Af­ter a four-year hia­tus top lo­cal triath­lete Ja­son Good­ing showed that he still has what it takes when he won the sprint dis­tance in Suri­name Triathlon event on Sun­day. Good­ing fin­ished the course which com­prised a 750m swim, 20km bike and 5km in a time of 1:04.29. Good­ing was fourth out of the pool but over­took two triath­letes on the first lap of the four lap ride leg in­clud­ing fel­low com­pa­tri­ot, James Amow, who placed third. Six­teen-year-old Amow, who was first out of the pool ahead of 35 oth­er triath­letes, crossed the line 1:06.14 less than two sec­onds be­hind sec­ond placed fin­ish­er, Les­ley Carew of Suri­name, who fin­ished in 1:04.55. Good­ing said he would be mov­ing up to the Olympic Dis­tance (twice the Sprint dis­tance), for the Grena­da Triathlon on May 5, which will al­so be the Caribbean Triathlon Union Cham­pi­onships. The third place fin­ish for Amow is a good start to his 2012 sea­son as he sets his eyes on the eight an­nu­al Rain­bow Cup In­ter­na­tion­al Triathlon at Tur­tle Beach, To­ba­go on May 26. This event will al­so fea­ture the in­au­gur­al Sec­ondary Schools Triathlon Cham­pi­onships. For more in­for­ma­tion on the Rain­bow Cup event, please vis­it www.rain­bowtri.com.