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| ON THE RUN: LSPT Luke
Morris of HMAS Cerberus works hard during the running leg of
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Strong bike legs from Navy’s trio of competitors was not enough
to propel them into the top three at the Australian Defence Sports Triathlon
Association’s long course championship on February 24-25.
Twelve brave souls contested the second major ADSTA event for the season
at Huskisson on the NSW South Coast, where Air Force took the top two
places as the fleet-footed FLTLT Richard Gardiner finished second to CPL
Geoff Hanckel, of RAAF Richmond, with Army’s WO2 Gavin Wickham third.
CPL Hanckel completed the 2km swim, 83km bike ride and 20km run in 3hr
53min and 32sec, just ahead of FLTLT Gardiner in 4:05.11 and WO2 Wickham
in 4:07.23.
The top three ADSTA competitors kept it pretty tight, riding within minutes
of each other on the bike leg.
The Navy trio of LSPT Luke Morris (HMAS Cerberus) and POPT Michael “Titch”
Turner (HMAS Cerberus) and LCDR Douglas Griffiths (MHQ) were giving it
their best shot, with LSPT Morris only 7mins off the bike pace of the
ADSTA leaders.
LCDR Griffiths (4:31.087) showed he still had what it takes even after
being deployed for months on end.
The three filled fourth to sixth places.
Six ADSTA competitors contested the Australian sprint course championships
on the Saturday with the stand out performance being that of Ms Christina
Thorne who was second in her age group in 1hr and 16min. FLTLT Ewan Stewart
(33SQN RAAF Richmond) won line honours for the ADSTA crew with an overall
1:10.34.
The ADSTA focus now turns to its Iron Man championship at Port Macquarie
on April 7.
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