On Sunday we had a fantastic day out to the 2024 BUCS Duathlon championships!
A chilly day saw 36 athletes taking on the 5km run, 20km bike, 2.5km run on the Mallory Park motor racing circuit, with the rain mostly holding off we even got some sun throughout the day! Amazing results and achievements all round with a crew of our best supporters joining us, providing some lovely encouragement to push our athletes all the way to the finish line. We definitely showed everyone who the loudest and best supporting Uni was on the day!
In the open race, Oliver Conway led the way taking the win in an amazing time of 54:23, along with a BUCS gold medal!!
Next in came Oliver Mills in 56:31 (26th) closely followed by Oliver Hitchcock (27th). Jake Evans followed just over 30 seconds later (35th) with Josh Geary from our performance squad close behind (36th). Edward Jolliffe was the first General squad athlete to finish in 58:36 (45th) with Jake Whitecunas rounding off our perf squad athletes in 1:00:22 (60th). For our development squad athletes racing in the non drafting wave Jack Tate led the way finishing in 1:04:12 (96th) closely followed by Caleb Thornber (110th), Conor Orchard rounded off the Dev squad in 1:06:32 (146th). The 3 Oliver’s got a team 4th! Jake, Josh and Ed got 12th
For the Female race Isabelle Price led the way for our performance squad finishing in 1:05:36 (10th) followed by Dylan Crowley in 1:06:38 (17th), Imogen Sutton in 1:08:13 (28th) and Larna Morgan in 1:08:58 (33rd). From our General squad in the non drafting race Ruby Dalziel was first in, finishing in 1:19:28 (97th), closely followed by Annabel Denton and Megan Edwards. Together Isabelle, Dylan and Imogen got a team 5th!
Congratulations to everyone that raced, you should all feel so proud of your performances, each personal achievement is so important in its own way!
Thank you to our wonderful supporters who came along, your encouragement and support definitely made all the difference and brightened up what was at times a gloomy day!
Thank you to our main kit sponsors @eventsatw for hosting such a great event alongside @bucssport