Last weekends racing kicked off on Saturday with the inaugural Letterkenny Sprint Triathlon; and another great performance for Sligo with Neil coming third and Ray finishing just outside the top ten -thanks go to Neil fo the race report:
"110 keen triathletes took part in the 1st ever Letterkenny Sprint Triathlon organised by the Tri 24/7 club.
Brian Campbell took victory in the men's race thanks to the fastest swim and bike splits. Alan Mitchell was 2nd 2 minutes or so down on ex pro Campbell and Neil Walton rounded out the top 3.
The women's race was hard fought but Eimear O'Brien held on after a strong swim to win. Anne Paul chased hard on the 5km run but ran out of ground and had to settle for 2nd and Margaret Kelly took 3rd.
Club members that took part this weekend where Neil Walton Ray & Declan Bryne and John Heneghen. The event was held in Garten Activity Centre in Glenvagh National Park.
Swim was a very accurate 750m Swim out and back course, the cycle was a very tough hilly technical course, and a hilly and wood land trail 5k run.
The club had two members in the top 20, Ray Bryne had a great event and came in a very strong 12th place overall, Ray will be one to watch for the further. Neil Walton came 3rd overall, and was chasing down 2nd spot as his legs was coming back to him on the last 2k of the run.
Declan Byrne was will up especially for carrying an injury, and John Heneghen had a very solid performance to finish in the top half of the field."
full results can be found here.
