Two newcomers took out the Hopkins Mini Tri Series in a sign Warrnambool Tri Club is continuing to grow.
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Hamilton's Todd Dymke and Framlingham's Kiarna Murfett took out the men's and women's sections of the three-race series on Thursday night.
The Warrnambool Swimming Club (WSC) members have only been competing in triathlons this past year and took out the top prizes at the tri club's most recent event, the aquathon criterion.
The mini series course starting at Blue Road in Warrnambool - a 200-metre swim, 7-kilometre ride and 2km run - was the same each Thursday the past three weeks.
Todd, who competed in all three events, had a great battle with Ruben De Silva-Smith in the second race of the series.
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Only five seconds separated them at the finish.
"That was good, it was real close last week but he just took it out," Todd said.
The 16-year-old felt he improved in the cycling leg across the series.
Kiarna, who was the fastest female competitor in all three races, said she was stoked to take out the series.
Her best time was 29.26 minutes and she tried to get quicker in the river swim each race.
"I knew I needed to improve the swim because I'm pretty weak in the bike leg," she said.
She felt she also got better at the run leg from race-to-race.
The club's Killarney event in November was Kiarna's first triathlon and she has kept coming back.
"It just something different, changing it up and just not being in the pool all the time," she said of why she enjoys the sport.
The WSC members are competing in the second leg of the Shipwreck Coast Swim Series (1.2km) in Warrnambool on Saturday.
They both took part in the first leg at Port Fairy three weeks ago with Kiarna finishing fourth in the junior women's section.
They also intend to participate in the Warrnambool Foreshore Triathlon on Sunday February 7.
The longest event on the card encompasses a 500m swim, 20km ride and 5km run.
According to WTC, it had 158 participants overall for the Hopkins mini series, with the most being 59 in race three.
Ninety-five different people took part across the three weeks and 17 did all three weeks as individuals.
Brian Allen
Passionate about covering all sports from Ultimate Frisbee through to the latest footy and netball updates. Started at The Examiner in January 2022. Was part of the Warrnambool Standard's sports team which won the 2019 AFL Victoria Best Print/Online coverage for a daily newspaper. Got a story? Email: brian.allen@austcommunitymedia.com.au
Passionate about covering all sports from Ultimate Frisbee through to the latest footy and netball updates. Started at The Examiner in January 2022. Was part of the Warrnambool Standard's sports team which won the 2019 AFL Victoria Best Print/Online coverage for a daily newspaper. Got a story? Email: brian.allen@austcommunitymedia.com.au
