In all, 10 Hammerheads, as well as siblings and friends, competed in this year’s race.  Hammerhead sibling Isaac Shenker participated in a new national record: the most kids under 7 to do a triathlon.  In the timed age group races, Liam Yoell came first in the 8-9 year-old boys’ race, with a strong all-round performance despite kicking off both shoes during the run.  Adam Shenker came ninth with a fast, smooth swim.  In the 10-11 year-olds, Shanze Yoell came fourth, with a top finish among girls on the bike.  Avery Webber’s bike time was a close second, but she was hampered by a cramp during the run and finished a respectable 10th.  Sydney Flageole-Bray performed well in all the legs of the race, and placed 12th among the 10-11 year-old boys.  In the 12-13 age group, Josh Shenker placed second among the boys, and Rachel Webber placed fifth among the girls, both with particularly strong performances in the run.  In the draft-legal race with pre-swim, Rui Xu placed first among boys in the 16-19 age group, with strong performances in both the bike and the run; and Yinze Xu placed third, with bike trouble and a cramp, among the 14-15 year-old girls.  Finally, Coach Dave Harrison finished a strong second in the adults’ triathlon.

Hammerhead athletes and parents, Grant and Scotia Brailsford, Autumn Crockett, Sean Crockett, Peter Summers, and Elizabeth Weretilnyk volunteered throughout the day, contributing to the success of this well-run and well-attended event.  The day was capped with a celebratory barbecue in Dundas, courtesy of the Shenker family.

Scotia Brailsford and Garnet Delsey both competed in the Ancaster High School triathlon on May 27.  Scotia had very strong performances for the swim and bike, but struggled through cramps in the run to finish a courageous seventh in her category.  Garnet was 3rd in his age group with a super-fast run.

CISSA Elementary:
Josh Shenker was first in the 400 m, 800m, and the1500 m in CISSA record-breaking times of 1:07, 2:40 and 5:16 min respectively.  Avery Webber was 16th in the 150 m dash and 8th in the 800 m in a time of 3:02.  Rachel Webber was 13th in the 800 m and 8th in the 1500 m in a time of 6:32.  But be careful Avery also competed in the javelin.

High School South Regionals:
Five Hamilton Hammerheads qualified at the SOSSA track meet to represent their schools at the South Regional meet in St. Catharines last week.  Rui Xu was 8th in the Senior 1500 m and in a very exciting 3000 m he placed 5th in a time of 9:02 min. In the Midget 1500 m Natalie Stacey was 14th and Julia Stacey help power the Westdale 4×400 m team to second.  In the Junior 1500 m Heather Summers was 5th and Paige Tate was 4th.  Heather placed 4th in the 800 m and in the 3000 m Heather was 4th and Paige was 3rd in personal best times well under 11 min.  The 3000 m Junior race was another exciting race with Heather and Paige racing past two other racers in the last 300 m.  Heather, Paige and Julia are off to Sudbury for OFSSA finals this Thursday to Saturday.

2011  7:00 – 9:00 PM

Hamilton Hammerheads

“New Directions”

Friday February 25, 

McMaster University Life Sciences Building (next to the hospital)

Room 213 – Lounge

(Enter through the main doors opposite the Engineering Building)

Join us for refreshments

Meet the Coaches

Review the New Schedule

“All Athletes and Families Welcome”

On February 26th swim practices began with coach Dan MacAulay.  Dan was amazing and everyone is looking forward to a season of great swimming, great coaching and great swim results.  And we’re going to get them all!

The Hamilton Hammerhead Board had a very productive meeting with Barrie Shepley on Monday, February 14, 2011.

Barrie Shepley, president and cofounder of Personal Best, founder of C3, and founder of KOS, was Canada’s National Triathlon Team coach in 1991. Since then he has coached over 500 people to national championships, Pan American Games medals, World Championship medals, and completion of the Hawaii Ironman and the Boston Marathon. Barrie was selected to go to the 2000 Sydney Olympics where Triathlon made its debut as a full medal sport where Simon Whitfield won the gold medal in a performance no one will ever forget. Barrie has a number of elite triathletes currently studying and competing at McMaster.

Our discussion dealt with short term planning to put into place coaching and training for all Hammerhead athletes beginning March 1st and a longer term vision of what the Hammerheads can become. As a result of this meeting, the board is pleased to welcome Barrie as our Director of Coaching.

Barrie’s role will be one of oversight, direction, planning and coordination. He is committed to securing coaching and arranging training schedules for our athletes. We will announce these as they come to fruition over the next few days.

We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with Barrie.

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The Hamilton Hammerheads returned a new board which will lead the club into new coaching and training programs.  More details will follow over the next two weeks.