Members of the WRAS Triathlon squad will travel to the Regatta Centre in Penrith Lakes on Thursday 28 February to compete in the NSW All Schools Triathlon. This event is an important component in the WRAS program as it brings together some of the best young aspiring triathletes in NSW to compete.The NSW All Schools Triathlon is an event for all high school students in NSW and provides an opportunity for students to compete for medals in Triathlon from the three school bodies (CHS, CCC, CIS). It is also a selection race for the NSW All School Triathlon Team to compete at the SSA Triathlon Championships. There is also the opportunity for students to be considered for selection in the NSW Tri Talented athlete program.It has been an exciting year for the triathlon program with the number of athletes increasing significantly from six to sixteen. The three tiered program is suported by Triathlon NSW as well as the Bathurst and Mudgee regional triathlon clubs and offered scholarships in the Talent Identification, Sports Talent Enhancement Program (STEP) and High Performance tiers. WRAS Head Coach Nick Kastelein Snr said ‘the NSW All Schools is a great event for the up and coming athletes to put into practice the skills developed throughout the WRAS program. All of the athletes have been working extremely hard over the past few months so I’m expecting some pretty good results’. Following the All Schools on Thursday, athletes will travel to Mudgee on the weekend to compete in the State Junior Series. This is the final event for the series and many WRAS are poised to finish in good positions including Tamsyn Moana-Veale who is currently leading the 14-15 female category, Emily Dunn is second in 16-19 female age group and Matt Pellow is third in 16-19 male category.
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