MultiSport Canada Triathlon Series

Welland 2010 Post-race news

Complete Our Post-Race Survey and You Could Win A Free Race

This year we will be awarding a free race entry to one of the athletes that completes our online post-race survey. Just complete the survey, tell us what you think of the race and your name will be entered into a draw for a free race.

Please tell us what you think of the race in which you competed.

The Welland Triathlon/Duathlon Post-Race Survey OR The Welland Half Iron Distance Post-Race Survey

Our Season Long Draw For 2010

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 so far with more to come.

Back again for a seventh year is our Season Long Draw. The prize line-up is impressive with prizes like a Specialized Transition Expert Bike, a CompuTrainer, a Zoot Synergy Wetsuit, Zoot Ultra TT shoes, (3) Zoot Tri bags, Timex Heart Rate monitors, 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 2010 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.

Our Annual Survey

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.

My Sports Shooter - You’ve Been Shot Award

Congratulations to our You've Been Shot Award winners from Welland. Coincidentally, all are local area athletes. Kim Garrod in Saturday's GT 12.9, and the Guembel family in Sunday's Half Iron Triathlon. 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 Welland

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:

Infinit Ride was served on the Half Iron bike and Infinit Run was served on all run courses
Thanks to Hammer Gel for gels provided on the Half Iron Bike and Run Courses

Welland Race Report & Results

Thanks to all athletes, volunteers and sponsors for coming out and making our Welland Race Weekend a magnificent one. We are continually receiving glowing emails about the race and the crew of local volunteers. So it is only appropriate that we begin this report by thanking Ron Lemon and David Boone for their incredible work organizing all of the volunteers, this work was definitely appreciated by all of the athletes.

Here is just one sample email we received:

“WOW, what a great event! The course, the organization and volunteers were fantastic. It sure showcased what a jewel we have hidden in Welland with the swim venue, a TT cycling course and the run along the path is dead gorgeous. I think if the word gets out it could become one of Ontario's best half iron distance races. I can't say enough good things about it. Thanks so much for all your hard work behind the scenes (directed to Linda and Ron Lemon) and on-site all day Saturday and Sunday - it was top shelf event and any problems were seamless to the athletes - I can confirm I swam, biked, ran, ate and drank my way to Dunnville and back without a care in the world. Feeling okay today but terrorized by the thought of climbing stairs.”

On Saturday, Toronto’s Tommy Ferris dominated the Duathlon with top splits all across the board, while Stoney Creek’s Lucy Elcome took her second win of the series this year (winner of the Woodstock Duathlon) thanks to solid runs and a top women’s bike split. The Time Trial Triathlon saw Stephen Koziarski take the overall win with a race best 24:44 7.7 km run split, and Allison Costello took the women’s race by putting together the top women bike (48:42) and run (29:24) times. Young Robbie Chapman absolutely crushed the GT 12.9 course, posting top times in all segments to finish in an impressive time of 35:49. Nicole Sulewski won the women’s race (44:43) by just 13 seconds over Leanne Kodma. Sulewski also won the GT 12.9 in Woodstock.

On Sunday, the marquee event of the weekend – the inaugural Welland Half Iron Triathlon, took place. St. Catherine's Wolfgang Guembel was the only athlete to go under four hours, as he swam 24:03, biked 2:09:16, and ran 1:20:35 to take the overall win in 3:56:49. In the women’s race, St. Catherine’s Nicole Van Beurden controlled the race until the run, and that is where Guelph's Deborah Powell took over with an impressive race best half marathon (1:35:49) in the high heat and humidity of the day to take the win in 4:47:18. The winners of the Half Iron Duathlon were Toronto's Gleb Jegaline (4:55:35) and London's Monica Olanski (5:37:15), while London's Steve Whitmore (3:01:12) and Aurora's Shannon Kemp (3:03:11) won the Half Iron Swim/Bike.

To many, the most impressive and classy move of the day came from our own Ask the Coach panelist Nigel Gray. Nigel sacrificed his race (was in the top 5 at the time) to assist his fellow Ask the Coach counterpart, Richard Pady, who was taken down in a collision with a vehicle. Gray offered immediate attention and stayed with Richard until the EMS arrived, even though an OAT official was on the scene. Richard had a brief stay in the hospital and was left with a broken arm, abrasions, a few stitches to his lip, and a possible injured knee. Both he and his wife are very grateful and thankful that Nigel stopped and stayed with him, and Richard would like to thank all of you for your well wishes.

“Not only did Nigel take the time to stop, but he finished the bike ride, and then even did the run at a solid pace while he supported the other athletes racing out on the course. No one gave me a louder cheer than Nigel (well actually, my mom generally wins that category),” said Guembel, our race winner. “I hope I can learn to be the same kind of leader he is in, and around, our multisport world. A 3:56 Half Ironman is pretty cool, but I think Nigel had the real 'performance' of the day.”

We could not agree more, so Nigel is also our third You've Been Shot Award Winner. It is the least we could do. Congratulations Nigel!

Instead of finisher medals, we decided to spend more and provided all Half Iron finishers with Welland Half Iron Headsweats Finisher Hats. We hope you liked it! We figured you would appreciate something you could use daily to bask in your accomplishment, instead of a medal that would likely collect dust in a shoebox somewhere in the basement.

We also wanted to let you know about the "plastic" cups you encountered out on the run course. These cups were NOT plastic. We realize that some of you like to bend the cups to drink but in the interest of the environment, we have made the decision to use these compostable corn based cups. It is small price to pay for the good of our planet. We thank Infinit Nutrition for providing these cups.

Finally, the Triple Race Challenge kicked off with the Welland Half Iron. Everyone who finished is now eligible to compete in the Challenge. You just need to race at Cobourg and Wasaga Olympic Distance races. If you did not declare that intend to compete in the Challenge please let us know, if you are still on the fence please consider being a part of it.  We will have more details and a Leader Board of the declared athletes in the July Newsletter.

Make sure to visit MultiSport Canada Radio for post-race interviews with many of our race winners. And check out Larry Bradley’s most recent Blog Post about his race at Welland.

Congratulations go out to all our first timers, welcome to the Triathlon/Duathlon family.

Thanks for joining us at Welland, see you again at our next race weekend in Gravenhurst.

MSC Triathlon Series - Saturday June 26, 2010
Welland Duathlon - Run 5 km, Bike 30 Km, Run 5 Km

Top 5

Fastest Men and Women’s Splits

* Athletes listed in the fastest splts must have completed the race.

First Run

Bike

 Second Run

Welland Triathlon - Swim 750 m, Bike 30 Km, Run 7.5 Km

Top 5

Fastest Splits

Swim

Bike

Run

Welland GT 12.9 - Swim 400 m, Bike 10 Km, Run 2.5 Km

Top 5

Fastest Splits

Swim

Bike

Run

MSC Triathlon Series - Sunday June 27, 2010
Welland Half Iron Triathlon – Swim 2 Km, Bike 90 Km, Run 21.1 Km

Top 5

Fastest Men and Women’s Splits

Swim

Bike

Run

Welland Half Iron Duathlon – Run 7.5 Km, Bike 90 Km, Run 21.1 Km

Top 5

Fastest Splits

First Run

Bike

Second Run

Welland Swim/Bike - Swim 2 km, Bike 90 Km

Top 5

Fastest Splits

Swim

Bike

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.

Thanks To All Of Our Sponsors

We extend our thanks to each and every sponsor and the local bike, running and triathlon shops in the communities where you race. Race entry fees never cover the complete cost of a particular race or series of races and without the sponsors there is no race or race series that would survive without their support. We hope that you all take a moment to check out our Series Sponsors below or visit the sponsors page and see what they do and look at the products they sell. Please thank them for supporting the sports of Triathlon and Duathlon by trying and using their products. If you do visit them please take a moment to thank them for supporting Triathlon, Duathlon and Kids races in Ontario.

MultiSport Canada Triathlon Series

We are extremely grateful to have the support of our sponsors. Please support all of our sponsors. You can visit their website by clicking on their logo.

Title Sponsor

Series Sponsors

The Series Level Sponsors contribute a great deal to help make our series successful.

Official Bike Store	Transition Zone, Volunteer and GT12.9 Series Sponsor
Official Swim Course and Wetusit Sponsor	Official Post Race Food Sponsor
Official Timing Sponsor	Official Nutrition and Hydration Sponsor
Official Bike Trainer	Official Photographer

Silver Level and Race Site Sponsors

Post-Race Bagels	Official Eyewear
		Parry Sound
Athlete Support	Missisauga	Oshawa

Accommodation Sponsors

Local and Retail Sponsors

Mississauga	Markham, Barrie, Ajax, Newmarket and Milton	Toronto
	Gravenhurst Rexall IDA	London
London	Orillia

Thank you for racing in the MultiSport Canada Triathlon Series!

John Salt and the MultiSport Canada Team