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Challenge Carins Womens Update at 61km on the Bike
The lead bunch of women has been caught by Carrie Lester at the 61km mark. Christie Sym was over 6mins down at the 47kms mark but has moved to within 5mins now. Belinda Granger did not look happy coming out of transition. She took a lot longer than the other lead women.
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The lead bunch of women has been caught by Carrie Lester at the 61km mark. Christie Sym was over 6mins down at the 47kms mark but has moved to within 5mins now.
Belinda Granger did not look happy coming out of transition. She took a lot longer than the other lead women.
| Pos | Name | Category | Last Seen At | Time | Time Behind |
| 1 | Carrie Lester | Elite | Bike 61k | 1:40:57 | 0:00:00 |
| 2 | Belinda Granger | Elite | Bike 61k | 1:42:39 | 0:00:01 |
| 3 | Rebekah Keat | Elite | Bike 61k | 1:43:14 | 0:00:01 |
| 4 | Amelia Pearson | Elite | Bike 61k | 1:43:17 | 0:00:02 |
| 5 | Kirsten Molloy | Elite | Bike 61k | 1:43:28 | 0:00:06 |
| 6 | Michelle Mitchell | Elite | Bike 61k | 1:47:07 | 0:04:36 |
| Top 20 Female Swim Results | |||||
| Pos | Name | Category | Time | Time Behind | |
| 1 | Kym Jaenke | 30-34 | 0:52:37 | 0:00:00 | |
| 2 | Amelia Pearson | Elite | 0:52:49 | 0:00:12 | |
| 3 | Belinda Granger | Elite | 0:52:56 | 0:00:18 | |
| 4 | Kirsten Molloy | Elite | 0:52:56 | 0:00:19 | |
| 5 | Rebekah Keat | Elite | 0:52:57 | 0:00:20 | |
| 6 | Michelle Mitchell | Elite | 0:53:00 | 0:00:22 | |
| 7 | Carrie Lester | Elite | 0:55:20 | 0:02:42 | |
| 8 | Michelle Downs | 25-29 | 0:55:28 | 0:02:51 | |
| 9 | Naomi Rattray | 25-29 | 0:56:20 | 0:03:42 | |
| 10 | Julianne Schliebs | 30-34 | 0:56:28 | 0:03:51 | |
| 11 | Christie Sym | Elite | 0:57:21 | 0:04:43 | |
| 12 | Penelope Holland | 35-39 | 0:57:25 | 0:04:48 | |
| 13 | Candice Hammond | Elite | 0:57:26 | 0:04:48 | |
| 14 | Suzanne Alway | Elite | 0:57:28 | 0:04:51 | |
| 15 | Helen Reiske | 25-29 | 0:57:36 | 0:04:59 | |
| 16 | Susan Crowe | 35-39 | 0:58:35 | 0:05:58 | |
| 17 | Sally-Anne Sprakel | 30-34 | 0:58:47 | 0:06:10 | |
| 18 | Susan Langley | 40-44 | 0:58:52 | 0:06:15 | |
| 19 | Kylie Bernoth | 35-39 | 1:00:05 | 0:07:28 | |
| 20 | Amy Hinds | 30-34 | 1:00:38 | 0:08:01 | |
Written by
Karl Hayes
Karl is a Gold Coast based father of 3, a keen home improver and an age group triathlete who races on the M5 Acadamies triathlon team. ‘A good life balance is incredibly important’.
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