British Super Series – Barclay Izzard back in Winning Ways
British Triathlon’s 2021 Elite Competition Calendar highlights include British Championships and British Triathlon Youth and Junior Super Series, along with the additional opportunities for athletes to go head-to-head with the country’s finest triathlon talents.
The British series witnesses the best of Britain’s up and coming athletes – who collect points across the events over the year. Athletes’ highest three scores are considered, with the series’ top performers awarded the overall title. Due to the pandemic there are only three races arranged for 2021.
This midweek Tuesday 10th August the second of the series events was held at Mallory Park in Leicestershire bringing athletes from across the Senior/Junior and Youth ranks for a Sprint race consisting of a 750 km swim, 20.2 km bike and 5 km run.
Senior/Junior Mens Race
The mens Senior/Junior race saw the return of Barclay Izzard who was one of the British quartet of Georgia Taylor-Brown, Jess Learmonth and Alex Yee who secured bronze at the Mixed Team Relay World Championships in Hamburg 2019 and was the winner of the 2019 Huelva ETU Triathlon European Cup.
And it was Barclay Izzard who triumphantly ran though to take victory. In a hotly contested race many famliar names on the elite British circuit were all in the running coming out of T2 onto the run. And running was the name of the game for this race as Izzard took the win with a stunning 5k run of 00:14:36 with Frederick Webb taking second place with a monumental improved 5k run of 00:14:51 closely followed by James Chantler Mayne taking the third podium spot.
| Pos | Name | Category | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barclay Izzard | Junior/Senior Male T1 | 00:55:09 |
| 2 | Frederick Webb | Junior/Senior Male T1 | 00:55:40 |
| 3 | James Chantler Mayne | Junior/Senior Male T1 | 00:55:52 |
| 4 | Marcus Dey | Junior/Senior Male T1 | 00:56:07 |
| 5 | Jimmy Lund | Junior/Senior Male T1 | 00:56:11 |
Senior/Junior Womens Race
In the womens race it was Annabel Morton who took the honours after Sophie Alden had done all the front running exiting the swim 1st and coming into T1 off the bike 1st. But Alden did not have the legs to maintain the lead over the 5k run as Morton clawed her was back into contention with the fastest run leg of 00:16:46 to win the day. Iona Miller took the third podium spot. Young, up and coming starlett Beth Cook ran herself into 4th place after being out swam by the older more experienced athletes in the swim leg.
| Pos | Name | Category | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annabel Morton | Junior/Senior Female | 01:01:42 |
| 2 | Sophie Alden | Junior/Senior Female | 01:01:46 |
| 3 | Iona Miller | Junior/Senior Female | 01:02:07 |
| 4 | Beth Cook | Junior/Senior Female | 01:03:18 |
| 5 | Anna Hedley | Junior/Senior Female | 01:03:26 |
The Youth race was a Super Sprint consisting of a 400m swim, 10 km bike and 2.5 km run. Both Youth gender races were close affairs with little to divide the top five with the winners and placings as follows;
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| Pos | Name | Category | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oliver Horne | Youth Male T1 | 00:30:49 |
| 2 | Oliver Conway | Youth Male T1 | 00:30:57 |
| 3 | Joshua Cumberland | Youth Male T1 | 00:31:00 |
| 4 | Brandon Pye | Youth Male T1 | 00:31:04 |
| 5 | Archie Bordewich | Youth Male T1 | 00:31:10 |
| Pos | Name | Category | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Millie Breese | Youth Female T2 | 00:33:34 |
| 2 | Antonia Jubb | Youth Female T2 | 00:33:40 |
| 3 | Eve Whitaker | Youth Female T2 | 00:33:43 |
| 4 | Megan Hornung | Youth Female T2 | 00:33:54 |
| 5 | Katie Youp | Youth Female T2 | 00:34:03 |
