JESS WEBSTER
June 18th, 2010
TERRITORY Triathletes Michelle Gailey and Robyn Stanley will return to Indonesia to defend their Bali International Triathlon Titles on Sunday.
The pair join fellow triathletes Shaye Hatty, Daryl Stanley, Rob Brooks, Ron Griep, Phill Hatty, Mark FitzSimons and Moira Wigley in the fourth annual event.
FitzSimons will join local team Bali TrailBlazers, while Wigley will compete as a swimmer for a second TrailBlazer team.
Starting with a 1.5km swim in Jimbaran Bay, athletes then endure a 700m sand run followed by the 42km bike course and end with a 10km run.
Gailey is confident of retaining her overall and age group titles following a strong winning performance at the recent NT Olympic Distance Triathlon.
She will start as race favourite and is expected to improve on her 2 hrs 36 mins 39 sec time recorded last year.
Stanley will also prove tough to beat in the female 55-59 category as she kick-starts her training for the Ironman World Championships in October.
As Executive Officer of Triathlon NT, Stanley will also be taking the opportunity to promote next year's Arafura Games Triathlon to fellow competitors.
"The increase in competitor numbers from the Asian region at this event is exciting, and I'm hoping some of them may be on our start list next May," she said.
Meanwhile, Darwin's Luke Collopy was the fastest individual competitor in the Katherine Ultra Challenge last weekend.
The 14 individual competitors and 44 teams took part in the one-day multisport event encompassing six different legs and covering 100kms around the Katherine region.
Collopy finished the epic challenge in 6 hours 31 mins 54 secs, ahead of Simon Cruickshank in 6:53:30.
Rachel De Zoete, the only female competitor, crossed the line in 7:41:43.
The best of the 44 teams was the two man effort of Andrew Barcroft and Tim Ellison who combined to complete the course in 6:00:09.
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