupon code. Your code is used at checkout and will deduct either $5 or $10 from your purchase.

If you were a top three finisher recognized at the awards; your coupon code is valued at $10. For all other participants in the adult venues, your coupon code is valued at $5. You can use your coupon code towards the purchase of any product offered by My Sports Shooter. The two MultiSport Digital Products are $5 for the MultiSport Small Digital File or $10 for the MultiSport Digital Award which means a FREE PHOTO!

For top three finishers, you MUST put your stats in the comments section at checkout in order to get the custom virtual clock layout. If not, your photo will be sent to you as is.

Please note that ALL COUPONS ARE VALID FOR ONE WEEK FROM THE DATE OF ISSUE. There will be no exceptions.

TYR Racer of The Day and HEROES of The Day

Back for 2011 the Racer of the Day and the all new HERO of the Day. This year the Racer of The Day is being sponsored by TYR. We will be picking a finishing position at select races and the athlete who finishes in that overall position will win a TYR wetsuit valued between $300 to $500.

HERO Certified Burgers is also sponsoring the HERO of the Day. We will be picking a finishing position at select races and the athlete who finishes in that overall position will win $100 in gift certificates from HERO Burgers.

Our TYR Racer of the Day, Nancy Rumble,

won a TYR Hurricane Cat 3 wetsuit valued at $450

Our HERO of the Day, Peggy Tyers, won

$100 in HERO Burger gift certificates

Our HERO of the Day, Peggy Tyers, won

$100 in HERO Burger gift certificates

Team Challenge Racing

We always look for new ways to make our races more enjoyable and FUN. Team Challenge Racing is another way of injecting more fun into race day. It is all about bragging rights, race day recognition for your team, AND, you will still be eligible for Series Points Awards and Individual Awards on race day. HERO Burgers will also be awarding a case of HERO Burgers valued at $150 to one of the teams on each race weekend.

Please check out the Team Challenge Racing webpage.

My Sports Shooter - You’ve Been Shot Award

Congratulations go to out to our winners of the You've Been Shot Award. We will select the winner(s) after each race weekend and post the picture in our post-race newsletter for that race. The winner(s) will get a copy of the full resolution 8x10 digital file. Contact Mike Cheliak to claim your picture. Remember to smile and ham it up for the camera, and maybe you too can be a You've Been Shot Award winner.

Thank You To The Retailers and Sponsors At Toronto Island

We would not be able to provide the quality of races and draw prizes without the sponsors and retailers who support our series. Please check out all of the Series Sponsors at the end of this newsletter. Special thanks to the retailers and sponsors who were at the race or contributed draw prizes this weekend. They were:

MultiSport Canada Apparel

It looks like our new apparel line is a hit as we sold out most of the sizes we brought to Toronto Island. For those who wanted some more information on out jackets, hoodies and gold shirts please check out the MultiSport Canada Clothing webpage.For a larger version just click on the image below.

Training Resources Section - Recharge With Milk

We receive many questions about training, what to do on race day, rules etc. The MultiSport Canada Training Resources webpage has a great deal of information about those topics and more. The latest addition to the Training Resources section is Training With Chocolate Milk. While you are there why not check out all of the other pages.

A Chance For A Free Entry in 2012!

Please help us and our sponsors and you could win a FREE race!

The support of sponsors is vital to any race or series. One of the reasons that companies sponsor a series like ours is because they want you to get to know about them and their products. Here are some of the positive outcomes of sponsor support in 2011:

We will be able to offer Chocolate Milk and Hero Burgers at our races
HEED is back on course from Hammer Nutrition
There will be coloured technical shirts from Brooks, just as you asked us in your survey responses
Wetsuits with the TYR Racer of The Day

We have always been very cautious about how often we contact our customers because we respect your privacy and time. We also guarantee that we NEVER share individual personal customer information with anyone, ever!

I would really appreciate it if you would take 5 minutes and complete our annual survey. Your answers will help us improve our races and also find out how we can get good deals for our customers. On top of that we will be drawing from the survey respondents for 5 free races in 2012.

Here is the 2011 Series and Sponsor Survey

Toronto Island Race Report & Results

By Roger Hospedales of Triathlon Magazine Canada

First of all, thanks go out to all of the volunteers, sponsors, on-site retailers, athletes, and spectators for your contributions towards another great Toronto Island race weekend.

Just like at Cobourg, an early morning fog welcomed Saturday’s Give It A Tri racers.

Thankfully, it cleared out to make for an excellent day of racing amongst the backdrop of the unmistakable Toronto skyline.

Saturday’s Foggy Give It A Tri Day

Toronto’s Randall McKenna and Kirsten Vergara (both pictured below) both took the overall wins for the day. McKenna, a regular GT 12.9 winner at our events, finished the course in 36:04 and Vergara, a young up and comer on the triathlon scene, crossed the line in 38:08. Both times were good enough to give both of them a little more than a 40 second margin of victory. Toronto’s Alex Taylor came in second (36:46) to McKenna, and Neil Morrison of Oakville claimed third (36:50). While in the women’s race, London’s Anne Nicolussi took a break from long distance racing to take second place in 38:57, and Toronto’s Jennifer Knowles finished third in 39:54.

In the Team Challenge competition, the team of “No Train All Pain” (Scott Knowles, Brett Knowles, Tim Knowles, and Jennifer Knowles) were the winners of the HERO Team Challenge and won a box of HERO Burgers valued at $150.

(Below) Members of the Flow Riding Hustlers getting their game faces on before winning the Triathlon Relay.

Give It A Tri Bike/Run Winner - Tracy Urquhart (pictured below)

Congratulations go out to our large group of First Timers. Welcome to the Triathlon Family!

IMPORTANT NOTE:

For those that participated in the Give It A Tri, please check your wetsuits. One of our athletes rented a Women's Small Nineteen Sleeveless Wetsuit for the event and it was mistakenly picked up. If you have it, please contact Hyedie (hyedie@happyd-designs.com).

Sunday’s Triathlon and Duathlon Races

After a few second place finishes (Cobourg Olympic distance, Bala Falls, Gravenhurst Olympic distance), Hamilton’s Keith Marchant (pictured below) finally made it to the top of the podium with a 1:26:02 clocking. He earned the win with a 12:59 swim, 44:08 ride and a 27:14. Paul Bregin of North York took second (1:26:43), and St. George’s Derek Quick finished third (1:28:10).

Angela Quick (pictured with her family below) dominated the women’s race with her trademark strong swim (11:56 - third overall out of the water), and added a 48:12 bike and 33:35 run to cross the finish line in 1:35:11. Sarah Kent of Toronto finished second (1:42:37), and Jennifer Ogg of London captured third in 1:43:11.

David Frake of Toronto (pictured below), had another dominating performance in the Duathlon. This time his margin of victory was a little over 12 minutes! He used top splits in all three segments (14:11 for the first 4.5 km run, 41:11 for the 29.15 km bike, and 14:35 for the final 4.5 km run) to stop the clock at 1:12:02. Brampton’s Peter MacLeod came in next for second (1:24:480, and Mihira Lakshman (the editor of Canadian Running Magazine) rounded out the top three with a time of 1:25:20.

Tatjana Zaharova (pictured below) of Etobicoke also enjoyed a healthy cushion (four minute plus) for her win thanks to posting the fastest first (17:50) and second (18:58) runs of the day. Her finishing time of 1:31:03 put her ahead of Oakville’s Jennifer Gordon (1:35:36), and London’s Julie Skoretz (1:41:04).

The winners of the HERO Team Challenger were Team MultiSport Zone. They were comprised of the Angela, Derek, and Steve Quick and they took home a box of HERO Burgers valued at $150.

Check out some cool finish line pictures from this past weekend:

(Gibson Tam literally flying across the finish line. Paul Ferri beat him out by one tenth of a second)

(Finishing hand in hand)

(Finishing the race with a finish line escorts and cheering crew)

(All the photos you see are courtesy of MySportShooter.com)

Make sure to visit MultiSport Canada Radio for post-race interviews.

Thanks for joining us at Toronto Island, we hope to see you again for more fun at Wasaga Beach.

For a complete rundown of Results please visit Sportstats, Official Timers of the Recharge With Milk Triathlon Series and MultiSport Canada. If you need any adjustment to the final results please email Sportstats.

MSC Triathlon Series - Saturday August 27, 201

Toronto Island Give It a Tri - Swim 400m, Bike 10 Km, Run 2.5 Km

Top 5

Place	Name	Age Group	Total Time
Men
1	Randall McKenna	Men 50-59	36:04
2	Alex Taylor	Men 40-44	36:46
3	Neil Morrison	Men 40-44	36:50
4	Danny Carter	Men 25-29	37:11
5	Kyle O’Brien	Men 20-29	37:46
Women
1	Kirsten Vergara	Women Under 20	38:08
2	Anne Nicolussi	Women 45-49	38:57
3	Jennifer Knowles	Women 55-59	39:54
4	Lori Curgenven	Women 40-44	41:07
5	Marlene Sykes	Women 25-29	41:18

Fastest Splits

Swim

Name	Age Group	Swim	Pace
Neil Morrison	Men 40-44	4:46	1:12/100m
Aileen Daley	Women 30-34	4:55	1:14/100m

Bike

Name	Age Group	Bike	Average Speed
Scott Knowles	Men under 20	16:42	35.9 km/hr
Jennifer Knowles	Women 55-59	18:06	33.1 km/hr

Run

Name	Age Group	Run	Pace/km
Raul Andres Perez	Men 45-49	7:27	2:59/km
Kirsten Vergara	Women under 20	9:53	3:58/km

MSC Triathlon Series - Sunday August 28, 2011

Toronto Island Triathlon - Swim 750m, Bike 29.15 Km, Run 7.5 Km

Top 5

Place	Name	Age Group	Total Time
Men
1	Keith Marchant	Men 20-24	1:26:02
2	Paul Bregin	Men 25-29	1:26:43
3	Derek Quick	Men under 20	1:28:10
4	Jim Sunners	Men 45-49	1:28:20
5	Evert Lamb	Men 25-29	1:29:21
Women
1	Angela Quick	Elite	1:35:11
2	Sarah Kent	Women 30-34	1:42:37
3	Jennifer Ogg	Women 40-44	1:43:11
4	Sharon Gallant	Women 35-39	1:44:08
5	Tara Postnikoff	Women 30-34	1:47:09

Fastest Splits

Swim

Name	Age Group	Swim	Pace
Derek Quick	Men under 20	11:00	1:28/100m
Angela Quick	Elite	11:56	1:36/100m

Bike

Name	Age Group	Bike	Average Speed
Jim Sunners	Men 45-49	42:12	41.4 km/hr
Angela Quick	Elite	48:12	36.3 km/hr

Run

Name	Age Group	Run	Pace/km
Keith Marchant	Men 20-24	27:14	3:38/km
Sharon Gallant	Women 35-39	31:21	4:11/km

Toronto Island Duathlon - Run 4.5 km, Bike 29.15 Km, Run 4.5 Km

Top 5

Place	Name	Age Group	Total Time
Men
1	David Frake	Men 40-49	1:12:02
2	Peter MacLeod	Men 40-49	1:24:48
3	Mihira Lakshman	Men 30-39	1:25:20
4	Peter Speight	Men 30-39	1:26:26
5	Michael Wakil	Men 50-59	1:29:59
Women
1	Tatjana Zaharova	Women 20-29	1:31:03
2	Jennifer Gordon	Women 30-39	1:35:36
3	Julie Skoretz	Women 30-39	1:41:04
4	Kimberley Arsenault	Women 50-59	1:43:58
5	Jody Tone	Women 40-49	1:47:42

Fastest Men and Women’s Splits

First Run

Name	Age Group	First Run	Pace
David Frake	Men 40-49	14:11	3:09/km
Tatjana Zaharova	Women 20-29	17:50	3:58/km

Bike

Name	Age Group	Bike	Average Speed
David Frake	Men 40-49	41:11	42.5 km/hr
Jennifer Gordon	Women 30-39	52:19	33.4 km/hr

Second Run

Name	Age Group	Second Run	Pace/km
David Frake	Men 40-49	14:35	3:15/km
Tatjana Zaharova	Women 20-29	18:58	4:13/km

See the full results here. All photos are courtesy of My Sports Shooter.

A Reminder to all Athletes

Maintaining great relationships with the communities hosting our races is essential to ensuring that these races are successful and continue to exist. Therefore, athletes, please remember to be courteous out on the race course. Not only to volunteers and fellow racers, but also to the residents of the community you are racing in. And just like when you are out training, you need to share the road. It is a race but we do not own the road. Adopting the spirit of sharing and co-operation will make it a better experience for all.